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At Home With Cornish 43

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It is springtime, winter is over, and Easter is approaching, so here is some vocabulary. Pask   Easter Ma Pask ow tos.   Easter is coming. Pask lôwen  Happy Easter oy  an egg oyow  eggs oyow Pask  Easter eggs debry  to eat oyow Pask choclat  chocolate Easter eggs Da ew genam debry oyow choclat.  I like eating chocolate eggs. cònin  rabbit There is no "official" word for "bunny", but you can add ending  -ik  that makes things small. cònin > còninik  bunny, little rabbit edhen  bird >  edhnik  chick, little bird ors  bear >  orsik  teddy-bear, little bear cath  cat >  cathik  pussycat Cònin Pask  Easter Rabbit Còninik  Pask  Easter Bunny drei to bring, bringing Ma Còninik Pask ow trei oyow Pask.  Easter Bunny is bringing Easter eggs. We had a nickname for a fox with a bushy tail lost  tail >  lostek  he with the bushy tail, fox In the same way we have a nickname for an animal with long ears.  This is the hare. scovarn  ear >  scovarnek  he with the l