A Year of Late Cornish

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Terdhek ha Dogens De Yow, degves mis Gwedngala Thursday, 10th September  My a scrifas lies ger e'n mettin ma. My a scrifas lies ger moy e'n dohajedh ma. E'n gwettha pres, nag ew an geryow na vas rag ûsya et ow blogg. Ha nag eus dhebm fotos veth naneyl rag lymnansow. E'n gordhûher my a glappyas en Yeth an Werin, ha redya whedhel en Bagas Redya, bes nag eus pictours. Martesen avorow a vedh gwell! Martesen e vedh neppeth dhe weles. I wrote a lot of words this morning. I wrote a lot of words this afternoon. Unfortunately, those words are not suitable for using in my blog. And neither do I have any photos at all for illustrations. In the evening I talked in a Language of the People, and read a story in a Reading Group, but there are no pictures. Perhaps tomorrow will be better! Perhaps there will be something to see.

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Dewdhek ha Dewgens De Merher, nawes mis Gwedngala Wednesday, 9th September Glaw lowr ew da. Re a law ew drog. Glaw en telher own ew da. Glaw en telher cabm ew drog. Gen glaw lowr en telher own plansow ell tevy et ta. Heb glaw veth ma deveyth ha tir wast dhen. Gen loskvan cünys fossil thera nei ow cawas glaw trenk. Ew hedna vas po drog? Martesen ev alja drei nebes sulfur ha neitrojen dhe'n dor mars eus fowt anodho. Bes nag ew glaw trenk da rag delkyow. Badna glaw war do ew da lowr. Badna glaw der toll en to ow crow ew grevos. An nenbren ew gleb. Res ew an toll bos ownys. An to a dal bos stanch. Enough rain is good. Too much rain is bad. Rain in the right place is good. Rain in the wrong place is bad. With enough rain in the right place plants can grow well. Without any rain at all we have desert and wasteland. With burning fossil fuels we are getting acid rain. Is that good or bad? Perhaps it can bring some sulphur and nitrogen to the ground if there's a sho...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Üdnek ha Dogens De Meurth, ethves mis Gwedngala Tuesday, 8th September Trehys ew an ys. Ma arrish - henn ew gwel leun a sowl. Wòja an glaw ma skyll gwer. Ma neppeth rag an gwarrak dhe dhebry. Nag ew an termyn own, na whath, dhe aras an dor gen jynn-tedna hag arder ha gònis has rag nessa bledhen. Re segh ew an dor whath - ha calys avel carn; avel carn calys. Nag ew an bestes gwarrak godra; lodnow ens rag kig bowin. The corn is cut. There is a stubble field - that is a field full of stubble. After the rain there are green shoots. There is something for the cattle to eat. It is not the right time, not yet, to plough the ground with a tractor and plough and plant seed for next year. The ground is still too dry - and hard as rock; as hard rock. The animals are not dairy cattle; they are bullocks for beef. Deg ger rag hedhyw Ten words for today aras to plough arder (m) plough carn calys (m) hard rock gònis has to sow seed, plant seed gwarrak godra (coll.) dairy ...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans ha Hanter Cans De Lün, seythves mis Gwedngala Monday, 7th September It is interesting to see how the development of words we use in Cornish can be traced in place names, and how Cornish was progressively replaced by English. This happened noticeably in the old hundreds of Caradon and North Cornwall, adjacent to England. Take the words a-bervedh, en bera, a-bera and bera , which we use for inside or inner : TRESPARRETT (Rospervet 1086)    “middle/ inner roughland” = Rosperveth CUTPARRETT (Cut Pervet 1324) “middle/ inner wood”   = Cuitpervet (OC)  The Old Cornish hard p is still preserved in pervet middle (and t in cuit wood) TREBARWITH (Treberveth 1296) “middle/ inner farm”   = Treberveth Meanwhile p was softening to b in MC berveth TREBARBER (Treberveth 1307) “middle/ inner farm”   = Treberveth   TREBARVAH (P’uthno) (Treberveth 1342) “middle/ inner farm”   = Treberveth   Another simple word that allows us to...