A Year of Late Cornish

  2026 Dedh Cans Trei Ügens ha Seyth De Meurth, whetegves mis Efen Tuesday, 16th June Hedhyw, thera vy ow mires orth taclow bian e'n lowarth. Taclow brâs ew moy apert, bes my a res whilas an taclow bian. Ma frûtys an hav - sevy, ow tevy war ladn. Bohes ew arves, saw an brâssa radn ew bohes arves. Mor cala gonedhys a via brâssa. Ma enevales bian cüdhys et ow lowarth. Nag eus cog veth, bes otta trefyas an gog! Ma leslôwen dadn an scroff, ow tebry sugen an idhyow. Nag ew an bulhorn ma, war redenen (tavas a'n carow), gwithys gen scroff. Ma crogen dhodho. Eus neppeth aral e'n toll ma en gladn? Neppeth bew? Re vrâs ew an toll rag gwenenen wyls. Re vian ew rag cònin. Martesen ma knithvil vian etto. Today, I am looking at small things in the garden. Big things are more obvious, but I must look for the small things. There are the summer fruits - wild strawberries, growing on a bank. A few are ripe, but most are unripe. Cultivated strawberries would be bigger. There are little animal...

2026 Dedh Cans Trei Ügens ha Whegh De Lün, pemdhegves mis Efen  Monday, 15th June Skith o vy arta, etho nag eus dhebm bes colm tavas gocky rago whei! I'm tired again, so I've only got a silly tongue twister for you! COLM TAVAS G De Gwener , gever gorm a guntellas gwels en glesin gweljek glas   en Goon Gompes gwenjek . Mis Genver ew gwell gen Gorownter Gregor rag gwary golf . Gellys ew Gonet gordhûher ,  gen hy gonhelhy ha hy gever gwydn. Hei a gollas hy gweljow gocky . On Friday, brown goats collected grass in a green grassy lawn  in windy Goon Gumpas (“level down”) Great-Uncle Gregor prefers January  for playing golf. Gonet is gone in the evening,  with her pony and her white goats. She lost her silly scissors.

  2026 Dedh Cans Trei Ügens ha Pemp De Sül, pajardegves mis Efen Sunday, 14th June De, my a veu pur vesy, etho hedhyw skith o vy. Theram ow tremena dedh hebask ha cosel, heb strivya. My ell scrifa heb bos berr-anal. Martesen, my a wra scrifa lies colm tavas moy. Ma caletter dhebm gen "G", etho otta colm tavas H. Yesterday, I was very busy, so today I am tired. I am passing a peaceful and quiet day, without exertion. I can write without being breathless. Perhaps, I'll write a lot more tongue-twisters. I have a problem with "G", so here is tongue- twister H. COLM TAVAS H Honn ew Hager Helga, helhores (helghores). Hunkyn ew hy hei hir . Ha ma Hunkyn, helgy Goon Helhy,  ow helhy (helghy) gen Hecka an helhor ,    gwiskys en hevys, hatt ha helghwisk . Hedhyw thew 'ga helgh rag hedh ergh , saw nag eus bes heyjy   war heyl en mis Hedra. Hebask ew hal ha heyl ,  etho na wra harha , a Hunkyn!    This is Horrible Helga, a huntress. Humphrey is her...

  2026 Dedh Cans Trei Ügens ha Pajar De Sadorn, terdhegves mis Efen Saturday, 13th June Hedhyw my eth mes! "Farwell" dhe als noor, mordarth ha keryow, ha "Dedh da" dhe als sooth, aber ha scathow! En kensa my eth dhe Ewny Redrudh, ha wòja hedna dhe Aberfala ha Penrynn. Pur vesy o pub tre, gen Dedh Murdoch ha Gool Canow Marner. Thera jynnys eth en Redrudh ha morladron en pub le. I went out today! "Farewell" to north coast, surf and hillforts, and "Hello" to south coast, estuary and boats! First I went to Redruth, and after that to Falmouth and Penryn. Every town was very busy, with Murdoch Day and a Sea Shanty Festival. There were steam engines in Redruth and pirates everywhere.

  2026 Dedh Cans Trei Ügens ha Trei De Gwener, dewdhegves mis Efen Friday, 12th June COLM TAVAS F An flehes für a fias dhe’n fo  en forest faw famos gen fav Frenk ha frûtys   en frayl . Na fors! Ficher feryek a forsakyas y flogh  ha fistena e'n ferla  gen fardel a füg- flourys   ha funen fin.  Tongue Twister F The wise children ran away in a famous beech forest with French beans and fruits in a shopping bag. No matter! An inquisitive ferret left his child and hurried into the fairground with a parcel of artificial flowers and a fine ribbon.

  2026 Dedh Cans Trei Ügens ha Dew De Yow, üdnegves mis Efen Thursday, 11th June COLM TAVAS E Euthvil efarnek   era e’n eglos Sent Eler. Eskerens eglosyow ew euthviles . Thera elergh , edhen engrys , ena ewedh. Eskerens euthviles ew elerhy . El Ebbet,  eseles eledh an ebòrn nev, ha Effrem, Epscop Caresk,  eth en Sent Eler ewedh, dhe dowla an euthvil efarnek mes a'n eglos ha dh'y exilya en Efarn arta. Nena an el eth tre dhe'n ebòrn , an epscop eth kerdh dhe beneglos Caresk ha’n elergh eth dhe Elerhy. A hellish monster  was in the church in St Hilary. Monsters are enemies of churches. There was a swan, an angry bird, there too. Swans are enemies of monsters. Angel Elizabeth,  a member of the angels of the firmament, and Ephraim, Bishop of Exeter, went to St Hilary as well, to cast the hellish monster out of the church and to exile it in Hell again. Then the angel went back to the sky, the bishop went away to Exeter Cathedral and the swan went to...