Seasonal Phrases

If you haven’t got time to attend an evening class but you would nevertheless like to pick up a few words of Cornish then this section is for you!

Summer: Photo of Porthminster Beach, St Ives

Every month this page is updated with a selection of seasonal phrases and vocabulary to help you integrate some Cornish into your every day life.

On the beach

It’s summer. It’s hot. Where better to be that the beach?!

Below is a selection of phrases that you might find helpful for a summer day out at the beach.

It looks like it will be hot today
Tomm a vydh hedhyw, del hevel

Let’s go to the beach!
Gwren ni mos dhe’n treth!

Don’t forget to bring the sun cream
Na wra ankevi dri an dehen-howl

Does my bum look big in this bikini?
Yw semlant ow thin bras y’n bikini ma?

Do you like cliff walking?
Yw da genes kerdhes war an als?

I prefer to lie on the beach sunbathing
Gwell yw genev omhola war an treth

Let’s go for a swim!
Gwren ni mos dhe neuvya!

There’s a good, clean surf today
Yma mordardh da ha glan hedhyw

Let’s go and catch some waves!
Gwren ni kavos nebes tonnow!

Would you like an ice cream?
A vyn’ta dybri dehen rew?

There’s clotted cream, strawberry or chocolate
Yma dehen kowlys, sevi po choklet

Shall we have a barbecue tonight?
A wren ni synsi barbeku haneth?

Don’t burn the sausages!
Na wra leski an selsik!

To hear how to pronounce these words, listen to the audio file below:

 On the beach [2Mb]

A selection of other useful basic phrases can be found in the "Using Cornish" section.  Follow this link to go to the Useful Phrases page.

If you have any further translation requirements, the Cornish Language Partnership provides a free translation service for short translations.  Follow this link to go to the Online Translation Request Service page.


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