Friday, 28th February
Bos locative 3rd person plural
Piw eus ena? Who is there?
Ma tüs. There are men.
Ma lies den. There are many men.
(Notice that lies many is followed by singular noun.)
Ma benenes ena. There are women there.
Ma lies benyn ena. There are many women there.
Ma flehes òbma. There are children here.
Ma nebes flehes òbma. There are some children here.
Ma tüs ow kerdhes.
There are men walking.
Men are walking.
Ma’n düs ow kerdhes emesk an tewenyow.
The men are walking among the sand dunes.
(N.B. soft mutation of male human plurals after definite article
tüs > an düs but feminine plurals do not mutate)
Ma’n benenes ow kerdhes, ewedh.
The women are walking, too.
Mons ow kerdhes emesk an tewenyow.
They are walking among the sand dunes.
Mons ow mos emann.
They are going up (ascending).
Mons ow tegy baners. (hard mutation degy > ow tegy)
They are carrying flags.
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