Cornish word

drefen

because

conjunction

drefen means “because” in Cornish and is used as a conjunction.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	drefen
Treylyans medhel / nessa studh	dhrefen
Treylyans kales / peswora studh	trefen
Treylyans kemyskys / pympes studh	trefen

Ny yll ev dos drefen y vos klav.

Because he's sick, he can't come.

Ny ylli dos drefen y vos klav.

He could not come because he was ill.

Communication

ages

than

awos

because

or (conjunction); also subjunctive of 'bos' (be)

boken

or else

dell

drefenn

because

ernag

till

and

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