2024 Dedh Cans Dogens ha Whegh


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, two good ears. He can hear a mouse or an owl or a fox in the night. We have not seen a long-eared owl. In the past I did see a hare.  













Geryow rag hedhyw Words for today 

lagajek sharp-eyed, goggle-eyed

lagas (m) eye > (dual) dewlagas > (plural) lagajow eyes (SWFM lagasow)

logas (plural or collective) mice > logojen (f)

lostek bushy-tailed > lostek (m) fox

oula (m) owl > (pl.) oulys

oula scovarnek (m) long-eared owl

scovarn (f) ear > (plural) scovornow  > scovarnek (m) hare

scovarnek long-eared or sharp-eared 


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