Taking a new look at Cornish grammar 27 (reporting verbs)

In English we have many alternative verbs to report speech. We do in Cornish as well, because we spend a lot of time talking about what other people say (or write)! Here are a few of them:

comondya	to command
creia	to cry
garma	to shout
gofen	to ask
gwarnya	to warn
hockya	to stutter
leverel	to say
ola	to weep
scrifa	to write
scrija	to screech
üja	to scream
whetha	to whisper

Here are some examples of how they might be used. (Some of them need the imperative, which we will look at in a later post.)

“Sav!” ev a gomondyas.	“Stand!” he commanded.
Mons o creia, “Ladorn! Ladorn!”	They cry, “Robbers! Robbers!”
“Thero vy obma,” ev a garmas.	“I am here,” he shouted.
An venyn a wrüg gofen, “Piw o whei?”	The woman asked, “Who are you?”
Hei a wrüg gwarnya, “Kebmer with!”	She warned, “Take care!”
Ma’n flogh o hockya, “M-m-m-m-mabmik.”	The child stutters, “M-m-m-m-mummy.”
Me a wra leverel, “Lowen o vy.”	I will say, “I am happy.”
“Nag o vy lowen,” hei a olas.	“I am not happy,” she wept.
Ma va o scrifa, “Hedna ew gwir.”	He is writing (writes), “That is true.”
“Ke dhe ves!” hei a scrijas.	“Go away!” she screeched.
Mons owth üja, “Harow!”	They scream, “Help!”
“Tush!” ev a whethas.	“Hush!” he whispered.