Taking a new look at Cornish grammar 16 (direct objects)

The verbs that we have used so far have been INTRANSITIVE. In other words, they have not needed a DIRECT OBJECT as part of the predicate. Some verbs, such as doas come/coming and moas  go/going are always intransitive. Some of the others can also be TRANSITIVE (do take a direct object).

Ma hei o càna. SWFM Yma hi ow kana.	She is singing.
Ma hei o càna cân. SWFM Yma hi ow kana kan.	She is singing a song.
Ma hei o clanhe. SWFM Yma hi ow klanhe.	She is cleaning.
Ma hei o clanhe hy skijyow. SWFM Yma hi ow klanhe hy eskisyow.	She is cleaning her shoes.
Ma hei o qwary. SWFM Yma hi ow kwari.	She is playing.
Ma hei o qwary pel dhorn. SWFM Yma hi ow kwari pel dhorn.	She is playing handball.
Ma hei o resek. SWFM Yma hi ow resek.	She is racing/running.
Ma hei o resek resek. SWFM Yma hi ow resek resek.	She is running a race.
Ma hei o tesky. SWFM Yma hi ow tyski.	She is teaching.
Ma hei o tesky descans hir. SWFM Yma hi ow tyski dyskans hir.	She is teaching a long lesson.
Ma hei o redya. SWFM Yma hi ow redya.	She is reading.
Ma hei o redya lever. SWFM Yma hi ow redya lyver.	She is reading a book.
Ma hei o tewis. SWFM Yma hi ow tewis.	She is choosing.
Ma hei o tewis pows nowydh. SWFM Yma hi ow tewis pows nowydh.	She is choosing a new dress.
Ma hei o preujy. SWFM Yma hi ow preusi.	She is judging.
Ma hei o preujy kesstrif. SWFM Yma hi ow preusi kesstrif.	She is judging a competition.

Here are some other useful transitive verbs.

danon SWFM danvon	send/sending
scrifa SWFM skrifa	write/writing
debry SWFM dybri	eat/eating
eva	drink/drinking
gwil/gül SWFM gul	make/making
egery SWFM ygeri	open/opening
keas	shut/shutting

And here are some examples of their uses.

Ma va o tanon lether. SWFM Yma ev ow tanvon lyther.	He is sending a letter.
Ma va o scrifa carten. SWFM Yma ev ow scrifa karten.	He is writing a card.
Ma va o tebry tesen. SWFM Yma ev ow tybri tesen.	He is eating a cake.
Ma va eva cor. SWFM Yma ev owth eva korev.	He is drinking beer.
Ma va o cül cota. SWFM Yma ev ow kul kota.	He is making a coat.
Ma va egery an gisten. SWFM Yma ev owth ygeri an gisten.	He is opening the box.
Ma va o keas y shoppa. SWFM Yma ev ow keas y gwerthji. (different choice of vocabulary)	He is shutting his shop.