At Home With Cornish

Bilingual Story 2 Little Red Hen There are some useful repetitions in this story. Yar   Roos   Vian Little   Red   Hen   The characters in this story are Yar Roos Vian Little Red Hen Cath Cat Kei Dog Hos Duck Porhel Pig   En termyn eus passyes there was a little red hen, called   Yar Roos Vian . One day she found some grains of wheat.   Piw a vedn gonis an has   ma? “Who will plant these seeds?” she asked.   “Na vadna vy.” “ I will not”, said Cath “Na vadna vy.”   said   Kei “Na vadna vy.”   said   Hos “Na vadna vy.” said   Porhel   My   a wra gonis an has ow   hònan, dhana. “I shall plant the seeds myself, then”, said Yar Roos Vian. And so she did.  The rain fell and the sun shone on the wheat. Yar Roos Vian   watched it grow tall and ripen.   Piw a vedn trehy an gwaneth? “Who will cut the wheat?” she asked.   ...

We can practise our words using memory games, e.g.   My eth dhe varhas ha perna … I went to market and bought … My eth dhe’n vilva ha gweles … I went to the zoo and saw … My eth dhe’n bargen tir ha gweles … I went to the farm and saw …   Here are some animals you might see kept on a farm (and a few wild ones). Watch out for some of them in stories, such as “Chicken Licken”, “Little Red Hen”, “Three Billy Goats Gruff”, “The Old Woman and her Pig”, etc: edhnik (mabyar) chick goodh goose heyjik duckling hos duck yar hen, chicken yar Gyny turkey lowarn (lostek) fox porhel bian piglet cath cat kei deves sheepdog bogh bewek billy goat brogh badger bûgh cow casek mare cònin rabbit cülyek cockerel davas sheep ebel foal gaver goat hogh pig hordh ram hos duck leugh calf mabyar chick margh horse mynnen kid o...