Dedh Cans Trei Ügens hag Etek
















De Lün, seythves warn ügens mis Efen
Monday, 27th June

Skith o vy arta. Ma chei nowydh dhe'n vergh vy ha thera othom a garya hy mebel ha daffar chei dhort agan chei dhe Truru. En kensa, res veu dhedhy gòberna dew dhen gen vann. Lebmyn ma spas moy dhe nei! Bes ma othom dhebm a bowes. Etho otta radn bian a dhescans. Whei ell gwil tabm a whel.

I am tired again. My daughter has a new house and it was necessary to transport her furniture and equipment from our house to Truro. First she had to hire two men with a van. Now we have more room! But I need to rest. So here's a little bit of a lesson. You can do a bit of work.

Cressya emann agan tavas Kernowek Radn28c pejys
Building up our Cornish language 28c continued


Here are some more sentence using the verbs kerdhes to walk and pònya to run with a variety of auxiliary verbs and constructions.

Piw eus ow kerdhes en syger? Who is walking slowly?

Piw ew an benenes üjy ow kerdhes üskis? Who are the women who are walking fast?

Ma va ow kerdhes en syger. He is walking slowly.

Nag üjy hei ow kerdhes üskis. She is not walking fast.

Piw a wrüg kerdhes mar syger? Who walked so slowly?

Hei wrüg kerdhes en üskis. She walked quickly.

A wrüg anjei kerdhes en syger? Did they walk slowly?

Na wrügons pònya en üskis. They did not run quickly.

Da ew ganjo pònya en üskis. He likes running fast.

Ew da genjy kerdhes en syger? Does she like walking slowly?

Nag ew da ganjans kerdhes en syger. They do not like walking slowly.

Gerowgh ev dhe gerdhes en syger! Let him walk slowly!

Na erowgh hei pònya mar üskis! Don't let her run so fast!

Gerowgh anjei dhe bònya en üskis! Let them run quickly!

Hei a res kerdhes en syger. She must walk slowly.

Res ew dhodho pònya en üskis. He has to run quickly.

Nag ew res dhodhans kerdhes. They do not have to walk.



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