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Lesson 8 of 10

Getting around in Cornish

Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet. Play the ten Cornish words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

Land’s End
Getting around
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Keven Law from Los Angeles, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Cornish phrases in this lesson

Ple'ma'n privedhyow?play-man pri-VEH-thyoh
Where is the toilet?

Privedhyow is the common plural used for public toilets.

Fatell av dhe...?FAT-el av the
How do I get to...?
Dhe'n kledhthen KLAYTH
To the left
Dhe'n dyghowthen DUH-khow
To the right
Yn-rag porresun RAHG POR-es
Straight ahead

Yn-rag means forward and porres adds the sense of straight on.

OmmaOM-ma
Here
An gorsav trenan GOR-sav trayn
Train station
KyttbusKIT-bus
Bus
AyrborthAIR-borth
Airport

Literally "air port".

Unn tokyn, mar plegeen TOK-in, mar PLEHG
One ticket, please

Where Cornish is spoken

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