Marhasna 1 (reasons for shopping)

Whether we like it or not, and whether we do it for ourselves or not, shopping forms an important part of our lives, so let’s have a look at some of the vocabulary. 

First of all, the motivation!

Thera vy o marhasna[1].	I’m going shopping.
Thera vy o perna neppeth wheg[2].	I’m buying something nice
Keth marhasna o vy[3].	I’m a shopping addict.
Sqwithys o vy.	I am bored.
Marhasna ew da genam.	I like shopping.
Ma dhebm mona dhe spendya.	I have money to spend.
An copart ew gwag.           [4]	The cupboard is empty.
Ma dhebm tabm termyn gwag.	I have a bit of spare time.
Gwag o vy.	I am hungry.
Ma odhom dhebm a voos.	I need food.
Nag eus traveth dhe eva.	There is nothing to drink.
Me a goodh cawas gwin moy.	I ought to get more wine.
Re vian ew oll o dillas vy.	All my clothes are too small.
Nag eus dhebm traveth vas dhe dhegy.	I have nothing suitable to wear.
Ma whans dhebm a skijyow nowydh.	I want some new shoes.
Res ew dhebm perna ro.	I must buy a present.
Besy ew dhebm cavas lever da.	I have to find a good book.

There is obviously scope to use some of these expressions as a pattern for other sentences, using different subjects, objects, adjectives, etc. 

For beginners, more vocabulary about shopping can be found in the Oxford Children’s Cornish-English Visual Dictionary (ISBN 978-0-19-273560-7).

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[1]  This is the locative (”long”) form of the verb to be.  In Middle Cornish with “main form”  SWF (SWFM) it would be  Yth esov vy ow marghasna.

[2]  alternative (SWFM) spelling hweg

[3]  This is the descriptive form of the verb to be. Keth actually means slave

[4]  This sentence and the two that follow show three different uses for the adjective <gwag>:  empty, hungry and spare