Episode Description
This episode contains Lesson 18 of the Cornish language audio-course “Desky Kernôwek Bew - Learning Colloquial Cornish”.
Descas Etek 18 Lesson Eighteen
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Geryow - Words:
a {prp.} - of, from.
Austol {plc.nm.} - St Austell.
beu {vb.3sg.perf. < bos“to be/being”} - he/she/(it) has been.
bewgh, bewgh whei {vb.2pl.pret. bos ‘to be/being’} - (occurrance in the past over and done with) you have been; you were.
ena {adv.} - there.
en {prp.}, yn - in.
eur {f.sg.n.} - hour.
genys {vb.adj. < gana ‘to give birth/giving birth’} - born.
Kernow - Cornwall.
ma {dem.adj.} - this, these.
pe le, ple {interrog.adv.} - where?; (which place?).
Pensans - Penzance.
Porth Enys- Mousehole.
trigys {vb.adj.} - stayed, settled, put up.
Lavarow - Phrases:
e’n eur ma - these days; at present.
Pe le ero whei? - Where are you?
Pe le ero whei o mos? - Where are you going?
Pe le ero whei o tos? - Where do you come from? Where are you from?
Pe le ero whei trigys e’n eur ma? - Where do you live at present?
Pe le vewgh whei genys? - Where were you born?
Patrons - Structures:
my a veu - I have been; I was.
vewgh whei? - have you been?, where you?
na vadna vy - I won’t, I will not, I don’t want to.
ello whei? - can you?
fatel ello whei gwil hedna - how to do that (lit.: how can you doing that).
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