At Home With Cornish 7

Let's ask some more questions about what you have learnt.

We started with Pandr'ew an re ma? What are these?

(An re ma means these.)

Perhaps the answer was "Know ens." They are nuts.


If you want to be sure, you can ask "Are they nuts?"

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

Ens know?

Or if you want to use "an re ma" you can ask

"Ew an re ma know?"

Are these nuts?

Ew an re ma losow? Are these vegetables?

Ens losow? Are they vegetables?


If you want to answer "Yes, they are," you can say Ea, ens.

If you want to answer "No, they are not",

you can say Na, nag ens.

"Nag" means "not".

e.g.

Ew an re ma cresigow?

Are these crisps?

Na, nag ens.

No, they are not.

Nag ew an re ma cresigow.

These are not crisps.

Nag ens cresigow.

They are not crisps.

Losow ens.

They are vegetables.

Ew an re ma whegow?

Are these sweets?

Ens whegow?

Are they sweets?

Ea, ens.

Yes, they are.

Whegow ens.

They are sweets.


And choosing between two things, using "po" meaning "or".

Can you fill in the gaps?

Ew an re ma selsik po losow?

Are these sausages or vegetables?

Nag ew an re ma losow.

These are not vegetables.


Nag ens - - - - - .

They are not vegetables.


- - - - - - ens.

They are sausages.

Ew an re ma scòbmow po know?

Are these chips or nuts?

Nag ew an re ma - - - - - - - .

These are not chips.

Nag ens scòbmow.

They are not chips.

- - - - ens.

They are nuts.

Now choose your own.

Ew an re ma … po …?

Are these … or … ?


Nag ew an re ma …


Nag ens …


… ens.


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