Lesson 4.2

Vocabulary: (GERLEVRAN)
(SWF: gerlyver = dictionary)

Breakfast (light/early) = haunsel (SWF: hansel)
Breakfast (full) = lî
Day = dêdh (SWF: dedh)
Day = jurna (sounds like start of English journal) (SWF: jorna)
Day’s work = jurni (sounds like English journey)
Dinner = kidniaw (main meal of the day)
Half = hantar (SWF: hanter)
Hour = ar glôh (by the clock, by the bell) (SWF: eur)
Just after = hont dho
Just before = po nebbaz
Lunch = kidniaw
O’clock = ar glôh (sounds like English glow)
may also be written as “ar gloh” or “argloh” (SWF: eur)
Past = udzha (SWF: woja)
Supper = côn (SWF: con)
Quarter = quarter
Time = prêz (SWF: pres)
To = dho (SWF: dhe)
What = panna (SWF: pana)

Verbs:
To wake up = devina (mutates to dhevina)
To get up = saval aman
To go to bed = moaz (mutates to voaz) dhyn gwili
To (go to) sleep = cuskah (mutates to guskah)
To have breakfast (or lunch)= cawaz (or kymeraz) lî (But note that if you use cawaz (or kymeraz) after dho it mutates to gawaz (or gymeraz))
= lifia

Also useful

en prêz nau ar glôh = at nine o’clock
dadn nau ar glôh = coming up to nine o’clock,
getting on for nine o’clock

You will find “do you usually” and “I usually” useful regarding time.

………era hwei a longia dho…..? = …….do you usually….?
………thera vi a longia dho….. = ……..I usually………...

What time do you usually have breakfast?
= Panna prêz era hwei a longia dho gawaz lî?
= Panna prêz era hwei a longia dho lifia?
I usually have breakfast at eight o’clock.
= Thera vi a longia dho gawaz lî eath ar glôh.
= Thera vi a longia dho lifia eath ar glôh.
What time do you usually get up?
= Panna prêz era hwei a longia dho saval aman?
I usually get up at seven o’clock.
= Thera vi a longia dho saval aman seith ar glôh.
What time do you usually go to bed?
= Panna prêz era hwei a longia dho voaz dhyn gwili?
I usually go to bed at ten o’clock.
= Thera vi a longia dho voaz dhyn gwili dêg ar glôh.
What time do you usually go to sleep?
= Panna prêz era hwei a longia dho guskah?
I usually go to sleep at midnight.
= Thera vi a longia dho guskah hanternôz.
What time do you usually wake up?
= Panna prêz era hwei a longia dho dhevina?
I usually wake up at six o’clock.
= Thera vi a longia dho dhevina hwî ar glôh.