At Home With Cornish 44

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves of things we have already done, as well as learning new things. So here is a combination of both.

It is useful to know some questions:


Piw os ta? Who are you?
Pe hanow os ta? What is your name?
Fatla genes? How are you?
Pandr'ew hedna? What is that?
Pandr'ew an ger Kernôwek? What is the Cornish word?
Pe niver ew hebma? What number is this?
Pe liw ewa? What colour is it?
Pe lies (Pes) bloodh os ta? How old are you?




Here are some numbers for ages, etc.:

5 pemp
6 whegh
7 seyth
8 eth
9 naw
10 deg
11 üdnek
12 dewdhek
13 terdhek
14 peswardhek
15 pemdhek
16 whetek
17 seytek
18 etek
many lies
Here are some colours:

The colour of the sea is always glas, which can be blue, grey or green.
And green plants are always glas.

black dû
blue blou or glas
green gwer or glas
orange rüdhvelyn
purple purpur
red rüdh
white gwydn
yellow melyn
grey loos or glas

Here are some ways someone could answer a question:

Peder o vy. I am Peter.
Seyth bloodh o vy. I am seven years old.
Clav o vy. I am ill.
Maria henwys o vy. I am called Mary.
Peswardhek bloodh o vy. I am fourteen.
Da lowr o vy. I'm OK.

Here are some things you find in the kitchen:

Padel ew.

Lecher ew.

Hanath ew.

Taykel ew.

Tepott ew.

Gwedren ew.

Bolla ew.

Scüdel ew.


Lo ew.

Collel ew.

Forgh ew.


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