At Home With Cornish 55

 

After the summer holidays children usually go back to the classroom

(in school or at home).

Here are some of the subjects they might do.

Which ones do they like?

 

redya

scrifa

rekna

dorydhieth

story

mathematek

mûsek

art

sciens

liednow

losowieth

devinita


Choose a subject to fill a blank:

Thera vy ow tesky rekna.

I am learning maths.

Theram ow tesky …

I am learning …

 

Da ew genam redya.

I like reading.

Da ew genam desky …

I like learning …

 

Gwell ew genam scrifa.

I prefer writing.

Gwell ew genam desky …

I prefer  learning …

 

Here's some simple arithmetic:

 

Onan ha dew ew trei                  1 + 2 = 3

(one and two is three)

 

Pajar ha pemp ew naw               4 + 5 = 9

 

Whegh ha seyth ew terdhek      6 + 7 = 13

 

Eth ha deg ew etek                    8 + 10 = 18

 

Pempgweyth pajar wra ügens                5 x 4 = 20

(five times four makes twenty)

 

Ügens radnys gen pajar wra pemp       20 / 4 = 5

(twenty divided by four makes five)

 

Dewdhek menas deg wra dew             12 – 10 = 2

(twelve minus ten makes two)

 

Pemdhek tedna onan wra peswardhek 15 – 1 = 14

(fifteen subtract one makes fourteen)

 

 

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