Question pronouns
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Bos
- Piw os a gews mar ughel? Who are you, who talks so high? OM1368
- Piw yw neb a hwilowgh hwi? Who is the one you seek? PA69
- Piw owgh? Who are you? RD196
- Piw os? Who are you? RD262 (could also be indirect question, fronted by "lavar")
- Piw os? Who are you? RD2547 (could also be indirect question, fronted by "lavar")
- Piw eus yn tre? Who is at home? BM3301
- Piw an jowl re beu omma? Who the devil has been here? BM3719
- Piw o y das? Who was his father? BK29.2
- Piw osta jy? Who are you? CW548
Subject
- Piw a worras y'th kolonn kows yndellma orth justis? Who put it into your heart to speak thus to a magistrate? PA81
- Piw a'n omhwelis dhyn ni? Who overturned it for us? PA253
- Piw a dhiskwedhas dhiso dha vos noeth korf, troes ha bregh? Who disclosed to thee that body, feet, and arms are naked? OM261-2
- Piw ytho a's hembronk dhi? Who then will lead them there? OM1874
- Piw a wra kowldhrehevel oll dha ji? Who will fully build all your house? OM2339-40
- Piw a ros dhiso an hwatt? Who gave you the blow? PC1384 (could also be indirect question, fronted by "dismyg")
- Piw a dhalleth? Who will begin? RD410
- Piw a vynn leverel dhe vywnans ev dhe sevel hedhyw yn-mes a'n bedh pri? Who will say that he rose to life today out of the tomb of earth? RD589-91
- Piw a vynn ken leverel? Who will say otherwise? BM2714 (could also be indirect question, fronted by "gorthebewgh")
- Piw a ros dhy'hwi leshyans rag dones yn ow grond vy? Who gave you license to come into my ground? BM3462-4 (could also be indirect question, fronted by "leverewgh" dhymm)
- Piw re dheuth dhymmo omma? Who has come to me here? BM3678
- Piw a dhiskwedhas dhiso dha vos noeth treys, korf ha bregh? CW872-3
- Piw a'th gwrug jy pregowther? Who made you a preacher? CW2346
Direct object
- Piw a yll henna bones? Who can that be? PA42
- Piw a yll henna bones? Who can that be? PC771
- Piw a hwilowgh? Who do you seek? PC1109 (could also be indirect question, fronted by "dhymm leverewgh")
- Piw a hwilowgh? Who do you seek? PC1115 (could also be indirect question, fronted by "leverewgh")
- Piw a hwilydh? Who do you seek? RD1640 (could also be indirect question, fronted by "dhymmo lavar".
- Piw a yll'ta jy bones? Who can you be? RD2511
- Piw ylli an re ma bos? Who could those ones have been? BM1797 (could also be indirect question, fronted by "a wodhowgh". Expected conditional?)
Indirect questions
- Bresel grev a veu sordys a'n grows piw ella dh'y doen. A mighty quarrel arose about who was going to carry the cross. PA160
- Warnedhi prenn 'veu tewlys oll an bows piw a'n jeffa. Lots were cast upon it to see who should get the whole robe. PA190
- Dhymm leverewgh piw a hwilowgh. Tell me who you seek. PC1109 (could also be direct question)
- Leverewgh hwath piw a hwilowgh. Say again who you seek. PC1115 (could also be direct question)
- May hallo ev dismygi piw a'n gweskis a'n barth kledh. So he can figure out who struck him on the left side. PC1378, 80
- Dismyg lemmyn piw a ros dhiso an hwatt. Declare now who gave you the blow. PC1382, 4 (could also be direct question)
- Lavar dhymmo piw os. Tell me who you are. RD262 (could also be direct question)
- Dhymmo lavar piw a hwilydh. Tell me who you seek. RD1640-41 (could also be direct question)
- Lavar piw os. Say who you are. RD2547 (could also be direct question)
- My a lever piw yw hi. I will say who she is. BM307
- Ny wonn piw ens i sur. I do not know who they were surely. BM1790-1
- A wodhowgh piw ylli an re ma bos? Do you know who those ones could be? BM1797-8 (could also be direct question. Expected conditional?)
- Res yw dhymm mires piw a ve agan epskop dhyn ni. I need to see today who shall be our bishop for us. BM2690-1
- My re dheuth rag godhvos piw a vydh epskop. I have come to know who shall be bishop. BM2700-2
- Pes da on a'gas avis rag godhvos piw a vo epskop dhyn ni. We are well satisfied with your advice to know who shall be bishop for us. BM2706-8
- Gorthybewgh omma dhyn ni piw a vynn ken leverel. Answer us here who will say otherwise. BM2714-5
- Bysi yw kavoes kusul piw a vo epskop sakrys. It's important to get counsel (as to) who shall be bishop. BM2867-9
- Leverewgh dhymm piw a ros dhy'hwi leshyans rag dones yn ow grond vy. Tell me who gave you license to come into my ground. BM3462-4 (could also be direct question)
- My ny wonn piw eus omma devedhys dhe'm konfortya. I do not know who has come here to comfort me. BM4038-9
- Ny ren vri piw a’s piwa. I gave no heed (as to) who owned it. BK15.7
- Ny attendis piw yw. I didn't understand who he is. BK29.7
- Ny wonn piw a'th feth. I don't know who will overcome you. BK269.3
- My a garsa dhodho ev diskwedhes unnweyth piw ov. I would like to show him once who I am. BK276.9-10