Personal Activities 6

We have seen how we can make positive (affirmative) statements about what we and others do. Now we need to look at questions about activities.

Here are some examples, including ones we have met before. This is the formal or plural version, which is used more often in Late Cornish, unless talking to ones nearest and dearest. (The question of social inferiors should not arise in this day and age!):

Pandr’ew agas soodh? (SWFM Pyth yw agas soodh?)	What is your occupation? What is your job?
Pandr’ew agas whel? (SWFM Pyth yw agas hwel?)	What is your work?
Pe le thero whei obery? (SWFM Pleth esowgh hwi owth oberi?)	Where are you working? Where do you work?
Pandr’ero whei o cül? (SWFM Pyth esowgh hwi ow kul?)	What are you doing? What do you do?
Ero whei obery? (SWFM Esowgh hwi owth oberi?)	Are you working? Do you work?
Eus whel dhe whei? (SWFM Eus hwel dhe hwi?)	Do you have work? Do you have a job?

If we are talking about other people we need to use the 3^rd person equivalents. This sometimes brings in a new part of boas to be, which is <üjy> (rhymes with English “squidgy”!):

3^rd person masculine

Pandr’ew y soodh? (SWFM Pyth yw y soodh?)	What is his occupation? What is his job?
Pandr’ew y whel? (SWFM Pyth yw y hwel?)	What is his work?
Pe le ma va obery? (SWFM Pleth yma ev owth oberi?)	Where is he working? Where does he work?
Pandr’üjy va o cül? (SWFM Pyth usi ev ow kul?)	What is he doing? What does he do?
Üjy va obery? (SWFM Usi ev owth oberi?)	Is he working? Does he work?
Eus whel dhodho? (SWFM Eus hwel dhodho?)	Does he have work? Does he have a job?

3^rd person feminine

Pandr’ew hy soodh? (SWFM Pyth yw hy soodh?)	What is her occupation? What is her job?
Pandr’ew hy whel? (SWFM Pyth yw hy hwel?)	What is her work?
Pe le ma hei obery? (SWFM Pleth yma hi owth oberi?)	Where is she working? Where does he work?
Pandr’üjy hei o cül? (SWFM Pyth usi hi ow kul?)	What is she doing? What does he do?
Üjy hei obery? (SWFM Usi hi owth oberi?)	Is she working? Does she work?
Eus whel dhedhy? (SWFM Eus hwel dhedhi?)	Does she have work? Does she have a job?

3^rd person plural

Pandr’ew aga soodh? (SWFM Pyth yw aga soodh?)	What is their occupation? What is their job?
Pandr’ew aga whel? (SWFM Pyth yw aga hwel?)	What is their work?
Pe le môns obery? (SWFM Ple ymons i owth oberi?)	Where are they working? Where do they work?
Pandr’üjens o cül? (SWFM Pyth usons i ow kul?)	What are they doing? What do they do?
Üjens obery? (SWFM Esons i owth oberi?)	Are they working? Do they work?
Eus whel dhodhans? (SWFM Eus hwel dhedha?)	Do they have work?

A negative statement is based on the question form, e.g.:

Nag ero whei obery. (SWFM Nyns esowgh hwi owth oberi.)	You are not working.
Nag eus whel dhodho. (SWFM Nyns eus hwel dhodho.)	He does not have work. He is out of work. He does not have a job.
Nag üjy hei o cül tra veth. (SWFM Nyns usi hi ow kul tra vyth)	She is not doing anything.
Nag üjens obery. (SWFM Nyns esons i owth oberi.)	They are not working.

                   

Personal Activities 5 (boas locative present paradigm)

Here is the complete locative form of the verb boas to be, so that you can talk about what other people are doing, as well as talking about yourself:

Thero vy o … (SWFM Yth esov vy ow/owth …)	I am … ing
Thesta o … (SWFM Yth esos ta ow/owth …)	You (Thou) are … ing
Ma va o … (SWFM Yma ev ow/owth …)	He is … ing
Ma hei o … (SWFM Yma hi ow/owth …)	She is … ing
Thero nei o … (SWFM Yth eson ni ow/owth …)	We are … ing
Thero whei o … (SWFM Yth esowgh hwi ow/owth …)	You are … ing
Môns o … (SWFM Ymons i ow/owth …)	They are … ing

Thew ev gweythor vorr rag an gonteth. Ma va o lavürya war an vorow.

He is a roadman for the county. He works on the roads.

Gonisyades bargen tir ew hei. Ma hei o conis gen bühes.

She is a farmworker. She works with cows.

Thens gwarioryon. Môns obery e’n wariva.

They are performers (actors). They work in the theatre.

Here are some extra verbs associated with work or education:

adhesky	educate
assaya	try
covadha	record
cuntel	collect
cussülya	advise
darbary	prepare
dasscrifa	copy
desky	learn
disqwitha	rest
gortheby	answer
goslowes	listen
gweres	assist
gwertha	sell
gwitha	guard
madra	study
metya gen	meet
nivera	count
perna	buy
redya	read
rekna	calculate
remembra	remember
restra	organise
scrifa	write
scudhya	support
strifya	strive
stüdhya	study
whesa	sweat

Tabm a Gernow 30 (nests)

En gwav, noth ew an enwedh (ash trees) reb an vorr . Nag eus delen veth warnodhans. Nei ell gweles neythow briny dre (rooks) et aga branchys; neythow dhort an vledhen eus passyes. An edhnow a vedn gwil devnydh anodhans e'n gwenton ma.

Otta neyth aral en gwedhen vian reb o lowarth. Nag eus neyth bran. Martesen thewa neyth colobmen (pigeon).

Me a welas an oy ma reb vorr dadn nebes gwedh. Oy colobmen coos ew, dhe'm bres vy.

 Ma edhen vroas o sedha war bedn gwedhen saben. Ma sethen en hy gelvin. Bran dre ew, bes nag eus neyth dhedhy e'n wedhen ma. 

An diw edhen obma a venja gwil aga annedh et o shymbla. Chôkys (jackdaws) ew, ha pur drosüs ens.

Personal Activities 4

Personal Activities 4

We saw some possible occupations, in Personal Descriptions 1, in answer to the question:

Pandr’ew agas soodh?                         What is your occupation?

You can put them together with the answer to the question:

Pe le thesta o conis? (familiar) (SWFM Pleth esos ta ow konis?) Pe le thero whei o conis? (formal or plural) (SWFM Pleth esowgh hwi ow konis?) Pe le thesta o lavürya? (familiar) (SWFM Pleth esowgh hwi ow lavurya?) Pe le thero whei o lavürya? (formal or plural)         (SWFM Pleth esowgh hwi ow lavurya?) Pe le thesta o obery? (familiar) (SWFM Pleth esowgh whi owth oberi?) Pe le thero whei obery? (formal or plural) (SWFM Pleth esowgh whi owth oberi?)

Where do you work (or labour/cultivate)? Where do you work (or labour/toil/slave)? Where do you work (or act/create/operate)?

e.g. (with some extra occupations)

Skrifenyades o vy. Thero vy obery en sodhva.

I am a secretary. I work in an office.

Tiek o vy. Thero vy o conis war o bargen tir.

I am a farmer. I work on my farm.

Den whel o vy. Thero vy o lavürya war an hens horn.

I am a workman. I work on the railway.

Golghwreg o vy. Thero vy o lavürya en golghty.

I am a washer woman. I work in a laundry.

Proffessor o vy. Thero vy obery en ûniversita.

I am a professor. I work in a university.

Plobmer o vy. Thero vy obery en treven.

I am a plumber. I work in houses.

Bedn’vas o vy. Thero vy o lavürya hardh e’n chei.

I am a housewife. I work hard in the house.

Tabm a Gernow 29 (bishop's visit)

Mis Meurth an ethves dedh,  e’n nos e veu hager awel gen glaw ha gwens crev. 

En Lannberan, reb an eglos, gwedhen a godhas dhort an ke corfflan, war an kerdhva. Thera odhom dhe nebonan gorra an wedhen na dhe ves, drefen boas wharvos dhe les o toas. 

Pub bledhen ma offeren e'n eglos rag Powasow Crows Beran (Cross of St Piran Awards). M'an powasow enora  tüs a wrüg rei servis dres ehen dhe aga eglosyow, aga fluyow, aga hemenethow po en aga  lavür. Ottobma Epscop Tim gen den a wrüg degemeres powas.

  
Tho an eglos tekhys rag an ocasyon, gen baners gwydn ha dü. Cregys o an baners tredh an gwedh ha reb an trulergh. 




Drehevyans bian glas a omdhiskwedhas ewedh; attesva rag an düs coth.

Nag eus bes park kerry bian reb an vorr. Rag hedna res purres o gwitha oll an spassow rag an düs posek ha rag efregyon. An offeren a wharvedhas e'n dohajedh de Sül, terdhegves mis Meurth. Kens ena thera avisyans: na wrewgh whei parkya obma òja onan er glogh.

Rag an offeren thera avisyansow moy: ragerhys rag Epscop Chris ha  ragerhys rag EpscopTim. Thew Chris an epscop Lanalet (St Germans) ha thew Tim epscop Truru.

Personal Activities 3

One of the things you want to talk about is how you spend your non-leisure time, i.e. work or education. There are several ways of saying that you are working/you work:

Thero vy o conis … (SWFM Yth esov vy ow konis.)	I work/labour/cultivate …
Thero vy o lavürya … (SWFM Yth esov vy ow lavurya.)	I labour/work/toil/slave …
Thero vy o obery … (SWFM Yth esov vy owth oberi.)	I work/act/create/operate …

Here are some places you can work. Notice that some of them end in -va, which generally indicates a place where something happens. Others end in -jy or ty (forms of chei) indicating a house or building for a particular purpose.

Use with prepositions <en> in or (<e’n> in the) or <war> on:

arhanty	a bank	medhegva dhens	a dentist’s
bal	a mine	mengleudh	a quarry
bank	a bank	milvedhegva (f)	a vet’s surgery
bargen tir	a farm	milva (f)	a zoo
bûro	an office, a bureau	mirva (f)	a gallery
caryans poblek	public transport	en mor	at sea
chei film	a cinema	odyans	a town hall
chei post	a post office	pastel dir (f)	a smallholding
cinema	a cinema	scathow (pl)	boats
cloajy	a hospital	scoll	a school
coljy	a college	shoppa	a store, a shop
floghva (f)	a nursery	sodhva (f)	an office
godrev	a small farm	sodhva bost (f)	a post office
gofenva (f)	an enquiry office	sodhva doll (f)	a tax office
gwarijy	a theatre	sodhva greslü (f)	a police station
gwariva (f)	a theatre, a stage	soler art	an art gallery
gwerthjy	a store, a shop	e’n tir	on the land
gwithty	a museum	tokinva (f)	a ticket office
an hens horn	the railway	tre	at home
lowarth losow	a market garden	tresorva (f)	a treasury
medhegva (f)	a clinic, a doctor’s surgery	treven (pl)	houses

Tabm a Gernow 28 (Trevellance)

Otta radn a vappa coth (1888). Whei ell gweles diw venten, jinjy, men coth, melin eskern ha teller manerjy. Pandr'ew obma lebmyn? Me a wra disqwedhes dhewgh.

En kensa, ottobma fenten e'n vorr, moy es cans bledhen diwettha. Pub bledhen ma hei o springya en kewer lawek. Segh ew hei e'n cres an hav. Ma'n treven war an mappa ewedh.

Thew an vownder goth ma an vorr dhe Trevellance. Nag ew hei pur vas rag kerry. Nag ew hei trulergh da naneyl. 



An maner a veu complys en kensa en 1303. Nag ew an manerjy obma lebmyn. Trevellance ew coth bes nag ewa manerjy. Thera tollow e'n vos rag termyn hir. Rag fra? Na oram. Martesen rag colomednow po skelly-grehednas.

Soweth nag üjens ena na fella. An chei a veu arnowythhys ha "gwellhys" namnygen!

Ma'n velin eskern reb an vorr (Bone Mill Road). Magor ew lebmyn, overdevys gen idhyow. Thew an perhen Arlòdh Falmeth. En termyn eus pasyes nebonan a venja gòberna an velin vel chei. Straft òja hedna y oberoryon a wrüg diswül an to. Lebmyn na alja nagonan triga etto.

Otta an jinjy. Wheal Chyverton Nowydh ew - saw nag ew nowydh lebmyn. Magor ew. (Ergh po rew? Hebma a veu en 2009.)

Pe le ma'n men coth? Martesen ma va war an rün a ügh dhe'n jinjy. Martesen kellys ew. Martesen thew ev overdevys gen spern. Pandr'ew hedna reb an ke? Alja ev boas men hir?