Learn Late Cornish Bit by Bit: Learn Late Cornish Bit by Bit 67 (Indicating Place)

Thursday, 2 April 2015

A Bit About Indicating Place

We have already seen some ways of indicating what there is in a particular place, e.g.:

Hebma ew maw lowen. This is a happy boy.

Hedna ew den coth. That is an old man.

Cath vian ew hobma. This is a little cat.

O gwiasva ew hodna. That is my website.

Ma cador obma. There is a chair here.

Ma daras ena. There’s a door there.

Even more emphatic – saying “See here” or “See there” or “Look at this” or “Look at that” – we have:

Ottobma … Here is …

Ottena … There is …

Ottobma o levrow. Here are my books.

Ottena agas gerlever. There is your dictionary.

Ottena y chei. There is his house.

You can use otta[1] with pronouns and names, e.g.:

otta vy behold me, here I am

otta che behold you, here/there you are

otta va behold him/it, here/there he/it is

otta hei behold her/it, here/there she/it is

otta nei behold us, here we are

otta whei behold you, here/there you are

otta jei behold them, here/there they are.

otta Jory behold George, here/there is George.

otta Kettern behold Kate, here/there is Kate.

[1] Gendall spells this yta, meaning that the first letter is pronounced schwa.

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