Saturday 11 June 2016

Marhasna 3 (gone off)

Of course, fresh food goes off if it is kept for too long, whether that is at home or in the shop. You might need to complain!

stale
marow (also dead)     
coth (also old)
mouldy or mildewed   
pindy (from dialect, also off)
loos (also grey)
dried out   
segh
shrivelled or withered 
gwedhrys or gwedrys
disewydhys
sour 
trenk (SWFM trynk)
curdled     
cowlys, godròthys
bad  
drog
pedrys (also addled)
melted
teudhys
                            
Re goth[1] ew an boos ma. 
This food is too old.
Me a goodh dhebm y dowla dhe ves.
I ought to throw it away.
An letüs ma ew gwedrys
This lettuce is withered (shrivelled).
An bara na ew coth
That bread is old (stale).
An oyow ew drog.
The eggs are bad.
Trenk ew agas leth.
Your milk is sour.
Teudhys ew an dehen rew.         
The ice cream has melted.
                            
Pre-packaged foods tend to carry a date indicating how long they should last.
The key word is kens before (or by):
gwella kens
best before …
gwella kens diwedh…
best before the end of …
ûsya kens         
use by
debry kens
eat by
eva kens  
drink by
dedhyans diwedh     
date of expiry
gwella kens kensa a vis Me
best before May 1st
gwella kens diwedh mis Efan
best before end of June
                            




[1] Re meaning too causes soft mutation, so coth becomes goth

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