A Year of Late Cornish

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Seytek warn Ügens De Meurth, pempes warn ügens mis Est Tuesday, 25th August Warlergh tradicyon, ma dewdhek arwòdh an Zôdiak. Ma trei arwòdh dor, trei arwòdh ayr, trei arwòdh tan ha trei arwòdh dowr. An re ma ew an peder elven classek; Dor, Ayr, Tan ha Dowr. Ma dewdhek mis, bès nag üjy arwòdh ow talladh ort an kensa dedh üdn mis. Thera nei lebmyn en arwòdh An Werhes, bes hedna a dhalladhas an tryja dedh warn ügens an mis ma. Na ellowgh gweles radn an stergelgh ma lebmyn. Res ew dhewgh gòrtos. An gwelha termyn dh'y weles nessa a vedh mis Me.     Traditionally there are twelve signs of the Zodiac. There are three earth signs, three air signs, three fire signs and three water signs. These are the four classical"elements"; Earth, Air, Fire and Water. There are twelve months, but a sign does not start at the first day of a certain month. We are now in the sign Virgo, but that began on the twenty-third day of the month. You cannot see this part of the z...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Whetek warn Ügens De Lün, pajwora warn ügens mis Est Monday, 24th August Gero nei mires orth niverow arta. A ello whei kevredna keniver lavar gans y styr?  1. Ma seyth dedh en seythen. 2. Ma dewdhek mis en bledhen. 3. Ma trei mis en sêson. 4. Ma pajar sêson en bledhen. 5. Ma dewdhek seythen ha dogens e'n vledhen. 6. Ma cans bledhen en cansbledhen. 7. Ma deg bledhen en degvledhen. 8. Ma mil bledhen en milvledhen. 9. Ma trei hans trei ügens ha pemp dedh en üdn vledhen. 10. Ma üdnek dedh warn ūgens dhe'n mis ma. Let's look at numbers again. Can you link each statement with its meaning? A This month has 31 days. B There are 4 seasons in a year. C There are 100 years in a century. D There are 12 months in a year. E There are 3 months in a season. F There are 1000 years in a millennium. G There are 52 weeks in this year. H There are 7 days in a week. I There are 365 days in one year.  J There are 10 years in a decade.

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Pemdhek warn Ügens De Sül, tryja warn ügens mis Est Sunday, 23rd August Eva sugen owravalow ew da gen flehes ha gen neb üjy ow sconya gwires. Bès rag tüs erel gwin ew gwell. Ew gwell geno whei eva gwin rüdh po gwin gwydn? E veu whans dhe nebes gohy bian a sampla gwedren a win. Bès gwag o. Rag fra ew holma mar vian? Üjy an tòbmder ow kil oll an gohy dhe vos bian ha sehes e'n hav ma?  Martesen gohien ma ew gwag ewedh. Dynyes ew hei gen fardeligow liwüs a scudigow tatty. Children and teetotallers like drinking orange juice. But for other people wine is better. Do you prefer drinking red wine or white wine? Several small wasps wanted to sample a glass of wine. But it was empty. Why is this one so small? Is the heat making all the wasps small and thirsty this summer? Perhaps this wasp is hungry as well. She is attracted by colourful packets of crisps.

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Peswardhek warn Ügens De Sadorn, nessa warn ügens mis Est Saturday, 22nd August Lôwen o vy dhe weles tüs erel ow bos lôwen. Ha rag fra ew tüs erel lôwen? Hedhyw, nag ew an jedh dhe wil whel. Nag eus scol ha nag eus coljy. Hedhyw ew dedh dhe berna cofednow kig hag eva cor (po sugen)! Hedhyw nei ell omjersya e'n lowarth ha kestalkya, yonk ha coth warbarth. Ew nebonan skith? Ev alja disqwithy gen lagajow degëys. Eus keherow skith dhe nebonan? Lôwsel en kibel a dhowr tòbm ew bryntin. Riel dra! Terweythyow, flehes ell radna aga thybyansow en còsel, heb kenkya! I'm happy to see other people being happy. And why are other people happy? Today is not the day to do work. There is no school and no college. Today is a day to buy pasties and drink wine (or juice)! Today we can make ourselves comfortable in the garden and chat, young and old together. Is someone tired? He could relax with closed eyes. Does someone have tired muscles? Loosening up in a tub of hot water is...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Terdhek warn Ügens De Gwener, kensa warn ügens mis Est Friday, 21st August Solabres, dew vis ew tremenys wòja Golôwan. Scon e vedh Kidnyadh. Hedn' a vedh solas. Hav ew re dòbm ragam. Ebòrnow blou ew blewek. My a veu lôwen dhe weles cloudys e'n ebòrn mettin ma. Lebmyn my a ell anella heb gref. Already, two months have passed after Midsummer's Day. Soon it will be Autumn. That will be a relief. Summer is too hot for me. Blue skies are boring. I was happy to see clouds in the sky this morning. Now I can breathe freely.

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Dewdhek warn Ügens De Yow, ügensves mis Est Thursday, 20th August Terweythyow ma othom a checkya atalgutter. Kemerowgh with derevel an còvren. Ma  kenis ow lurkya! Holma a nedhas neyth owrlyn rag hy oyow. Ma hei ow qwardya hy felen arvys en fers. Nag ew gwias kenisen rag cacha kelyon. Fesys ew nebes kenisednow behatna. Scon an genisen gelednek ma a vedh en tewlder arta. An atalgutter ew da lowr. Sometimes a drain needs to be checked. Take care lifting the lid. There are spiders lurking! This one spun a silken nest for her eggs. She is guarding her precious orb fiercely. It's not a cobweb to catch flies. Some smaller spiders have been chased away. Soon this brave spider will be in the dark again. The drain is OK. Gerva rag hedhyw Vocabulary for today cachya to catch, trap checkya to check còvren (m) big lid, cover kelednik brave kelyon (coll.) flies > kelyonen (f) kenis (coll) spiders > kenisen (f) > pl. kenisednow nedha to spin, twist neyth (m)...