At Home With Cornish 30

We have learnt some question words beginning with "p".

Here's a reminder of some. I expect you can remember more:

Piw? Who?

Piw ew hei? Who is she?

Here's an answer:

Thew hei metêrnes. She is a queen.











Pandra? What?

Pandr'ew hebma? What is this?

Here's an answer:

Thew hebma cònin gwydn. This is a white rabbit.















There are also some question words beginning with "f".

To ask about the weather (which is feminine) we use

Fatel? How?

"The weather" can be "an gewer" or "an awel"

Fatel ew an gewer? or Fatel ew an awel?

How is the weather? or What is the weather like?

Here are some types of weather.

GLAW

HOWL

ERGH

CLOUDYS

CABMDHAVAS

KESER

NIWL

GWENS

HAGER-AWEL

TARAN HA LÛHES


For a simple answer to a question about the weather use

"Ma …" meaning "There is …", e.g.

Ma cabmdhavas. There is a rainbow.

Ma gwens yeyn. There is a cold wind.

Ma hager-awel. There's a storm.

Ma taran ha lûhes. There's thunder and lightning.

Some people use "a wra", "it makes" or "it does", after the type of weather, e.g.

Glaw a wra. It's raining.

Ergh a wra. It's snowing.

Keser a wra. It is hailing.

You can make an adjective (descriptive word) by adding "-ek" to the end of the weather type, e.g.

howlek sunny

gwenjek windy

niwlek foggy

Instead of cloudys we use commol, which gives us

comolek cloudy

Then you can say:

Comolek ew hei. It's cloudy.

Gwenjek ew hei. It's windy.

Niwlek ew hei. It's foggy.

Sometimes you use a different verb, e.g.

Ma'n howl ow spladna. The sun is shining.

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