From: Padraic Brown (pbrown@polaris.umuc.edu)
Date: Sat Dec 23 2000 - 04:38:26 EST
On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Eric Christopherson wrote:
>On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 06:03:41PM +1300, andrew wrote:
>> E sewenith-w lla werdad k'yn weg er parolad,
>> A h-afar yn berson alltr es a widder ffeig' Dew.
>
>Does Brithenig have the kind of possession that doesn't use a word for "of"?
Aye. It's a funny old language and no mistake! It's one
of two possessive constructions. The other uses "di"; this
di-less possessive derives either from Latin or the British
substrate.
In Kerno:
Daphoni li meint ce wertate alchtempoer deckue:
il carer ces altoer mbersonne aty-l wether la nfaze le Dew.
Padraic.
>Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo
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