| Blas Kernewek - Lesson 1 | |
|  | | An animated conversation in Cornish |
| | Welcome to lesson 1 of the Cornish language course. Rod Lyon, Deborah Bennetts and Chris Blount lead you through some Cornish phrases. |
| | | Welcome to the lesson 1 of 12 of our Cornish Language series with Rod Lyon, Deborah Bennetts and Chris Blount.
In this lesson we are going to try some introductory Cornish phrases. Click for the audio for lesson 1 |
Script for Lesson one
Introductory phrases
'Formal' Greetings
Rod: Myttin da!
Chris: Good morning!
Deb: Dydh da!
Chris: Good day!
Rod: Dohajydh da!
Chris: Good afternoon!
Deb: Gorthugher da!
Chris: Good evening!
'Informal' Greetings
Rod: Hou sos!
Chris: 'Right boy!, 'Right mate!
'Formal' Farewells
Deb: Nos da!
Chris: Good night!
Rod: Dyw genes
Chris: Good-bye (to one person)
Deb: Dyw genowgh
Chris: Good-bye (to more than one person)
'Informal' Farewell
Rod: Dha weles!
Chris: See you!
Introductory Chat
Deb: Fatla genes?
Chris: How are you?
Rod: Yn poynt da, (meur rasta)
Chris: Very well, (thankyou)
Deb: Ha ty?
Chris: And you?
Rod: Da lowr
Chris: Okay.
(Alternative reply)
Rod: Nyns oma mar dha
Chris: I'm not so good. Gerva / Vocabulary
Myttin - Morning
Dydh - Day
Dohajydh - Afternoon
Gorthugher - Evening
Nos - Night
Da - Good
Ha - And
Ty - You (when speaking to one person)
Sos - Friend, 'Mate' (when addressing someone) |
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