At Home With Cornish

Here's a little bilingual story involving food. When you have read it, you can try adding some recipe variations of your own! Look at earlier lessons to find some food vocabulary. My a venja cawas ... means I'd like to have ... Òbma ... means Here is ... or Here are ... Òbma tabm ... means  Here is a bit of ... Cowl Men Stone Soup Once upon a time a kindly old stranger was walking through the land when he came upon a village. As he entered, the villagers hid in their houses. The stranger smiled and called, “ Rag fra ma own dhe whei?” “Why are you frightened? I am a simple traveller, just looking for a meal and a place to stay the night.”   “ Voyd alebma, den òncoth!”   they shouted. “Go aw ere are  ... ay stranger.” “ Nag eus tabm boos vyth dhe nei. “We haven’t got a bite of food. “ Gwag o nei.” “We are hungry.”   “ Na amownt,” called the stranger. “It doesn’t matter.” “I have everything I need.”   “ My a wra gwil cowl men raga nei oll....

In our earlier lessons, we looked at some numbers (enough to enable you to play "Shut the Box" or say your age). Here's a reminder of ways of saying your age: Bloodh vy ew seyth. My age is seven years. Deg bloodh o vy. I'm ten years old.   We also looked at the months of the year, so that you know what month your birthday is in.   Ma pednbloodh vy en mis Dû. My birthday is in November.   Now we need to look at how you say the date of your birthday. Ma dewdhek mis en bledhen. There are twelve months in a year. Ma seyth dedh en seythen. There are seven days in a week.   Look at the list of numbers below, but don't try to learn then all in one go! Concentrate on your special days. Here are some examples (done in the simplest way).   Cala Me ew kensa mis Me. May Day is 1st May. Gool Peran ew pempes mis Meurth. St Piran's Day is 5th March. Hedhyw ew pajardegves mis Ebrel. Today is 14th April. Du Nadelik ew pempes...

Sometimes we want to talk about our clothes and what we are wearing. The word for " clothes " is dilhas. "I am wearing clothes." is Thera vy ow tegy dilhas. You can also say " I am dressed in clothes," Gwiskys o vy en dilhas. Gwiskys o vy en … can also mean "I'm wearing …" But that would be a bit boring, so here is a list of things you might wear. lavrek (hir) = (long) trousers lavrek berr = shorts lavrek jin (glas) = jeans crys-T = T-shirt hevys = blouse, shirt crys whes = sweatshirt pilen = skirt pows = dress côta = coat jerkyn = jacket lòdrow = socks, etc. skichow sport = trainers botas = boots  hatt ...