At Home With Cornish 61

Lôwena dhe whei oll! Hello to you all!

Gero nei mires orth sciens arta.

Let's look at science again.

Oll an bes ew gwres a vatter.

All the world is made of matter.

Matter ew gwres a elvednow.

Matter is made of elements.

Pandr'ew elvednow ha pana vens ens?

What are elements and how big are they?

Temmik an behatna ew üdn atom – re vian dhe vos gwelys.

The smallest little bit is one atom – too small to be seen.

En natûr ew kevys pajar ügens elven fast.

There are 80 stable elements found in nature.

Nei ell cawas dewdhek warn ügens anodhans en form pûr.

We can get 32 of them in a pure form.

An remenat ew junyes gen erel (terweythyow en stoff) .

The rest are combined with others (sometimes in an ore).

Nebes ell bos kevys en Kernow.

Some can be found in Cornwall.

Lies elven ew olcadnow.

Many elements are metals.

Kernow ew aswonys rag balyow olcan.

Cornwall is known for metal mines.

Olcadnow ell bos polsyes dhe spladna, tednys en neus, mortholys en folednow, furvyes.

Metals can be polished to shine, pulled into wires, hammered into sheets, modelled.

Anjei ell bos gweythresek po afinüs.

They can be functional or decorative.

Olcadnow ell kendegy tòbmder ha tredan.

Metals can conduct heat and electricity.

An re ma o a bris rag Kernow e'n termyn passyes

These were important for Cornwall in the past

(po anjei vedh a bris en termyn a vedn dos).

(or they will be important in the future).

cober Cu

sten Sn

plobm Pb

hôrn Fe

arhans Ag

owr Au

arsenyk As

lithium Li




Thera balyow brâs en Kernow rag cober, sten ha plobm.

There were big mines in Cornwall for copper, tin and lead.

Hôrn, arhans hag owr o kevys ewedh.

Iron, silver and gold were found as well.

Arsenyk (hanter-olcan) o ûsyes avel poyson.

Arsenic (a semimetal) was used as a poison.

Lebmyn ma ûs en teknologieth electronyk.

Now there is a use in electronic technology.

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