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`Once, twice, three times' are made with using the cardinal number with the noun '''gweg''': '''yn weg''', '''dew weg''', '''trui weg''', '''cathr gweg'''. | `Once, twice, three times' are made with using the cardinal number with the noun '''gweg''': '''yn weg''', '''dew weg''', '''trui weg''', '''cathr gweg'''. | ||
==Syntax== | |||
=== Questions === | |||
Questions are formed by changing the word order of the subject and the verb: | |||
'''Gw pharolath Brithenig''', ''`You speak Brithenig'''. | |||
'''Parola'gw Frithenig?''', ''`Do you speak Brithenig?'' | |||
Note the change in sentence order causes softening to occur on following words. Also the '''-th''' ending on the verb has been elided. | |||
When the subject is a noun it remains before the verb but the equivilent pronoun is placed after the verb: | |||
'''Ill car es llâ''', ''`the car is there''' | |||
'''Ill car es-ys llâ?''', ''`is the car there?'' | |||
Brithenig has a set of question words similar to English: | |||
'''Ki?''', ''who?'' | |||
'''Di ghi?''', ''whose?'' | |||
'''Ke?''', ''which?'' | |||
'''Ke gos?''', ''what?'' | |||
'''K'log?''', ''where?'' | |||
'''A g'log?''', ''to where?'' | |||
'''Di g'log?''', ''from where?'' | |||
'''Co?''', ''how, what kind of?'' | |||
'''Cant?''', ''how much, how many?'' | |||
'''Ke sig?''', ''how?'' | |||
'''Ke dem?''', ''when?'' | |||
'''Perch?''', ''why?'' | |||
Question words come at the beginning of sentences, except for '''di ghi''': | |||
'''Ke gar es-o?''', ''Which car is that?'' | |||
'''Ill car di ghi es-o?''', ''Whose car is that?'' | |||
'''Co'''and '''ke''' replace the article and cause softening. Other question words which act adverbially cause following verbs to soften. | |||
'''Ke sig?''' is used with adjectives: | |||
'''Ke si wirdd er gwstr cum?''', ''`How green was your valley?'' | |||
In answering the word order is retained with the question word replaced: | |||
'''Ke gos es gwstr nôn? - Rhaifun eo affell''', ''`What is your name? - I am called Ray'.'' | |||
Brithenig speakers can put the interrogative tag '''es-sa rhen''', ''isn't it?'' at the end of sentences. The tense of the verb and the number and gender of the pronoun may change, but, unlike English, the negative '''rhen''' is not dropped: | |||
'''Gw h-affellath Padrig, es-ys rhen?''', ''Your name is Patrick, is it not?'' | |||
'''Ty fi nglafaf rhen, er-ty rhen?''', ''You didn't call me, did you?'' | |||
==Vocabulary== | ==Vocabulary== | ||