Worksheet 5 for use with Skeul an Tavas Lesson 5
© 2019 Ray Chubb and Ian Jackson
2nd edition July 2020
Translate into English.
1. Me a garsa cafos dehen rew, a vabm.
2. An ky a vydn debry an ascorn.
3. Why a yll cùsca i’n tylda-na.
4. Hy a wra gwary gans pel.
5. Brav yw an gewer; ny a yll neyja i’n mor.
6. An vowes a vydn marhogeth wàr an margh-na.
7. My a garsa cafos torth a vara, mar pleg.
KEY TO WORKSHEET 5
1. I’d like [to have] an ice cream, Mummy.
2. The dog will eat the bone.
3. You can sleep in that tent.
4. She will play with a ball.
5. The weather is fine; we can swim in the sea.
6. The girl will ride that horse.
7. I’d like [to have] a loaf of bread, please.
Strictly, dehen rew means 'ice cream', not 'an ice cream'. If you want to say 'two ice creams' , the Cornish expression is dehen rew dywweyth, literally 'ice cream twice'.