A Year of Late Cornish

  2025 Dedh Trei Hans Trei Ügens ha Pemp De Merher, üdnegves warn ügens mis Kevardhû Wednesday, 31st December Ass ew gwydn ow bes! Po martesen my a dal scrifa 'blou ew ow bes'! Ma dhebm dew lever, blou aga maylyansow ha meur a choclat blue maylys. My a vedn redya an levrow ha debry an choclat gen plesour. An levrow ew scrifys an dhew gen benenes, an eyl en mil eth cans hag üdnek ha y gila en diw mil trei warn ügens. Ma tüs yonk troblys ettans. A vedh diwethvaow lowen?  What bliss! Or perhaps I ought to write 'my world is blue'! I have two books with blue covers and lots of blue-wrapped chocolate. I shall read the books and eat the chocolate with great pleasure. The books are both written by women, one in 1811 and the other in 2023. There are troubled young people in them. Will there be happy endings?

2025 Dedh Trei Hans Trei Ügens ha Pajar De Meurth, degves warn ügens mis Kevardhû Tuesday, 30th December Nadelik ew termyn rag whecter ha larjes. Termyn da ew rag cherites dhe gawas mòna. Ma radn an bobel ow perna nebes cartednow en shoppas alüsenek. Whei ell trouvya cartednow dhort cowethas alüsenek en gorvarhas ewedh.  Mons ow scodhya whithrans e'n matter cleves canker ha desesys erel, gweres dhe'n glevyon, gwitha edhyn ha'n kerthydnedh, ha lies câws vas moy. . Christmas is a time for kindness and generosity. It is a good time for charities to get money. Some people buy some cards in  charity shops. You can find charity cards in a supermarket too. They are supporting research in the field of cancer and other diseases, helping the sick, protecting birds and the environment, and many other good causes.   Geryow rag hedhyw Words for today an glevyon the sick < clevyon < clav (m) patient cherites charities < cherita ~ charita (m) cleves canker ~ crang (m) can...

2025 Dedh Trei Hans Trei Ügens ha Trei De Lün, nawes warn ügens mis Kevardhû Monday, 29th December Da ew genam edhyn. Hemm ew aswonys  et ta. Lowen veu vy dhe fanja calander ha cartednow Nadelik gen ymajys a edhyn. War an cartednow, my ell ajon (SWFM aswon) trei rüdhek (onan tednys gen ow noyth), trei fedn gwydn tew ow tegy hattys rüdh gòcky, pajar owrdynk gen bejethow rüdh, ha üdn pednpaly en foto kemerys gen ow howeth. I like birds. This is well known. I was happy to receive a calendar and Christmas cards with images of birds. On the cards, I can recognise three robins (one drawn by my niece), three fat penguins wearing silly red hats, four goldfinches with red faces, and one bluetit in a photo taken by my friend.

  2025 Dedh Trei Hans Trei Ügens ha Dew De Sül, ethves warn ügens mis Kevardhû Sunday, 28th December My a gar ow theylû, bes lowender ew sqwithüs. Ma othom dhebm bos moy cosel. My vedn mires ort nebes flows (po bale) e'n televisyon, gosôwes ort mûsek, redya ow lever ha kemeres gogosk.  I love my family, but festivities are tiring. I need to be quieter. I want to watch some nonsense (or ballet) on the TV, listen to music, read my book and take a nap.

2025 Dedh Trei Hans Trei Ügens ha Wonan De Sadorn, seythves warn ügens mis Kevardhû Saturday, 27th December Coynt ha nebes gwag ew an dedhyow tredh Nadelik ha Nos Calan Gwav. En termyn tremenys, lowender e'n cres an gwav a wrüg  dürya lies dedh. Na alja tiogow gonis e'n gwelyow ha na alja soudoryon ombla. E veu termyn lowr dhodhans! (Nag era diwedh dhe'n whel benenes, heb dout a'n dra.) Thera dewdhek dedh a Nadelik, whath ken thera Nadelik - debry, eva, cana, donsya ha moy! The days between Christmas and New Year's Eve are strange and rather empty. In time gone by, festivities in midwinter lasted many days. Farmers could not work in the fields and soldiers could not fight. They had enough time! (There was no end to the women's work, of course.) There were twelve days of Christmas, even before there was Christmas - eating, drinking, singing, dancing and more!

2025 Dedh Trei Hans ha Trei Ügens De Gwener, wheffes warn ügens mis Kevardhû Friday, 26th December  Nadelik, an nessa dedh. E veu boos da ha gwin da rag kidnyow Nadelik, fyttyes gen agan gohydh varthys. Ma debrys genen re. Hedhyw nei a dal debry hag eva le. Na veu grügyar de, ha hedhyw nag eus diw düren! E'n gwelha pres. Ma kig yeyn ha bolla' de. Termyn vas ewa hedhyw rag gwary ha gwil gwary mil dabm  gen flehes wydn. My a vedn dallath redya ow lever nowydh. Scrifys ew gen cowethes. Christmas, the second day. There was good food and good wine for Christmas dinner, prepared by our wonderful daughter-in-law. We have eaten too much. Today we ought to eat and drink less. There wasn't a partridge yesterday and today there are not two turtle doves! Fortunately. There is cold meat and a cup of tea. It's a good time today for playing and doing a jigsaw puzzle with the grandchildren. I shall start reading my new book. It is written by a friend.