Late Cornish 2024

De Gwener, ügensves warn ügens mis Me Friday, 31st May An diwettha  jorna whel  a'n seythen, an diwettha seythen a'n mis ha'n diwettha mis a'n gwenton, ha  politegieth  lowr! Avorow a vedh an kensa dedh a'n hav. A vedh an gewer gwell?  Ma esperans dhebm . Hedhyw ma gwens yeyn  dhia'n noor  ha  scant  na ellama gweles an mor. An bes - mor, eborn, losow - ew "glas" yeyn. Saw ma liwyow  tòbma  e'n flourys. Ma owr ha rüdh war  owrdynkes  bian, ha rüdh moy war an  tycky Duw mantel rüdh  ma. Ha'n jorna o  gòlowha  gen  visytoryon  ow theylû ha ga hei nowydh. Ow hei bian ew pur lôwen gen y goweth brâs nowydh.   The last work-day of the week, the last week of the month and the last month of spring, and enough politics!   Tomorrow will be the first day of the summer. Will the weather be better? I hope. Today there is a cold northerly wind and I can hardly see the sea. The world - sea, sk...

De Yow, degves warn ügens mis Me Thursday, 30th May An kensa  dewisyans kebmyn  rag  Chei an Gebmyn an Wlascor Ûnyes  a veu e'n vledhen etek cans ha dew. Henry Addington a veu  poyntys  avel  kensa menyster  gen Metêrn Jory. Na wrüg benenes  dewis . Wòja hedna e veu dew vetêrn moy ha deg dewisyans kebmyn moy, ha whath na alja benenes bos  vôtyoresow .  Wòja mernans Wella IV, thera metêrnes. Dres an rayn Metêrnes Vyctoria e veu pemdhek dewisyans kebmyn moy, ha whath na alja benenes vôtya. E'n ügensves cansbledhen thera trei metêrn hag üdn vetêrnes neb alja appoyntya pedn menysters, hag e veu pemp dewisyans kebmyn warn ügens. E'n cansbledhen ma e veu dhen seyth pedn menyster.  Nebes benenes a gawas an v ô t wòja nawnjek cans hag etek, ha moy wòja nawnjek cans eth warn ügens. My ell dewis en mis Gorefen ma. Thera vy en  pastel vro  nowydh. Na wrüga vy  chânjya  chei bes ma ch â njys genam an pastel vro! An...

De Merher, nawes warn ügens mis Me Wednesday, 29th May My a wor dr'ew da genowgh desky Kernôwek Bew, bes ew da genowgh desky  tavasow  erel? Eus  whans  dhewgh a wodhvos tavas  aral ? My a venja  godhvos  lies tavas. Eus  othom  dhebm a wül hedna?  Nag eus ! Terweythyow, thera vy ow redya  toknys  war  fardeligow  ha  cadnys . Nag ens nevra en Kernôwek. Pandra venja anjei leverel? En Spaynek ha   Portûgalek, ma tokyn ow leverel "Alimento  completo para gatos adultos." Henn ew "Boos dien rag cathes  cowldevys ". Ma geryow Italek ow leverel "Ricco in pollo". Henn ew "Rych en yar". Ma hevelepter in nebes geryow.  I know that you like learning Living Cornish, but do you like learning other languages? Do you want to know another language? I would like to know many languages. Do I need to do that? No! Sometimes, I read labels on packets and cans. They are never in Cornish. What would they say? In Sp...

De Meurth, ethves war ügens mis Me Tuesday, 28th May Ma rîm rag flehes en Sowsnek ow tòchya  peies . Ma üdn pei ow menya  düwon .  Henn ew  drog chons . Da ew genen gweles dew (po diw) anodhans warbarth, drefen ma hedna ow menya  lôwender . Onan rag düwon, dew rag lôwender, trei rag  mowes  ha pajar rag  maw . Pemp rag  arhans , whegh rag owr, seyth rag secret nevra  cowsys . Bes my a gavas pei; üdn edhen  varow , teg saw  heb bownans veth . E veu an düwon ha'n drog chons dhedhy. O hei edhen yonk? A veu droglam dhedhy? Ma gwelys genam edhyn marow erel ewedh. There is a rhyme for children in English about magpies. One magpie means sorrow. That is bad luck. We like seeing two of them together, because that means joy. One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl and four for a boy. Five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never told. But I found a magpie; one dead bird, pretty but lifeless. It had the sorrow and the bad ...

De Lün, seythves warn ügens mis Me Monday, 27th May Ma kevys genam  mappa  coth a radn an pluw ma. Pandra ellen nei gweles? Ma va ow tisqwedhes taclow dadn an dor -   gonyjow ,  kewfordhow , hag  âwditys . Ha ellama gweles shaftys ewedh? En gwelha pres, nag eus  bal  dadn ow chei vy na  shafta  et ow lowarth. War an mappa whei ell gweles an  menedh  brâs, overdevys lebmyn gen  spern . Pe le ma'n  jynnjy  war an mappa? Ew da genowgh an  levrow  Poldark gen Winston Graham. Trigys o ev en ogas hag ev a ûsyas an hanow "Nampara" et y whedhlow.  I have found an old map of part of this parish. What can we see? It shows things under the ground - old mine workings, tunnels and adits. And can I see mine shafts too? Fortunately, there is no mine under my house, nor a shaft in my garden. On the map you can see the big hill, now overgrown with thorn trees. Where is the engine-house on the map? Do you like the P...

De Sül, wheffes warn ügens mis Me Sunday, 26th May En  mythologieth  Grek thera  euthvil  henwys "Hydra".   An  best üthyk  ma o  cramvil,  pecar'a  sarf dhowr  lies hy fednow.  Venymüs  o hei, ha hei alja tevy dew bedn nowydh rag keniver onan trehys dhe-ves. Tho hei  hager dra  saw hei a veu ladhys gen  gorour  Grek. E'n etegves cansbledhen,  losower  dhort Sweden a wrüg creia best  dowr er  bian, lies y esely, "Hydra". Ev ell dastevy pecar'a an euthvil Grek. Ma othom a ûsya microscop dh'y weles pur dha. Terweythyow ma bagasow brâs a vestes morek pecar'a hedna oll warbarth en colony. Nena whei ell aga gweles heb microscop. Lies anodhans a veu whethys gans an gwens war dreth Porth Erys. En gwelha pres, nag ew an "marners gans an gwens" ma venymüs.      In Greek mythology there was a monster called "Hydra". This monstrous/terrible beast was a reptile, like a water snake...

De Sadorn, pempes warn ügens mis Me Saturday, 25th May Tavas pur rych ew agan tavas Kernôwek. Ma dhen lies vorr rag leverel an keth tra! Ha ma dhen nebes geryow rag moy es üdn dra. Nei ell gwary gen geryow. My ell gweles plansow scovornow logas gans ow dewlagas ow hònan. Lagajek o vy. Bes res ew dhebm gwitha üdn lagas war an kei coth, ke nag üjy oll an lagajow a'n bes warnam. Nag ew an kei lagajek, bes thew ev scovarnek. Ma dhodho scovornow da, diw scovarn dha. Ev ell clowes logojen po oula po lostek e'n nos. Nag eus gwelys genam oula scovarnek. En termyn eus passyes my wrüg gweles scovarnek. Our Cornish language is a very rich language. We have many ways for saying the same thing! And we have several words for more than one thing. We can play with words. I can see mouse-ear plants with my own two eyes. I am sharp-eyed. But I have to keep one eye on the old dog, though all the eyes of the world are not on me. The dog is not sharp-eyed but he is sharp-eared. He has good ears, t...

De Gwener, pajwora warn ügens mis Me Friday, 24th May Ello whei gweles kei bian ow sedha e'n vôwnder? Na vedn ev kerdhes. De, nei a gemeras kerdh pur hir (martesen re bell), ha lebmyn nag eus whans dhodho kerdhes, tabm veth! Ma whans dhodho gòrtos tre. Ew ev skith po diek? Ew ev fethys? My venja kemeres foto a scovornow logas, saw na ellama cavas üdn plans veth. Ma flourys gwydn brâs ha ma flourys blou bian. Ma kevys genam flourys gwydn bian, saw nag en jei scovornow logas. Nag eus dhodhans delkyen vlewek po budd blewek. An flourys gwydn sevy ew treylys dhe  frûtys  rüdh bian.  Can you see a little dog sitting in the lane? He won't walk. Yesterday, we took a very long walk (perhaps too far), and now he doesn't want to walk, not at all! He wants to stay at home. Is he tired or lazy? Is he worn-out? I would like to take a photo of mouse-ears, but I can't find a single plant. There are big white flowers and there are little blue flowers. I have found little white flowers b...

De Yow, tryja warn ügens mis Me Thursday, 23rd May "Whei a dal  ch ânjya  chei," emedh agan flehes.  "Truru a vedh moy vas ragowgh." Fatla qwra nei mos? Pandra wra nei esgara? Nei a gerdhas e'n trolergh nowydh a-hes. Ma lies bleujen vrâs. Manegow an spryjyon ew meurgerys gans an gwenen. Ma elstrek ogas dhe'n gover; an elester ew melyn. Pandr'ew hanow an flourys gwydn ma? Na ellama remembra poran. Martesen thens  kegis bûgh. Thens kegis a neb sort. You should move house," said our children.  "Truro will be more convenient for you."  What if we go? What will we relinquish? We walked along the new footpath. There are many big flowers. Foxgloves are much loved by the bees. There's an iris bed near the stream; the irises are yellow. What's the name of these white flowers? I can't remember exactly. Perhaps they are cow parsley. They are some sort of umbellifer. Deg ger rag hedhyw  Ten words for today ch ânjya  chei  to move house els...

De Merher, nessa warn ügens mis Me Wednesday, 22nd May  Scon y vedh othom dhen a dhewis canajow dhe dhanon bys en Loundres dhe vos agan Esely Senedh. Soweth, nag eus Senedh Kernow, na whath. Peth eus othom dhe nei? Pan vaner ombrofyer a dal nei gweles? Ma whans dhen a nebonan (den po benyn) heb preder a'y honan, heb sqwithter, codnyk ha f ü r, na pedn bobba na chorl, wheg ha hegar. Ew hedna re? Ha piw a vedh Kensa Menyster an gwelha? Piw a via da rag Kernow? Soon we will need to choose representatives to send to London to be our Members of Parliament. Sadly, there is no Cornish Assembly, not yet. What do we need? What kind of candidate should we see? We want somebody (man or woman) selfless, untiring, clever and wise, neither fool nor scoundrel, kind and amiable. Is that too much? And who will be the best Prime Minister? Who would be good for Cornwall? Deg ger rag hedhyw  Ten words for today canajow  representatives <  cadnas  (f) chorl  (m)  scound...

De Meurth, kensa warn ügens mis Me Tuesday, 21st May  Pluw Peran Arwodhel ew pur dhe les ha leun a contrasts. Ma res segh en Rissick bes ma tir dowrek  a-dâl dhe'n eglos ha'n dreveglos. War an mappa trolerghow whei ell gweles nebes còsow, liwys gwer (glas), bes ma gwedh erel ewedh. Gwedh edhel a dal kerna (crena) e'n Grenwydh. Martesen ma kylly po kelly a'n gwedhednow teg ow kerna. Perranarworthal Parish is very interesting and full of contrasts. There is a dry ford at Rissick but there is watery ground opposite the church and the churchtown. On the footpaths map you can see several woods, coloured green, but there are other trees too. Aspen trees should be trembling in Greenwith Common. Perhaps there is a copse or grove of the pretty trembling trees. Deg ger rag hedhyw  Ten words for today a-dâl dhe  opposite to, facing   a dal  should <  (defective verb)  talvos crena ~ kerna  to tremble, vibrate, shake, etc. edhel  (col.)  asp...

De Lün, ügensves mis Me  Monday, 20th May En termyn eus passyes thera lies den bal en Cambron, bes an balyow a wrüg diwedhy. Na veu sten na cober moy ha na veu whel rag an düs whel. An düs bal a gemeras aga lav ü r ha 'ga gallos bys en America, dhe "Mineral Point" (Pedn Moon) ,  tiredh   m ò nek. En kensa anjei a gawas plobm, ha moy diwedhes zynk. Anjei a gemeras aga gallos ha ga henwyn teylû, pecar'a Trelawny ha Pendarves. Radn anodhans eth kerdh rag trouvya owr (en California)  - bes anjei a aras aga henwyn. Remembrys ew Kernow en Wisconsin. Ma an baner a-ûgh en Strêt Kenwerth!   In a time past there were many miners in Camborne, but the mines finished. There was no more tin or copper and there was no work for the workmen. The miners took their labour and their skills to America, to Mineral Point, a region rich in minerals.  At first they got lead, and later zinc. They took their skills and their family names, such as Trelawny and Pendarves. Some of ...