Re: asking for the bathroom
| From: | Padraic Brown <pbrown@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, June 2, 2001, 4:03 |
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On Sat, 2 Jun 2001, Dan Jones wrote:
>Padraic Brown wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Dan Jones wrote:
>>
>> >Padraic Brown wrote:
>> >
>> >> Yet another excellent opportunity for the Kernow to have a laugh
>> >> at those silly Comrow chappies who come down to rent "yn casin",
>> >> having in mind a quaint cottage (lla gas is house, lla gasin
>> >> cottage) and get rather an unpleasant surprise!
>> >
>> >Wouldn't that be "yn gesen" < CASINA?
>>
>> Dig dy 'yn gesen', dig eo 'yn casin'; k'annulan nu lla gos inteir!
>>
>> I can't find where "yn" causes any mutation. Or is the mutation always
>> there regardless? Also, why -en? The diminutive in question is -in as
>> far as I can see.
>
>Culpa mea, I meant to write "lla gesen".
"Lla", yes I could see.
>I thought the -in suffix causes i-mutation, thus cas- to ces-
This I don't know. Nothing in the Page under nouns or mutations
as of yet.
>and the feminine ending causes a-mutation,
>lowering the -i- to -e-, cesen.
?? That I'm not aware of either!
>
>> Then again, I never could pass the O-Level in Brithenig...
>
>Certhiffegad 'eneral ddi Education Yscolesteg?
Ill medissif! Master Smith tried with might and main to beat all those
mutations and such like into my head. He was fond of saying "Without a
solid background in Brithenig, you _yspreich_ will never amount to
more than out-of-work louts on the dole!" He was also fond of the
hazel switch, but neither seemed to teach the lesson!
Padraic.
>Dan