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Adverb
1. At all; in some degree (used for emphasis).
- I will not remain here any longer.
- If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!
- That doesn't bother me any. (chiefly US usage)
- He wasn't any good at basketball.
- ken onan dhis na'n rolla bydh moy es edhow yn ta. if another did not give it to you, any more than a jew. PA145
- my ny wrav pur wir kentrow dhy'hwi vydh. Very truly I will not make nails for you at all. PA155
- na moy skonya ny vynnas rag own kavoes y ankow. he would not refuse any more for fear of being killed. PA174
Determiner
1. Used to refer to one or some of a thing or number of things, no matter how much or how many.
- Do you have any biscuits?
- Do you have any food?
- I haven't got any money.
- It won't do you any good.
- I don't have any choice.
- my ny wrav pur wir kentrow dhy'hwi vydh. Very truly I will not make any nails for you. PA155
- toul vydh ny allav yn fas ynna synsi dhe wonis. i cannot hold any tool in them properly to work. PA156
- toch vydh gonis ev ny yll. he cannot do any work. PA158
- nagonan ev ny asas heb ura a'y eseli. he did not leave any one of his limbs without anointing it. PA235
2. used to express a lack of restriction in selecting one of a specified class.
- Choose any items you want.
- Any person may apply.
- Press any key to continue.
- These constellations are visible at any hour of the night.
- Dha Dhuw ny goodh dhis temptya yn neb eghen a servis. You must not tempt your God into any kind of enthralment. PA15
- Dall na bodhar ny asa, nag omlavar nagonan na klav vyth ow krowedha. He did not abandon the blind or the deaf or the dumb - not one, nor any bedridden invalid. PA25
- A-ban wrug dhewgh ternoth fernoth ow holya, daffar vyth ny dhegsowgh dhe worra tra vyth ynna. Since I made you follow me, ill-clad and barelegged, you have not carried any holder to put anything into. PA50
- yn sur dhyw ow tevones hwi a'm gwelvydh heb neb mar. you will see me coming as god himself, without any doubt! PA93
- yn-medh pilat my ny wonn dhe'n traytour esa ganso yn krist kavoes bydh reson merwel prag y res dhodho. Pilate said to the traitor who was with him, ``I cannot find any reason in christ why he must die." PA121
- nyns yw ragos sy ladha krist yw synsys meur dhremas dhe dhen vydh awos plegya. it is not for you to slay christ who is considered to be a great holy man, to satisfy anyone. PA123
- ma na'n jeva goeth na lith nag esa orth y revya na war y gorf hweg tamm vydh. so that he did not have a vein or a limb or any part of his sweet body that was not hurting him. PA132
- my ny wonn bones kevys y'n den ma bydh acheson may res y vones ledhys. I do not know that any reason is found in this man for which he has to be killed. PA141
- maystri vydh ty ny 'fia warnav vy drog vydh na da. You would have no power at all over me, for evil of any kind or good. PA145
- yowann dha vab my a wra na bydh moy ken mamm nevra es hyhi ty na hwila. i make john your son - and you, do not ever seek any mother other than her. PA198
Pronoun
1. One or some of a thing or number of things, no matter how much or how many.
- Any may apply.
- laghys eus y'n pow a-dro may res y ladha yn skon myghtern neb a omwrello. there are laws in this region by which it is necessary to slay at once anyone who makes himself a king. PA121
- meur o an payn a-der ken dhe vab dyw meur y alloes. great was the pain, beyond any other of god's all-powerful son. PA135
- korf yesus ha'y eseli i dhe denna mar vilen neb a vynna a ylli nivera oll y eskern. that they pulled the body and limbs of jesus so savagely that anyone who wanted could count all his bones. PA183
- pub dydh oll neb a vynne leverel pymthek pader. Anyone who would say fifteen Our Fathers every day. PA228
2. Whichever of a specified class might be chosen.
- The illness may be due to any of several causes.