At Home With Cornish 27

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 warn ügens mis Kevardhû.

Christmas Day is 25th December.

Pednbloodh vy ew wheffes warn ügens mis Whevrel.

My birthday is 26th February.

 

Numbers used when counting

Numbers used in dates

1  onan 2  dew 3  trei 4  pajar 5  pemp 6  whegh 7  seyth 8  eth 9  naw 10 deg 11 üdnek 12 dewdhek 13 tardhek 14 peswardhek 15 pemdhek 16 whetek 17 seytek 18 etek 19 nawnjek 20 ügens 21 onan warn ügens 22 dew warn ügens 23 trei warn ügens 24 pajar warn ügens 25 pemp warn ügens 26 whegh warn ügens 27 seyth warn ügens 28 eth warn ügens 29 naw warn ügens 30 deg warn ügens 31 üdnek warn ügens

1st kensa 2nd nessa 3rd tryja 4th pajwora 5th pempes 6th wheffes 7th seythves 8th ethves 9th nawhes 10th degves 11th üdnegves 12th dewdhegves 13th tardhegves 14th pajardegves 15th pemdhegves 16th whetegves 17th seytegves 18th etegves 19th nawnjegves 20th ügensves 21st kensa warn ügens 22nd nessa warn ügens 23rd tryja warn ügens 24th pajwora warn ügens 25th pempes warn ügens 26th wheffes warn ügens 27th seythves warn ügens 28th ethves warn ügens 29th nawhes warn ügens 30th degves warn ügens 31st üdnegves warn ügens

Ma deg dedh warn ügens en mis Ebrel, mis Efan, mis Gwedngala ha mis Dû.

There are 30 days in April, June, September and November.

Ma üdnek dedh warn ügens en mis Genver, mis Meurth, mis Me, mis Gorefan, mis Est, mis Hedra ha mis Kevardhû.

There are 31 days in January, March, May, July, August, October and December.