How to use adjectives in Cornish

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Cornish adjectives

Adjectives are generally used to describe nouns. Unlike English, adjectives in Cornish are placed after the noun. Adjectives in Cornish agree with the noun they describe. This means that adjectives that describe a feminine noun have a special form.

Examples

an daras rudh

the red door

an daras nowydh

the new door

an daras byghan

the small door

an daras koth

the old door

an daras bras

the big door

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Step 7 : Adjectives in Cornish

Adjectives are used to describe nouns. To get started, we suggest you learn the three Cornish adjectives bras, byghan and koth (big, small, old). Using the nouns lyver, kador and daras (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use each adjective with each noun (the big book, the old chair, the small door). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Cornish adjectives including useful examples. After you've learned to use the adjectives bras, byghan and koth with the nouns lyver, kador and daras you can move on to Step 8 (Cornish Verbs).

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