At Home With Cornish 24

In our earlier lessons, we have looked at common questions and suitable answers involving ourselves. Now we are going to expand this and look at how you can build your own sentences.

Let's start with sentences involving identities and descriptions.

If someone asks me "Piw os ta?" (this is familiar)

                              or "Piw o whei?" (this is more polite)

                    meaning "Who are you?"

I can answer "Tho vy Jan" meaning "I'm Jan".

Or I can say "Jan o vy."

 

If you want to ask who someone else is, you can say:

"Piw ew ev?" Who is he?

"Piw ew hei?" Who is she?

"Piw ew anjei?" Who are they?

 

An answer might be:

(they all mean the same, with different emphasis: He is Peter.):

Peder ew ev.   He is Peter.

Ev ew Peder.   He is Peter.

Thew ev Peder.  He is Peter.

 

I can also expand my answer to include what I am like, e.g.

Tho vy descadores. I am a teacher.

(or Descadores o vy.)

Tho vy pajar ügens bloodh. I am 80 years old.

(or Pajar ügens bloodh o vy.)

 

Now we can expand this pattern to include others.

 

Try starting your sentence with one of these:

Tho vy …       I am …

Tho chy …     You are … (friend or family)

Thew ev …     He is …

Thew hei …    She is …

Tho nei …       We are …

Thow whei … You are … (polite or more than one)

Thew anjei … They are …

 

Or you can start your sentence with a name, e.g.

Thew Peder …   Peter is …

or Peder ew …

Thew Maria …    Mary is …

or Maria ew …

e.g.

Thew Henry hager.     Henry is horrid

Henry ew hager.    

Thew Peder perfydh.  Peter is perfect.

Peder ew perfydh.

 

Or you can start your sentence with a noun, e.g.

Thew an kei … The dog is …

or An kei ew …

Thew an gath … The cat is …

or An gath ew …

Thew an flehes … The children are …

or An flehes ew …

e.g. Thew an flehes lôwen. The children are happy.

An flehes ew lôwen.

Here are some more descriptions to end your sentence.

 

hir  tall

 

berr  short

 

 

 

 

bras  big

 

bian   small


 

drog  bad

 

da  good

 

 

 

 

lôwen   happy

 

trûan  sad

 

 

 

 

crowsek  grumpy

 

 

gòcky      silly

 


 

berryk      plump

 

 

moon      thin

 

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