Tabm a Gernow 64 (fruits)

En gwenton thera blouth en gwedh frouth. Gwydn ew flourys ploumys, eyrin ha keres. An re ma a wrüg tevy en mis Me.

En mis Gorefan tho an frûtys glas ha gwer. Nag ens arves po ao, ha nag ens wheg en certan.

Lebmyn, en mis Est, thew an frûtys arves po nebes. Purpur ens,saw nag ens wheg whath. Da ew an frûtys ma rag gwil crampes po jam sawrek po dowr tòbm ploum. Re drynk ens dhe dhebry criv.

 

Writing a Diary 7 (big money items)

Big money items.

We have looked at food and clothing you might have spent your money on. Now let’s have a look at vocabulary for more expensive purchases and other expenditure. Somewhere to live and a means of transport are usually high on people’s lists. We also look at the present tense:

caravan (SWFM karavan)	caravan
crow predn (SWFM krow prenn)	chalet
chei üdnik (SWFM chi unnik)	detached house
chei tiek	farmhouse
ranjy	flat, apartment
ranjy meblys	furnished flat
chei golyow havos[1]	holiday home
chei	house
geveljy	semi-detached house
ranjy heb mebel	unfurnished flat
chanjya chei	move house
Me a janjyas chei.	I moved house.

Here are some example sentences:

Lebmyn thera vy en ranjy meblys.	Now I am in a furnished flat.
Thera vy o pea mil bens pub mis.	I pay £1000 every month.
Me a bernas crow predn rag o degolyow.	I bought a chalet for my holidays.
carr (SWFM karr)	car
kertik (small car)	van
diwros	bicycle
jinn diwros	motorbike
nowydh	new
devnidhys or ûsys	used or second-hand
Here are some more example sentences:
Me a bernas carr devnidhys rag teyr mil pens.	I bought a second-hand car for £3000.
Me a arvethas diwros rag an degolyow.	I hired a bicycle for the holidays.

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[1]  especially for summer holidays (<hav> summer)

Tabm a Gernow 63 (bats)

Newher o gordhûher da. Thera loor vroas ha spladn. Tho an eborn leun a gouwas (moths) ha whesker (insects) erel. Perfyth o rag skelly-grehednas. Da ew dhodhans debry whesker o neyja e'n ayr. Me a sayas dhe fotografa skelly-grehen. Calish o. Onpossybyl o dhe gawas foto sevelyek; dho an skelly-grehen re üskis ragam. Nag eus bes video bian. Ellowgh whei gweles poynt dû bian e'n eborn? Hedna a veu o skelly-grehen.

Tabm a Gernow 62 (waxing moon)

E veu jorna pur deg hedhyw (thera howl ha nag era glaw), ha lebmyn thew nos da. Ma tabm a niwl, bes nag eus cloudys. Ew holma loor leun? Nag ew hei, na whath. Nag ew an loor pur rônd. Ma'n loor o cressya. E vedh loor leun de Yow: loor "sturgeon" en arwòdh an Zodiak an Deger Dowr. Nos da dhewgh whei oll!

Writing a Diary 6 (more on how you paid for things)

More on how you paid for things.

Here is some more vocabulary relating to finances. You can put this together with some of your previous vocabulary:

arhanty or bank	bank
acont arhanty	bank account
kespus arhanty or gasadow	bank balance
banknotys or notednow arhanty (f)	banknotes
banksquattyes	bankrupt
cawas kendon or chevisya	borrow
cowethes derevyans (f) (SWFM drehevyans)	building society
checken (f)	cheque
bathow	coins
carten gresys (f)	credit card
acont kesres	current account
carten dhebisya (f)	debit card
kendon (f)	debt
acont arhow	deposit account
dendel bownans	earn a living
dendel oker	earn interest
gwaynyow hapwaryans	gambling winnings
codha en kendon	get into debt
gober	income, pay
oker	interest
argh vona (f ) or coffrik erbys	money box
gober omdednans	pension
mona pocket	pocket money
ro	present, gift
powas	prize
gober	salary, wage
erbisyon	savings
gober cleves	sick pay
gober dilavür	unemployment benefit
gwaynya	win
gwaynyow	winnings
tedna (en) mes	withdraw (money)

                  

Here are some example sentences:

Me a dednas mes oll o mona erbisyon.	I took out all my savings money.
Me a spendyas o gober omdednans.	I spent my pension.
Me a dhendelas meur a oker.	I earned a lot of interest.
Me a waynyas cans pens.	I won £100.
Me a ûsyas carten gresys.	I used a credit card.

Tabm a Gernow 61 (spiders)

Otta kist letherow. Nag era letherow hedhyw. Nag era fardelow naneyl. Na veu an lappa egerys. Nag era odhom a drobla an genesen driger. Dien ew hy gwias - dien ha heb damach. Kenesen vian ew hei. Nei ell gweles hy gwias etta, drefen boas gleb an gewer.

Otta gwias aral - gwias kenesen moy broas. Nei ell gweles an gwias, saw na ellen nei gweles an genesen. Ma hei o cüdha hy honan e'mesk an delkyow.

Ma diw genesen obma. Piw o an gwiader? Piw a wras an gwias? Na ora vy. Dres lycklod e veu an genesen broas. Nag ew gwias fin. Nag ew hei kenesen gwias pelen; kenesen wedhwes fouls ew hei. Hei a venja debry an genesen vian martesen.



Ma radn a genes o triga en treven ha ma radn a genes o triga en lowarthow. Saw ma'n genesen ma reb an mor. Hei a wras hy gwias en ke horn a ûgh an treth. Hei a gachas gwiben.

Tabm a Gernow 60 (visiting butterfly)

Terweythyow ma dhe nei omweler bian. Nag üjy omweler a'n par na o tarya termyn hir. An ticky Düw ma a sedhas war dhorn o mergh rag pols bian, nena neyja kerr. Mer morlû rüdh o. En gwetha pres, na wrüga vy gweles ticky Düw kehaval en ogas. Digoweth o an best ma; heb gour po heb gwreg.

Writing a Diary 5 (what you paid for things)

What you have paid for things.

We have looked at a variety of food and clothes that you might buy. We now need to look at numbers again to talk about paying. Using numbers we do not need plurals for the money, and in a number with several components the currency unit comes after the first part.

spendya or spenja or spena	to spend/spending
pe	to pay/paying
pens (SWFM peuns)	pound
diner[1]	penny
lies pens[2]	many pounds
mona	money, cash, change
meur a vona	a lot of money
showr a vona	masses of money
bush broas a vona	a vast amount of money
re a vona	too much money

Here are some examples of sentences, with the typical <-as> ending (and the softened initial, where appropriate) of the simple past (preterite):  

Me a spendyas deg pens.	I spent £10.
Me a beas[3] ügens pens.	I paid £20.
Me a beas pemp pens warn ügens.	I spent£25.
Me a spendyas dew bens ha hanter cans diner.	I spent £2.50p.
Nag era dhebm mona luck.	I didn’t have enough money/change.
Nag era mona lowr genam.	I didn’t have enough money with me.
Na wrüga vy spendya bes pajar pens.[4]	I only spent £4.

                  

         

                   

         

         

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[1] sounds like the historic coin “dinar” , not like the American eatery

[2] Some people use <arhans/arghans> for money, but strictly speaking this means silver (from the Latin argentum)

[3] two syllables: sounds like /bayaz/  (though minimise the /y/ sound)

[4] For negative statements you can’t use the simple past; you need the compound preterite with the auxiliary verb to do <gwil> in its own past tense <wrüg>

Writing a Diary 4 (when you did things)

When you did things.

We have looked at what you have been doing and where you have been. Here are some occasions when you might have done things:

de Sül (SWFM dy Sul)	Sunday
de Lün (SWFM dy Lun)	Monday
de Meur’ (SWFM dy Meurth)	Tuesday
de Merher (SWFM dy Merher)	Wednesday
de Yow[1] (SWFM dy Yow)	Thursday
de Gwener (SWFM dy Gwener)	Friday
de Sadorn (SWFM dy Sadorn)	Saturday

Here are some examples combining them with previous vocabulary:

De Sül me a wòrtas tre.	On Sunday I stayed home.
De Sadorn me eth dhe gefewy.	On Saturday I went to a party.

This might be in answer to a question[2], such as:

Pandra wrüga whei gwil de Sül?

What did you do on Sunday?(formal form)

You might want to be less specific about the day of the week:

de	yesterday
degensete	on the day before yesterday
hedhyw vettin	this morning
hedhyw e’n jedh	earlier today
mettin avarr	early in the morning
newher (SWFM nyhewer)	yesterday evening, last night
e’n seythen eus passyes	last week
en termyn eus passyes	in the past

Let’s put these into sentences with some of our previous vocabulary:

Me a bernas cota degensete.	I bought a coat the day before yesterday.
Hedhyw e’n jedh me a evas gwin.	Earlier today I drank wine.

For a specific action you do not need a preposition, but if you did something regularly you may use a preposition.

Me eth dhe dhescanjow pub de Lün.	I went to lessons every Monday.
Me eth dhe’n coljy war an Gwener.	I went to the college on Fridays.

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[1]  Market Jew Street in Penzance gets its name from the Thursday market that was held nearby “Marhas Yow”

[2] There will be more about questions in a later post.