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Lesson 5 of 10
Shops and hotels in Cornish
Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. 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.
All 10 Cornish phrases in this lesson
- Eus ... genes?urz ... GEN-es
- Do you have...?
- Ple'ma...?play-MAH
- Where is...?
- YgorIG-or
- Open
- DegesDEG-es
- Closed
- Sagh?sahkh
- A bag?
- Re dhrudhray THROOTH
- Too expensive
- Ragerghys yw genevra-GER-ghiz ew GEN-ev
- I have a reservation
- Eus hansel gans henna?urz HAN-zel ganz HEN-na
- Is breakfast included?
- Pyth yw ger-tremena an wifi?peeth ew ger-tre-MEN-a an WAI-fai
- What's the wifi password?
- A allav vy...?a AL-av vee
- Can I...?
Use this with one person. Put the item you need in the gap.
One of the most useful question starters. Add the place or item after it.
A quick checkout question. The gh is a soft throat sound.
Literally "too dear".
Literally "it is booked by me". In practice, Cornish speakers check in in English.
Hansel is breakfast.
Ger-tremena is literally "pass word".
"A allav vy esedha omma?", can I sit here?