2. Bus Stop Basics

Learn the everyday ways to greet people, say who you are and where you’re from. Language expert Sarah Buck, shares easy phrases you can use straight away.

As Danni Diston meets historian Michael Bunny to uncover the roots of the Cornish language and its ancient links to Welsh and Breton.

Producer Beth Woodbridge.
Video producer: Helen Munro Berry.
Sound producer: Ben Coates.
Executive Editor: Emma Clements.

Revision:

Dydh da! - ‘Hello’ or ‘Good day’
Fatla genes? - ‘How are you?’
Splann, meur ras - Splendid Thank You
skwith ov - ‘I’m Tired’
Piw os ta? - ‘Who are you?’
ov - I’m
Ple’th os ta trigys? - ‘Where do you live?’
Trigys ov yn [location] - ‘I live in [location]’
Duw genes - ‘Goodbye/God Be with You’

Conversation:

Say it out loud and join in the practice then try the conversation with a friend.

Danni: Dydh da!
Michael: Dydh da!
Danni: Fatla genes? 
Michael: Skwith ov
 Michael: Fatla genes?
Danni: Skwith, mes splann ov
Danni: Piw os ta?
Michael: Michael ov
Michael: Piw os ta?
Danni: Danni ov
Danni: Ple’th os ta trigys?
Michael: Trigys ov yn Porthust

Michael: Ple’th os ta trigys?
Danni: Trigys ov yn Porthbud
Michael: Splann
Danni: Duw genes
Michael: Duw genes, Danni