Friday 4 March 2016

Personal Descriptions 21 (how tall?)

Still on the subject of using numbers; you can substitute your own measurements into the following. It is probably better to stick to the formal form in questions, unless you know someone very well.
hir
tall
hirder[1]
tallness, height
Pana hirder osta?[2]   
How tall are you? (familiar)
Pana hirder o whei? 
How tall are you? (formal)
Pana hirder üjy ennes?
Pana hirder üjy enna whei?
What height is in you?
Pegebmys hirder osta/o whei? 
How much height are you?

Here are the units you might use:
trushes[3]   
foot (length)
(anatomical foot is troos)
meusva (f)[4]
inch
(centi)meter
(centi)metre
Tho vy cans centimeter trei ügens ha deg.
I’m 170 cm.
Whegh trushes o vy.
I’m 6 ft.
Ass ew hir!
How tall! What a height!
Hirder vy ew hanter cans meusva.
My height is 50 inches.
Thew hedna berr!
That’s short!
broasder  
size (literally bigness)
Pana vroasder o whei?
How big are you? (formal)
Pana vroasder pows o whei?
What dress size are you? (formal)
Nag o vy broasder zero.
I am not size zero.
O broasder pows ew ügens.
My dress size is 20.
Hedna ew re vroas!
That’s too big!

                                     




[1] <ühelder > height  is more appropriate for height above the ground, height above sea level, etc.
[2] Use the formal version unless you are sure that the familiar form will not cause offence.
[3] <trus> from foot (troos) and <hes> from along (ahes). Do not rhyme with English “rushes”. KS uses <tros’hës>
[4]  KS has <mesva>: more like the Late Cornish pronunciation

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