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Learn the everyday ways to greet people, say who you are and where you鈥檙e 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鈥痙a!鈥 - 鈥楬ello鈥 or 鈥楪ood day鈥 Fatla genes? - 鈥楬ow are you?鈥 Splann,鈥痬eur鈥痳as鈥 - Splendid Thank You skwith ov - 鈥業鈥檓 Tired鈥 Piw os ta? - 鈥榃ho are you?鈥 ov - I鈥檓 Ple鈥檛h os ta trigys? - 鈥榃here do you live?鈥 Trigys ov yn [location] - 鈥業 live in [location]鈥 Duw genes - 鈥楪oodbye/God Be with You鈥 Conversation: Say it out loud and join in the practice then try the conversation with a friend. Danni:鈥疍ydh鈥痙a!鈥 Michael: Dydh da! Danni: Fatla genes?鈥 Michael: Skwith ov 鈥疢ichael: Fatla genes? Danni: Skwith, mes splann ov Danni: Piw os ta? Michael: Michael ov Michael: Piw os ta? Danni: Danni ov Danni: Ple鈥檛h os ta trigys? Michael: Trigys ov yn Porthust Michael: Ple鈥檛h os ta trigys? Danni: Trigys ov yn Porthbud Michael: Splann Danni: Duw genes Michael: Duw genes, Danni
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