Cornish Phrase Book

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Greetings etc

Hello - Dydh da
Goodbye - Dyw genes
Please - Mar pleg
Thank you - Meur ras
Excuse me - Gav dhymm
Sorry - Drog yw genev
cheers - yeghes da

What's your name? - Pyth yw dha hanow?
My name is John - Ow hanow yw John

Colours

white - gwynn
yellow - melyn
orange - rudhvelyn
pink - gwynnrudh
red - rudh
purple - rudhlas
green - gwyrdh
blue - glas
brown - gell
grey - loes
silver - arghansek
gold - owrek
black - du

Animals


bird - edhen
cat - kath
crow - bran
fish - pysk
dog - ki
duck - hos
horse - margh
donkey - asyn
cow - bugh
sheep - davas
pig- hogh
fox - lowarn
rabbit - konin
hen - yar
goose - goedh
rat - rath
swan - alargh
seagull - goelann

Places

beach - treth
castle - kastell or dinas
cave - fow, gogo, kav or mogow
church - eglos
cliff - als
cottage - krowji
estuary - heyl
farm - bargen-tir
field - pras or parc
forest - koes
ford - rys
garden - lowarth
hill - bronn or bre
house - chi
island - ynys
lake - lynn
lighthouse - golowji
mine - bal
moor - hal or ros
mountain - menydh
ocean - keynvor
path - hyns
quarry - moengleudh or mengleth
river - avon
rivermouth - aber
road - fordh
rock - karrek
sand - tewes
sea - mor
spring - fente
stone - men
stream - gover
tree - gwydhenn
valley - nans or glynn
village - treveglos
water - dowr
waterfall - dowrlamm
well - puth
wood - koes

Numbers

1 - onan
2 - dew
3 - tri
4 - peswar
5 - pymp
6 - hwegh
7 - seyth
8 - eth
9 - naw
10 - deg

Days & Months

Monday - Dy' Lun
Tuesday - Dy' Meurth
Wednesday - Dy' Mergher
Thursday - Dy' Yow
Friday - Dy' Gwener
Saturday - Dy' Sadorn
Sunday - Dy' Sul

January - mis Genver
February - mis Hwevrer
March - mis Meurth
April - mis Ebryl
May - mis Me
June - mis Metheven
July - mis Gortheren
August - mis Est
September - mis Gwynngala
October - mis Hedra
November - mis Du
December - mis Kevardhu

Summer - Hav
Autumn - Kynyav
Winter - Gwav
Spring - Gwenton

Food & Drink

apple - aval
bacon - bakken
beans - fav
beer - korevbread - bara
breakfast - hansel
cheese - keus
coffee - koffi
dinner - koen
drink - diwes
egg - oy
food - boes or sosten
lunch - li
meat - kig
pasty - pasti or hoggan
potatoe - aval-dor
restaurant - boesti
vegetables - losow
wine - gwin

Cornish Language Links

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cornwall/connected/stories/new_cornwall_language.shtml
http://www.cornish-language.org/
http://www.serenelife.com/kernewek101/

  
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