Pets

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Vocabulary

In this lesson we'll learn to say what we have using pets.

The word for "pet" is "biggin."

The word for "pets" is "bigginyn."

To ask "do you have a pet?" we say "vel biggin ayd?" (Notice that "biggin" goes in the middle.)

To ask "do you have pets?" we say "vel bigginyn ayd?"

We can reply with "ta biggin aym" to say "I have a pet" or "cha nel biggin aym" to say "I don't have a pet."

We can also replace the word "biggin" with the word for an animal to be more specific, as follows:

ta kayt aym ------ I have a cat	ta moddey aym ------ I have a dog	ta eeast aym ------ I have a fish
cha nel jerbyl aym ------ I don't have a gerbil	ta eeast airhey aym ------ I have a goldfish	cha nel pussag aym ------ I have a hamster
ta lugh aym ------ I have a mouse	ta conning aym ------ I have a rabbit	ta garran aym ------ I don't have a pony
ta ushag aym ------ I have a bird	ta shligganagh aym ------ I have a tortoise	cha nel ardnieu aym ------ I don't have a snake