Welcome to the KDL lessons. The course uses SWF spelling.

The files marked 'audio' contain the passages marked in the text with a double asterisk. The podcasts contain the rest of the lesson, for those who like to listen to it. The conversation practices at the end of the lessons are recorded for you to use as a drill.

There are vocabularies, a mutation table and a pronunciation guide at the bottom of this page.

We recommend 'A Learners' Cornish Dictionary in SWF', edited by Steve Harris et al, 'Cornish Grammar for Beginners' in SWF, by John Page, and 'Grammar Workbook for the First Grade' by Tony Hak. All are available from Kowethas an Yeth.

The vocabulary for all three KDL courses are on Memrise, to help you learn the words. Memrise is available on laptop, or as an app on Android or iOS. But note - you can only add a course on your desktop computer. Search for “KDL” using the search bar on the homepage, and once you have started learning a course on a laptop, it will automatically be available on the mobile app.

1. Present tense of ‘bos’ (short form); weather; elementary introductions.
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2. More on present tense of ‘bos’ (short form); demonstrative adjectives and pronouns; numbers 0 to 10; adjectives including colours.
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3. Present tense of ‘gul’; more on the weather.
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4. Present tense of ‘bos’ (long form); idioms using ‘bos’; declension of pronouns ‘gans’ and ‘dhe’; noun + adjective.
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5. More on present tense of ‘bos’ (long form); ‘an teylu’; possession; short or long form of ‘bos’.
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6. Conjugation of auxiliary verbs ‘mynnes’, ‘galloes’.
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7. Revision and consolidation; summary of grammar introduced so far; list of suitable books for the next stage.
8. Present tense of verbs (third person), ‘yn-medh’.
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9. Numbers 0 to 12; time; noun + adjective.
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10. Numbers 0 to 100; ages; seasons; collectives.
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11. Imperfect of ‘bos’ (long and short).
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12. Present and past continuous, possessive adjectives.
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13. Present and preterite of auxiliaries ‘gul’, ‘mynnes’ and ‘gallos’; interrogatives.
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14. Revision and consolidation.
15. Preterite of other verbs third person; cardinals and ordinals; dates.
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16. More on the preterite.
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17. Conjugation present tense regular verb ‘prena’.
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18. Conjugation preterite tense regular verb ‘prena’.
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19. Imperative.
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20. Revision and consolidation; grammar summary.
21. Past participles.
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22. Direct object pronouns with ‘gul’.
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23. Prepositions including ‘rag’ + declension.
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24. Revision; mock paper.
25. Revision; mock paper.
Gerva 1a Gradh Kernewek-Sowsnek
Vocabulary Grade 1 English - Cornish
Mutation Table
Pronunciation Guide