Saturday 6 February 2016

Personal Descriptions 11 (paradigm for ma dhe ... )

In PD2 we met the use of Ma dhebm … for I have …. Here is the complete present tense paradigm, plus the question and negative versions:

Ma dhebm
Ma dhis
Ma dhodho
Ma dhedhy (or dhedhi)
Ma dhen
Ma dhewgh (the <gh> is silent)
Ma dhodhans
I have
You (thou) have
He has (also it has)
She has (also it has)
We have
You (formal or plural) have
They have
Eus dhebm?
Eus dhis?
Eus dhodho?
Eus dhedhy?
Eus dhen?
Eus dhewgh?
Eus dhodhans?
Do I have?
Do you have?
Does he have?
Does she have?
Do we have?
Do you have?
Do they have?
Nag eus dhebm
Nag eus dhis
Nag eus dhodho
Nag eus dhedhy
Nag eus dhen
Nag eus dhewgh
Nag eus dhodhans
I do not have
You do not have
He does not have
She does not have
We do not have
You do not have
They do not have

Here are some examples (the word order is not set in stone – generally put stressed things early – and there are other alternatives to these):
Ma dhebm blew dû.                           I have black hair.
Ma blew dû dhebm.                           I have black hair.
Eus dhewgh blew gwydn?                Do you have white hair?
Nag eus dhedhy blew melyn.           She does not have blonde hair.
Eus dhodhans oll lagajow tewal?     Do they all have brown eyes?
Ma dhis blew teg.                             You have pretty hair. (familiar)  
Nag eus dhodho abranjow veth oll.  He doesn’t have any eyebrows at all.
Nag eus barv dhodho.                      He doesn’t have a beard.

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