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Lesson 12
In this lesson - you’ll revise some time expressions and learn some Christmas phrases. |
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Nadelik Lowen dhis/dhywgh
- ha Bledhen Nowydh Da Happy Christmas to you - and a good New Year (one person/more than one) A vyn’ta mos genen dhe woslowes orth an karolyow dy’ Sadorn? Do you (one person) want to come with us to listen to the carols on Saturday? Ni a wra dybri podin Nadelik wosa li a-vorow. Bryntin! We’ll eat Christmas pudding after lunch tomorrow. Brilliant! My a wra difuna a-varr dhe Dhydh Nadelik rag ygeri ow rohow. I’m going to wake early on Christmas Day to open my presents. Ny vynnav vy mos dhe weli a-varr dhe Nos Nadelik. I don’t want to go to bed early on Christmas night. |
Yma meur a gelyn y’n esedhva hedhyw
- ha gwedhen Nadelik teg ynwedh. There’s a lot of holly in the living room today - and a beautiful Christmas tree too. A yllowgh hwi dybri genen dhe beswora warn ugens mis Kevardhu? Can you eat with us on the 24th December? Mamm a wrug prena yar Gyni euthek bras y’n kigti dygynsete. Mother bought an enormous turkey at the butcher’s the day before yesterday. Y’n gwari skol Nadelik, an babi Yesu yw popet. Yma ev yn presep. In the school Christmas play, the baby is a doll. It’s in a manger. Tri Myghtern a wrug dos dhe wordhya an babi yn mis Genver. I a wrug sewya an steren. Three Kings came to worship the baby in January. They followed the star. |
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Notes
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You’ll find quite a lot of Christmas words and
phrases in the list above. Others you might like to know are: tesen Nadelik ‘christmas cake’; rudhek ‘robin’; lodrik Nadelik ‘christmas stocking’; |
karow ergh ‘reindeer’; el ‘angel’; bugeledh
‘shepherds’; ughelvar ‘mistletoe’; Tas Nadelik ‘Father Christmas’; ro Nadelik ‘Christmas present’; klogh ‘bell’; kantol ‘candle’; den ergh ‘snowman’. |
