At Home With Cornish 47

It is summer in Cornwall, so it is time for a  beach theme. You need to know the words for all the stuff we take to the beach (and take home again).

Beach gear is daffar treth.

When it comes to shopping for beach gear, we can say:

We went to the beach shop and bought ...

Nei eth dhe'n shoppa treth ha perna ..

bucket



pal

astel-corfplaynya

or bodybord

gwelen-roos

pel treth

baner bian

sarf neyja

towel treth

gwedrow lagajek

gwedrow howl

hott howl

dehen howl


If you want to say you have something you can use:


Ma dhebm ... or Ma dhe vy … I have ...

Ma dhen ... or Ma dhe nei … We have …


e.g. Ma dhebm daffar treth. I have beach gear.

e.g. Ma dhen towel treth brâs. We have a big beach towel.


The word for already is solabres:

e.g. Ma dhebm hott howl solabres. I have a sun hat already.

e.g. Ma dhen pel treth solabres. We have a beach ball already.

If you want to emphasise what you have, put it early in your sentence:

e.g. Ma sarf neyja dhebm. I have a kite.

e.g. Ma bodybordys dhen. We have bodyboards.


If you want to emphasise who has something use the longer version.

e.g. Ma bucket dhe vy. I have a bucket.

e.g. Ma pal dhe nei. We have a spade.


How do you ask if the shop has something? Use eus?

e.g. Pejy, eus gwedrow howl? Please, are there any sunglasses?

e.g. Eus dehen howl, mar pleg? Is there any sun cream, please?

e.g. Eus gwelen-roos dhe whei? Do you have a fishing net?


And if the shelves are empty!

Nag eus daffar treth moy. There is no more beach gear.



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