2024 Dedh Cans Wonan warn Ügens

De Meurth, degves warn ügens mis Ebrel 

Tuesday, 30th April 



The following sentences contain collective plural nouns and collective-derived singular nouns, as well as regular plurals.  

Nei a gerdhas en trolergh gen keres ha keser a-ûhen. 

Da ew genen debry lies keresen, saw cas ew genen lies keseren, 

Ma gwenenen wels en gwredhen a’n wedhen.  

Nag eus mel en gwredh na del.  

An wenenen a dal trouvya bleujen. 

Teg ew oll an bleujyow gwedh; keres, avalow ha per ewedh. 

Low losow a dhebras oll ow lattys.  

Ha ledhys ew oll ow losow debry e'n erber gen leslow erel.  

 


We walked along a footpath with cherries and hail overhead. 

We like eating lots of cherries, but we hate lots of hailstones. 

There's a wild bee in a root of the tree. 

There's no honey in roots or leaves. 

The bee should find a flower. 

All the tree blossoms are beautiful, cherry, apple and pear too. 

Greenfly (aphids) ate all my lettuce. 

And my vegetables in the vegetable garden were killed by other plant bugs. 

 

Nebes ger rag hedhyw Some words for today 

del (col.) > delen (f) leaf

gwedh (col.) > gwedhen (f) tree

gwenen gwels (col.) > gwenenen wels (f) wild bee

gwredh (col.) > gwredhen (f) root

keres (col.) > keresen (f) cherry

keser (col.) > keseren (f) hailstone

leslow (col.) > leslôwen (f) plant bug (les = small plants)

losow debry (col.) > losôwen debry (f) vegetable, eating plant (no mutation)

low losow (col.) > lôwen losow (f) greenfly, aphid (lôwen = louse)

per (col.) > peren (f) pear


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