At Home With Cornish 49

Let's look at some beach-related questions and answers:

To ask if there is something:

Eus … ? Is there … ?

Eus bucket? Is there a bucket?

Eus pal? Is there a spade?

Eus bucket rüdh ha pal melyn?

Is there a red bucket and a yellow spade?

Nag eus. No. There isn't.

Ma bucket melyn ha pal rüdh.

There's a yellow bucket and a red spade.

To ask where something is:

Pe le ma … ? Where is … ?

Pe le ma an bucket melyn? Where is the yellow bucket?

Ma va reb an mor. It is by the sea.

Ma va war an treth. It is on the beach (sand).

Pe le ma an pal rüdh? Where is the red spade?

Ma va dadn an treth. It is under the sand.

If someone asks where you are:

Pe le thesta? Where are you?

Pleth esta? Where are you?

Pe le thero whei? Where are you? (more than one person)

Thera vy war an treth. I am on the beach.

Thera nei reb an mor. We are by the sea.

Here are the words that tell us positions.

dadn under

reb by, beside

war on

Eus enevales e'n mor? Are there animals in the sea?

Entei! Ma lies mil. Certainly! There are lots of animals.

Ma lies godhvil. There are lots of wild animals.

Ma bestes brâs ha bestes münys.

There are big animals and tiny animals.

At Home With Cornish