A Year of Late Cornish

  2026 Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens hag Etek De Gwener, seytegves mis Gorefen Friday, 17th July Eus towl? Is there a plan? Ma towl. There is a plan. Eus towl dhewgh agas hònan?  Do you have a plan yourselves? Nag eus towl dhe vy ow hònan.  I do not have a plan myself. Ma towl dhe ’n Consel.  The Council has a plan. Ma towl dhe ’n Consel rag an tavas.  The Council has a plan for the language. An towl ew henwys An Strateji.  The plan is called The Strategy. An towl a vedh rag an nessa deg bledhen. The plan will be for the next ten years. Eus towl da dhe ’n Consel?  Does the Council have a good plan? Ew ev towl da? Is it a good plan? Towl da ew (ev). It is a good plan . Thewa towl da. It is a good plan. Nag ewa towl drog. It is not a bad plan. Ma ’n Consel ow towla (towlel) towl rag an tavas.  The Council is making (planning) a plan for the language.   Pandr’ew an towl? What is the plan? Pandr’ew towl an Consel?  What is the Cou...

  2026 Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens ha Seytek De Yow, whetegves mis Gorefen Thursday, 16th July Pandr'ew 'tan gwyls'? Nag eus üdn styryans sodhogel en üdnek. Tanyow brâs, mes a-jei,  ens. Mons ow reqwirya devnydhyow a vry dre reson aga mens, aga düryans po aga godros dhe düs ha framweyth. Ma othom dhodhans a vrigâds tan - gwithyjy tan gen jynnys tan - dh'aga senjy. Ma bolònjedhogyon ow qweres ewedh. Pandr'eus ow lesky?  Plansow segh - neptra dhort gwelsednow munys ha erbys dhe vagasow ha gwedh brâs. Heb glaw, thew puptra segh avel cünys. Ma eythin ow lesky en üskis. Üdn elven vian, tanbredn losk, ell cüna tan. Ha wòja hedna ma va ow lesa. E'n jedh ha nos res ew bos gweskys ha glebys.    What is 'wildfire'. There is no single official definition. They are large outdoor fires. They require significant resources because of their size, their duration or their threat to people and infrastructure. They need the fire brigades - fire fighters with fire engines - to co...

  2026 Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens ha Whetek De Merher, pemdhegves mis Gorefen Wednesday, 15th July Etho, Gool Sen Swithin ew hedhyw ha nag üjy hei ow kil glaw. Warlergh an henwhedhal, e vedh dhen dogens dedh segh moy. Nag eus othom dhen a henwhedhal rag an nowodhow na! Ma dhen ragwolok hir war an awel, gen sciensydhyon (meteorologydhyon). Ma othom dhen a law. Da via genen cawas nebes glaw.     So, it is St Swithin's Day today and it is not raining. According to the legend, we will have forty more dry days. We do not need a legend for that news! We have a long-range weather forecast, by scientists (meteorologists). We need rain. We would like to have some rain. 

2026 Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens ha Pemdhek De Meurth, pajardegves mis Gorefen Tuesday, 14th July Ma dedh specyal dhe bub pow. Terweythyow thew degol sans tasek, rag sampel Gool Peran, pempes mis Meurth, en Kernow. Terweythyow, ma va ow cova wharvos storek a bris, rag sampel Dedh Bastille, le quatorze juillet, en Pow Frenk. An jedh na, an bobel bohojek a assâwltyas an preson ker na en Paris. An Wheldro a dhallathas Poblegeth Frenkek (heb metêrn) en seytek cans pajar ügens. Kernow nag ew poblegeth, na whath, bes nag eus preson ker dhe nei! Every country has a special day. Sometimes it is the feast of a patron saint, for example St Piran's Day,  5th March, in Cornwall. Sometimes, it commemorates an important historical event, for example Bastille Day, le quatorze juillet, in France. On that day, the poor people stormed that fortress prison in Paris. The Revolution began the French Republic (without a king) in 1780. Cornwall is not a republic, not yet, but we don't have a fortress priso...

  2026 Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens ha Peswardhek De Lün, terdhegves mis Gorefen Monday, 13th July Re dòbm ew an gewer raga vy ha rag an keun. Bettegens, my ell whesa ha my ell gòrra dhe ves nebes dilhas dhe omglowes moy yeyn. Na ell kei gwil hedna. Kei a res dyena. Ma othom dhodho a dhowr lowr. Kei a dal trouvya telher yeyn lowr ha goskeujys, mes a'n howl. Da ew gen an kei coth bos en skeuj an chei, dadn lies delen.  My a dhallathas trehy y vlew, bès nag ew gorfednys whath. Na ell an kei yonk bos cosel. Ma whans dhodho a wary oll an termyn. Ma va ow corwedha a-hes war an lehednow yeyn, ow còrtos pel po neb peth gwary aral. Ev eth dhe venyn en Towyn Plustry rag trogh blew. Na aljama y wil ow hònan. The weather is too hot for me and for the dogs. However, I can sweat and I can take off some clothes to feel cooler. A dog cannot do that. A dog must pant. It needs enough water. A dog should find a cool, shaded place, away from the sun.The old dog likes to be in the shadow of the house, u...

  2026 Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens ha Terdhek De Sül, dewdhegves mis Gorefen Sunday, 12th July En termyn eus passyes, pur, pur hir alebma, martesen ügens mil bledhen, thera Oos Yey. Tho an brâssa radn an Enesow Bretednek, saw na Kernow, cüdhys en yey down. Kernow o pur yeyn ha garow, heb gwedh, pecar'a Alaska po Siberia hedhyw e'n jedh. An yey a omdednas. Thera tüs, wotiwedh. Fatel alja anjei trouvya aga vorr (fordh) adro? Nag era "SatNav" dhodhans. Thera badnyow, nebes ardhow, tir ûhel (saw na pecar'a Ûheldir an Alban). Gwelys ens rag mildiryow ha mildiryow oll adro. Mons ow qweres dhe'n düs cavas aga thûyow. Terweythyow keryow (po meyn cov)  a veu derevys warnodhans. Ha lebmyn ma gwedh lowr. Lebmyn ma henwyn dhe'n breow ma: Carn Bre,  Carn Breanek, Ker Kif. Once upon a time, very, very long ago, perhaps twenty thousand years. there was an Ice Age. The greater part of the British Isles, though not Cornwall, was covered in deep ice. Cornwall was very cold and ha...