At Home With Cornish 59

 Welcòm, welcòm a flehes! Welcome, welcome children!

Gero nei clappya adro dhe vownans. Let's talk about life.

Gero nei clappya adro dhe enevales. Let's talk about animals.

Ma lies eneval e'n bes. There are many animals in the world.

Ew oll an re ma enevales? Are all of these animals?

Ew oll an re ma bew? Are all of these alive?

carr

scavel cronak

gwedhen

ameba

spong

morgowles

bulügen

canker

sart

pesk

cronak

sarf

edhen

olifans

morvil

 

Can you fill in the three blanks below?

Nag ew …................ bew.  A …................. is not alive.

Nag ew ….............eneval. A …............... is not an animal.

Nag ew ….............eneval. A …............... is not an animal.

 

Enevales ell bos pub mens. Animals can be all sizes.

Enevales ell bos münys. Animals can be tiny.

Enevales ell bos hûjes. Animals can be huge.

Enevales ell bos münys po hûjes ha pub mens tredh anjei.

Animals can be tiny or huge and every size in between them.

Pe mens ew olifans? What size is an elephant?

Olifans ew brâs. An elephant is big.

Ew bulügen brâs po bian? Is an earthworm big or small?

Ameba (en plodn) ew münys. An amoeba is tiny.

Ameba (en plodn) na ell bos gwelys heb microscop.

An amoeba (in a pond) cannot be seen without a microscope.

Morvil ell bos gwelys heb microscop.

A whale can be seen without a microscope.

Morvil e'n mor ew bew.  A whale in the sea is alive.

Rag fra? Why?

Fatel ellen nei godhvos hedna? How can we know that?

Pandra üjy morvil ow kil? What does a whale do?

Ma seyth tra. There are seven things.

Morvil ell gwaya. Ma va ow neyja. A whale can move. It swims.

Bes carr ell gwaya! But a car can move!

Ma othom a voos rag morvil. Food is needed for a whale.

Bes boos rag carr ew petrol! But food for a car is petrol!

Nei ell gweles morvil anella. We can see a whale breathe.

Bes ma othom a ayr dhe'n carr, ewedh! But a car needs air, too!

Ma câwgh dhe'n morvil. The whale ha poo.

Bes ma gorvog dhe'n carr! But the car has exhaust fumes!

Ma sensys dhe'm morvil. The whale has senses.

Ma sensys dhe gerry modern! Modern cars have sensors!

Morvilyow ell cressya ha tevy. Whales can reproduce and grow.

Ell carr bian tevy dhe vos carr brâs? 

Can a little car grow to be a big car?

Eus flogh dhe'n carr? Does the car have a child?

 

 

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