Cornish word

pan

when (conjunction); what (interrogative)

conjunction

pan means “when (conjunction); what (interrogative)” in Cornish and is used as a conjunction.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	pan
Treylyans medhel / nessa studh	ban
Treylyans hwythus / tressa studh	fan
Treylyans kemyskys / pympes studh	fan

An venyn a olas pan glewas an yeyn-nowodhow.

The woman cried when she heard the bad news.

Pan vinhwerthydh, lowen ov vy.

When you smile, I am happy.

Pan dhifunis, yth esen y’n karr-tan.

When I woke up, I was in the car.

Communication

ages

than

awos

because

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

boken

or else

dell

drefen

because

drefenn

because

ernag

till

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