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III. PRETERITE.

A Handbook of the Cornish Language: chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature · Henry Jenner

III. PRETERITE.

Singular. Plural.

1. _rês_. 1. _resen_.

2. _resses_. 2. _rosough_.

3. _ros_. 3. _rosons_.

IV. PLUPERFECT.

Singular. Plural.

1. _rosen_. 1. _rosen_.

2. _roses_. 2. _roseugh_.

3. _rosa_. 3. _rosens_.

V. SUBJUNCTIVE.

Singular. Plural.

1. _rollen_. 1. _rollen_.

2. _rolly_. 2. _rolleugh_.

3. _rollo_. 3. _dollens_, _rollons_.

IMPERATIVE.

Singular. Plural.

1. wanting. 1. _ren_.

2. _ro_. 2. _reugh_.

3. _roy_. 3. _rens_.

INFINITIVE, _rŷ_.

PRESENT PARTICIPLE, _ow rŷ_.

PAST PARTICIPLE, _reys_.

§ 5. _Dry_, to bring.

Except that the present is:—

Singular. Plural.

1. _dorov_ or _drov_. 1. _doren_ or _dren_.

2. _doreth_ or _dreth_. 2. _dorough_ or _dreugh_.

3. _dore_ or _dre_. 3. _dorens_ or _drens_.

the second person singular of the imperative is _doro_ or _dro_, and the preterite third person singular is _dres_ or _dros_, this verb is _rŷ_ with a _d_ prefixed. The present participle is _ow trŷ_.

§ 6. _Gŏdhvos_, or _gŏdhvas_, to know, compounded of _godh_ or _gŭdh_=knowledge, and _bos_, to be.

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