A Year of Late Cornish

  2026 Dedh Cans Nawnjek warn Ügens De Meurth, nawnjegves mis Me Tuesday, 17th May Na vadna vy scrifa dro dhe'n gewer. Re viserabyl ew hei! Na vadna vy scrifa ow tòchya stat a'n bes. Ma stat miserabyl dhe'n Norves ewedh. Ma'n jorna ow tevy hirra. Nag eus bes üdn mis bys dhe'n cres an hav, an hirra dedh, ha whath thew an gewer pecar'a gwav. Ma whans dhebm mos dhe'n gwely a-varr gen bottel dowr tòbm! Ma dhebm nebes levrow da dhe redya. My a wra anowy golow spladn ha gwil wis ev ew an howl.  I won't write about the weather. It's too miserable! I won't write regarding the state of the world. The Earth is in a miserable state too. The day is growing longer. There's only a month until the middle of summer, the longest day, and still the weather is like winter. I want to go to bed early with a hot water bottle! I have several good books to read. I'll switch on a bright light and pretend it's the sun.

  2026 Dedh Cans Etek warn Ügens De Lün, etegves mis Me Monday, 18th May An jedh ma pub bledhen thera vy ow pedery a 'gan damyow meurgerys. Dama vy a verwas nanj ew moy es deg bledhen warn ügens. Ow wheger a verwas nanj ew ügens bledhen. Benenes pur wheg, pur hegar o anjei an dhiw. Gwedhwesow anserhek ha crev o anjei. Remembrys gen kerenja ens. On this day every year I think about our beloved mothers. My mother died more than thirty years ago. My mother-in-law died twenty years ago. They were both very nice, very lovable women. They were independent, strong widows. They are remembered with love.

  2026 Dedh Cans Seytek warn Ügens De Sül, seytegves mis Me Sunday, 17th May De Yow ha my ow tos tre, wòja mos dhe'n medhek dens, my a glowas son e'n gwel agan kentrevogyon. Nag o tros a vestes, ha nag o agan kentrevogyon. Jynnys trosüs o. Tüs whel o, ow kil whel war an gwedh reb an linednow electrek voltach ûhel. E veu gwenjow crev e'n enawel diwedhes a wrüg whetha nebes gwedhednow dhe'n dor, gen damach dhe linednow electricita. Rag hedna, na dal an gwedh tevy re ûhel. E vedh enawelow moy ha na vedn nei kelly agan electricita arta. (Kenth ema cantollow ha chofar dhen!) Ma heskednow chayn dhodhans. On Thursday as I was coming home, after going to the dentist, I heard a sound in our neighbours' field. It wasn't the noise of animals, and it wasn't our neighbours. It was noisy machinery. It was workmen doing work on the trees by the high voltage electricity lines. There were strong winds in the last storm that blew some trees down, with damage to electricity li...

  2026 Dedh Cans Whetek warn Ügens De Sadorn, whetegves mis Me Saturday, 16th May Pe enevales ew an moyha diantel? Ew bestes brâs moy peryllüs avel bestes münys? Ew godhviles lacka avel enevales dôv? Bestes ell brathy ha bestes ell gwana. My a welas batel a ladh ynter dew greatur bian en beister (fenester). Kenisen vian ell brathy gen venym ha whirneres vrâs ell gwana gen venym. An whirneres a sayas gwana an genisen. An genisen a sayas kelmy an whirneres ha ladra hy gwan. An best brâssa a scappyas bes hei a godhas dhe'n dor ha merwel. Bold o an genisen bes na veu kidnyow veth dhedhy. Which animals are the most dangerous? Are big animals more dangerous than minibeasts? Are wild animals worse than domesticated animals? Animals can bite and animals can sting. I saw a fight to the death between two small creatures in a window. A little spider can bite with venom and a large hornet can sting with venom. The spider tried to bind the hornet and steal her sting. The bigger animal escaped b...

  2026 Dedh Cans Pemdhek warn Ügens De Gwener, pemdhegves mis Me Friday, 15th May Pehên art ew da genowgh? E'n seythen ma whei ell trouvya oll sortow taclow en "89 Redruth". Ma disqwedhyans dhe'n Teylû Pedler - mabm, tas, mergh, mab, broder, hor, ownter ha modrep, dhe'n lyha. Ow howethes Maria ew dornscrifores fin. Ma'w howeth Jowan ow liwya lestry war an mor ha jynnjyow war an gonyow. Aga mergh Caroline ew scrifores ha lymnores levrow flehes. Ma dhodhans nebes pictours coth (nag ew dhe wertha). Ownter a dhescas gen Scol Newlyn, theram ow pedery, pecar'a "mester coth". Ha modrep a liwyas imach bian a'y honan. Ma pryntys ha collajys ewedh.    What type of art do you like? This week you can find all sorts of things in "89 Redruth". The Pedler Family has an exhibition - mum, dad, daughter, son, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, at least. My friend Maria is a calligrapher. My friend Jowan paints ships on the sea and engine houses on the dow...

  2026 Dedh Cans Peswardhek warn Ügens De Yow, pajardegves mis Me Thursday, 14th May Hedhyw tho an jedh neppeth deffrans. Hager o an gewer, bes e veu nebes poyntys da. My a wrüg divüna a-varr ha kerdhes dhe'n savla kyttrin (hanter mildir)  rag kyttrin dhe'n coljy, kerdhes nebes moy dhort an coljy dhe gemeres kyttrin aral by e'n cita. Wòja hedna kerdhes nebes moy dhe'n chei medhek dens. Pur a-varr o vy, etho thera othom a wortos e'n stevel gortos ha redya aga levrow termyn, ha cowsel gen darbarores. Nag era tra veth cabm gans ow dens, etho an nessa termyn rag gweles an medhek dens arta a vedh nessa mis Me. Nessa? Kyttrin aral, dhe Redrüdh. Ow howetha ew teylû gwenhes, artyssys marthys. Rag üdn seythen, ma dhodhans disqwedhyans en shoppa. My a dremenas termyn hir ow clappya ganjans ha mires orth aga fictours, ken kyttrin aral ha kerdh tre arta. Loos o an mor ha loos o an eborn, mettin ha dohajedh.  Today the day was a bit different. The weather was terrible, but there...