At Home With Cornish 5

Let's ask questions about what you have learnt.

We started with Pandr'ew hebma? What is this?


Pandr'ew is actually short for Pandra ew (What the thing is) and (hebma means this.)


Perhaps the answer was Pesk ew. It's fish. Or It's a fish.

If you want to be sure, you can ask "Is this (a) fish?"

To make it a question you have to start with "Ew".

Ew hebma pesk? Is this a fish?

Ew hebma bara? Is this bread?

Ew hebma cavach? Is this a cabbage?


If you want to answer "Yes, it is," you can say Ea, ew.

If you want to answer "No, it isn't",

you can say Na, nag ew.

"Nag" means "not".

e.g.

Ew hebma leth?

Is this milk?

Na, nag ew. No, it's not.

Nag ew hebma leth.

This is not milk.

Nag ew leth.

It's not milk.

Cavach ew. It's a cabbage.

Ew hebma aval?

Is this an apple?

Ea, ew. Yes, it is.

Aval ew. It is an apple.


Is there a choice between two things?

You can use the little word "po" meaning "or".

Can you fill in the gaps?

Ew hebma leth po sugen?

Is this milk or juice?

Nag ew hebma leth.

This is not milk.

Nag ew - - - - .

It's not milk.

Sugen ew.

It's juice.

Ew hebma pesk po oy?

Is this a fish or an egg?

Nag ew hebma - - .

This is not an egg.

Nag ew oy.

It's not an egg.

Pesk ew.

It's a fish.

Ew hebma kig po tesen?

Is this meat or cake?

Nag ew hebma - - -.

This isn't meat.

Nag ew - - - .

It is not meat.

- - - - - ew.

It's a cake.

Ew hebma dehen rew po aval?

Is this an ice cream or an apple?

Nag ew hebma dehen rew.

This isn't ice cream.

Nag ew - - - - - - - - .

It is not ice cream.

- - - - - ew.

It's an apple.

Now add your own:

Ew hebma … po …?

Is this … or …?


Nag ew hebma …

Nag ew …

… ew.


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