Exercise 16
Lowda:
How can I go to Penzance? My car’s at the garage for repair.
Clemens:
You can get a bus or a train.
Lowda:
There are lots of buses, but the journey takes a long time, with a change at Truro. How can I get hold of the times for the trains?
Clemens:
Check on line, of course.
Lowda:
How?
Clemens:
Oh, Lowda! It’s easy. Get your phone out. I’ll show you. And we can buy the ticket at the same time.
Exercise 17
Clemens ha Lowda a wrug checkya euryow an train yn êsy. Yma an kyttrynyow ow mos inter Austol ha Penzans yn fenowgh mès yn lent. Yma an trainow ow viajya yn uskys. Ytho Lowda a wrug dôwys an train. An tremenyas esedhys ryb Lowda o codhys dhe gùsk yn town. Yth esa an howl ow spladna wàr an pow yn tobm i’n jëdh-na. Yth esa buhas ha deves ow pory wàr an parcow yn cosel. Yth esa an dremenyades adâl Lowda ow pory wàr hy fon yn fysy. Gwas an train a wrug gwertha coffy dhe Lowda yn cuv. An train a wrug dos dhe Penzans yn scon.
Clemens and Lowda easily checked the train times. There are frequent buses between St Austell and Penzance but they’re slow. The trains travel quickly. So Lowda chose the train. The passenger seated beside Lowda had fallen fast asleep. That day the sun was shining warmly onthe countryside. The cows and sheep were grazing peacefully in the fields. The passenger opposite Lowda was busy browsing on her phone. The train steward kindly sold Lowda a coffee. The train soon arrived in Penzance.
Exercise 18
Bastyn:
My car is more powerful than yours.
Allan:
How can you be sure of that?
Bastyn:
It's got a bigger engine.
Allan:
Yes, but your car is older than mine. The engine isn’t very efficient.
Bastyn:
My car’s also lighter than yours.
Allan:
Yeah. For your car’s older than mine. My car’s electric. The battery is heavy, so the whole car’s heavier.
Bastyn:
Well, my car is certainly better. Driving it is nicer.
Allan:
But I’m satisfied too. You have a breakdown every month!
Exercise 19
Yma Powl ow trùssa dyllas rag viaj negys a beswar dëdh. Yma va ow tôwys colmow codna. Yma ev ow trùssa onen glas hag onen rudh. Onen melen inwedh. Mès an colm gwer yw tecka – yma Powl ow kemeres hedna kefrës. Soweth, an colm rudh yw plos. In y dyller yma Powl ow trùssa onen gwydnrudh. Kenyver onen yw rolys gans rach ha gorrys i’n trog dyllas.
Powl is packing clothing for a four day business trip. He’s choosing ties. He packs a blue one and a red one. A yellow one too. But the green one is smarter – Powl takes that one too. Worse luck, the red one is dirty. In its place Powl packs a pink one. Every tie is rolled up carefully and placed in the suitcase.
Exercise 20
Avorow y fëdh an degves pedn bloodh a’m gradhyans. Me a studhyas injynorieth i’n ûnyversyta in Brystow. Lebmyn me yw injynor cyvyl arbenygys in is-starneth an caryans. De Sadorn dewetha me a wrug dewheles dhe Brystow rag kydnyow gans an studhyoryon erel a’n injynorieth usy ow longya dhe’m bledhen. Ny a wrug gôlya i’n keth vaner pymp bledhen alebma. I’n eur-ma yth yw agan porpos metya arta warlergh pymp bledhen moy. Bysy yw formya roosweyth dâ i’m galwans vy. Ytho me a vydn remainya in kestaf gans an gowethysy kyns.