2025 Day 135

2025 Dedh Cans Pemdhek warn Ügens

De Yow, pemdhegves mis Me

Thursday, 15th May

Ma othom dhe nei a niverow. Martesen, nag ew da genam niverow ha taclow mathematek, saw ma othom dhen anodhans. Martesen na ellow whei remembra agas niver fôn, bes whei alja y scrifa war dabm paper en agas pocket! Niverow ew pur goth. An bobel a wrüg rekna nanj ew termyn hir - nanj ew milyow a vledhydnyow. Ma disqwedhyans dhen war lehednow prei.

We need numbers. Perhaps we do not like numbers and mathematical things, but we need them. Perhaps you can't remember your phone number, but you could write it on a bit of paper in your pocket! Numbers are very old. The people counted a long time ago -. thousands of years ago. We have evidence on clay tablets.

Otta descans bian ow tochya niverow.

Here's a little lesson about numbers.

Numbers niverow ~ nòmbers SWFMm in purple Feminine in red Plural endings –ow (usual)

and –s/-ys (loan words) Onan hag Oll One and All To count nivera Pronunciation stress shifts niver > niverow or nivera (always penultimate syllable) Pandr’ew dha niver fon?

What’s your phone number? Pyth yw dha niver pellgowser? Pandr’ew niver fon rag an servisys gorothom?

What is the phone number for the emergency services? Counting: 1 onan (as adj. üdn – unn) > soft mutation of feminine noun (same as definite article an) 2 dew (fem. diw) > soft mutation 3 trei (tri) (fem. teyr) > breathed mutation 4 pajar (peswar) (fem. peder) 5 pemp (pymp) 6 whegh (hwegh) 7 seyth 8 eth 9 naw 10 deg 11 üdnek < üdn + deg (hard ending) 12 dewdhek < dew + deg (internal mutation) Derivations nebes some > neb onan one > nebonan ~ nebonen someone, somebody, anyone e.g. Ma nebonan ena. There is someone there. e.g. Eus nebonan òbma?

Is (there) someone here? Is anyone here? onan > nagonan no-one, nobody, not one Nag eus nagonan en chei. There’s no-one in. (note double negative)