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  Do you like tongue-twisters? Here's one. My a wra rei rosen rüdh ras rag ro. I will give a cheap red rose for a present. Now let's see how we can put other colours together with other things, in answer to the question: Pandr'ew hebma? What is this? Rosen rüdh ew. It's a red rose. Da ew genam rosen rüdh. I like a red rose. Davas dû ew. It's a black sheep. Da ew genam davas dû. I like a black sheep. Mel melyn ew. It's yellow honey. Da ew genam mel melyn. I like yellow honey. Pras glas ew. It's a green field. Da ew genam pras glas. I like a green field. Ploumen purpur ew. It's a purple plum. Da ew genam ploumen purpur. I like a purple plum. Gwlânek gwydn ew. It's a white woolly. Da ew genam gwlânek gwydn. I like a wh...

Another question you might want to ask is Pe liw ew hebma? Which colour is this? ( liw means colour.) Here are some of the main colours. gwydn white d û     black, dark loos grey rüdh red blou blue melyn yellow gwer green (artificial) glas green (plants) ( sounds like glaze ) purpur purple owr gold Joke: What is a Cornish cat's favourite colour? Answer: Purr purr! We have a special colour word for the ever-changing sea: glas. Pe liw ew an mor? What colour is the sea? Glas ew. This can mean It is green. It is blue. It is grey. Glas ew an mor. The sea is green/blue/grey. Were you born in November? This is mis  D û   , which means " the dark/black month ". Pe liw ew an aval ma? What colour is this apple? … an … ma means … this … Let's use colours with some things we know already (and some new ones). ...

Let's ask some more questions about what you have learnt. We started with Pandr'ew an re ma? What are these? ( An re ma means these.) Perhaps the answer was " Know ens." They are nuts. If you want to be sure, you can ask "Are they nuts?" To make it a question you have to start with " Ens". Ens know? Or if you want to use " an re ma " you can ask "Ew an re ma know?" Are these nuts? Ew an re ma losow? Are these vegetables? Ens losow? Are they vegetables? If you want to answer "Yes, they are," you can say Ea, ens. If you want to answer "No, they are not", you can say Na, nag ens. "Nag" means "not". e.g. Ew an re ma cresigow? Are these crisps? Na, nag ens. No, they are not. Nag ew an re ma cresigow. These are not crisps. Nag ens cresigow. They are not crisps....

You want to know what something is, but there is more than one of them. Here's how you ask. know (sounds like k-NO) Pandr'ew an re ma? What are these ? Instead of " hebma " we use " an re ma ". Instead of " ew " in the answer, you have " ens ". e.g. Know ens. They are nuts. You can say whether you like them or hate them. Da ew genam know. I like nuts. Cas ew genam know. I hate nuts.   Here are some more things to like or hate. cresigow       crisps (sounds like crezz-IG-oo)   losow            vegetables (sounds like LOZZ-oo)   scòbmow     chips (sounds like SCUBB-moo)   selsik            sausages (sounds like ZELZ-ik)   whegow        sweets (sounds like HWEGG-oo)   Pandr'ew an re ma? What are these? cresigow - - - - - - - -   losow - - -...