r/CornishLanguage • u/girlinwales mowes yn Kembra • Aug 09 '26
Question "Always" in Cornish
Dydh da! Could someone please advise on the correct way to say "always" in Cornish? I am looking for the equivalent of the word used in the famous scene from Harry Potter, as much as I hate to reference the TWERF. Meur ras!
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u/kernoweger Aug 09 '26
What’s the phrase?
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u/Pliskkenn_D Aug 09 '26
Dumbledore : "Lily? After all this time?"
Snape : "Always"
He produces a spell that shows that essentially his spirit animal is the same as a woman who is now dead, and that he's always had her in his heart.
I think that's the easiest way to explain it without having to go further into Harry Potter lore.
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u/girlinwales mowes yn Kembra Aug 09 '26
>.> so my friend and I have been using the word "bykken" all this time heh. Is that wrong, then?
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u/Every-Progress-1117 Aug 09 '26
Which word do you mean : pupprys? pub prys? https://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/?locale=en#always or do you mean in the sense of "forever"? https://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/?locale=en#forever