Ma Molly e'n gegin arta. Ma hei ow fittya an kidnyow gen an puskes a veu cachys gen Nigel pa wrüg mos dhe'n mor gen y gowetha en cok bian de. Lebmyn, ma'n sawarn ow lenel (lenwel) an chei. Ha hei ow cül hedna, ma Nigel ow cül stylednow e'n carjy gen plankys a veu pernys ganjo en chei B&Q, en Park Kenweth Kernik, ogas dhe Antron en Pluw Vab. Otta va en toll an daras, lebmyn.
Molly: Preder dhe seha dha dreys, Nigel. Ma nowydh golhys genam an leur.
Nigel: My a'n gwra 'wydn. Na gebmer dout.
Molly: Fatel es'ta 'cül e'n carjy ?
Nigel: Ma trehys genam an plankys war an hes dhe wil an stylednow. Thens dro dhe üdn meter ha hanter en hester ha dro dhe pemp centimeter warn ügens en lester.
Molly: Dar! Pandr'ew hedna ? Na wela vy pur dha an mesürya metryk.
Nigel: Gas vy dhe bedery... Üdn meter ew tabm môy vel trei troos ... trei troshes ... etho, üdn meter ha hanter a dal bos pemp troos ... heb nebes misvaow martesen... ha pemp centimeter warn ügens a dal bos a-dro dhe dheg misva.
Molly: Rial dra, colon. Lebmyn eth ellama gwitha oll an peth eus en cadna pò kisten sten pò box e'n telher-na ! Môy a rom a vedh e'n copart a'n gegin rag an peth erom 'h ûsya pub dedh. Thew gwell gwitha lowr e'n celder. Thew confort brâs.
Nigel: Gwir ew, 'wydn. Pana dermyn a vedh debrys genen ?
Molly: Na vedh môy vel deg münysen. Venjes ta eva badna ?
Nigel: Ea, gen mall ! Badna ' cor a via üthyk da genam mars eus. Venjes' ta cawas badna dha hònan ?
Molly: Ea, badna gwin gwydn, mars es'ta y servya dhebm, colon. Ma puppres sehes dhebm. Na orama pandra ew câws 'nodho, ha, ha !
Nigel: Kettoth vel an ger, dama wydn. Kettoth vel an ger... ha my a vedn diwettha an whel môy diwedhes. Nag eus meur dhe wil. Ma merkyes genam an teleryow rag an screwys. Keniver tra ew parys.
Notes: preder 'think' can be used for 'mind you do something' and 'remember to do something'; nowydh (KS nowyth) before a verbal adjective translates 'just' in expressions like 'I've just arrived.'; There are two forms of the verb noun to go in later Cornish 'gwil' and 'gül'. The present participle is variously o(w) cül or o(w) kil; The English present perfect can be translated by Ma + verbal adjective + gen, e.g. ma debrys genam 'I have eaten'. Lavar: kettoth vel an ger 'as quick as the word' = no sooner said than done.
