A Year of Late Cornish

  2025 Dedh Cans ha Pajar  Ü gens De S ü l, nawves warn  ü gens mis Efen Sunday, 29th June Hedhyw, thew an diwettha dedh an Seythen Cowsel Kern ô wek. My a glappyas en Kern ô wek gen t ü s erel de L ü n mettin, De L ü n dohajedh, De Merher gordh û her, De Yow mettin, De Yow gordh û her, De Gwener mettin ha De Gwener gordh û her.  Saw ma nakevys genam De S ü l gordh û her, soweth! Gellys ew an maw bian lebmyn, gen y pel droos hag y diwros, bes skith marow o vy. Na ellama remembra traveth. Martesen my a wra mos a-varr dhe'n gwely ha redya ow lever nowydh - po c ò sca. Today, it's the last day of the Speak Cornish Week. I spoke in Cornish with other people on Monday morning, Monday afternoon, Wednesday evening, Thursday morning, Thursday evening, Friday morning and Friday evening. But I forgot Sunday evening, sadly! The little boy has gone now, with his football and his bicycle, but I am dead tired. I can't remember anything. Perhaps I'll go to bed early and read my new...

  2025 Dedh Cans Trei  Ü gens ha Nawnjek De Sadorn, ethves warn  ügens mis Efen Saturday, 28th June Henvabm o vy, ha hen-henvam ewedh. Ober calish ew - meur a whel dhe wil gen flehes! Ma re a nerth dhe d ü s yonk. Yonkneth ew gwastyes war an yonkes! Theram ow codhvos gras a gewer teg ha lowarth bras. I'm a grandmother, and a great-grandmother too. It's hard work - a lot of work to do with children! Young people have too much energy. Youth is wasted on the young! I am grateful for lovely weather and a big garden. Gerva Vocabulary godhvos gras a to be grateful for gwastya to waste, squander kewer (f) weather > an gewer nerth ~ nerh (m) energy yonk young yonkneth (f) youth (abstract quality) (SWFM yowynkneth ) yonkes (m) young people (SWFM yowynkes )

  2025 Dedh Cans Trei  Ü gens hag Etek De Gwener, seythves warn  ügens mis Efen Friday, 27th June My ell clowes son a neppeth ow wharvos. Ma'n tros ow tos dhort lowarth agan kentrevoges. Ma t üs whel ow tastrevel (dastrehevel) fos goth, ke Kernow coth. Ma othom a lies men, lies men nowydh. Radn an meyn coth ell bos sawyes ha û syes arta, saw radn anodhans ew gwadnhes. Ma meur a ven terrys dhe vos kemerys dhe ves. Nag eus m ò ngleudh kyllas a'n pow owth obery na velha. Res veu dhodhans cawas meyn dhort telher ogas dhe Bosvena, henwys M ò ngleudh Callywick. Arbenigoryon ew an d ü s ma. Anjei a wrüg lav ü rya gen Will Coleman war y labyrinth Kerdroya. I can hear the sound of something happening. The noise is coming from our neighbour's garden. There are workmen rebuilding an old wall, an old Cornish hedge. Many stones are needed, many new stones. Some of the old stones can be saved and used again, but some of them are weakened. There is a lot of broken stone to be taken awa...

  2025 Dedh Cans Trei Ugens ha Seytek De Yow, wheffes warn ugens mis Efen Thursday, 26th June Ell gesyow en udn tavas bos treylyes dhe davosow erel - ha bos didhanus whath? Terweythyow ma'n geryow en gesyow ow ton moy es udn styr, theram ow pedery. Gwell ew na wrewgh treylya ger-rag-ger. Can jokes in one language be translated to other languages - and still be funny? Sometimes the words in jokes carry more than one meaning, I think. It's better not to translate word-for-word. Govyn:  Question Rag fra ma  torrow ow c ròlya   termyn anjei ew gweg?  Why do bellies (g)rumble when they are empty (hungry)? Gorryp ~ gorthyp:  Answer Drefen na w ö r anjei clappya.  Because they don't know how to talk. Govyn:  Question Piw a medh "Qwick! Qwick!"?  Who said "Quick! Quick!"? Gorryp ~ gorthyp:  Answer Heyjik gen hickys.  A duckling with hiccups. Govyn:  Question Pandr'a medh an vantol dhe'n  shòger ?  What did the scales say to t...

  2025 Dedh Cans Trei Ü gens ha Whetek   De Merher, pempes warn ü gens   Wednesday, 25 th June   E vedh fr û tys lowr e’n vledhen ma, en hav diwedhes po kidnyadh. Solabres ma sevy ha shirys gwyls, ke nag ens pur vr â s. Ma lies aval glas war an avalen goth, emesk an kewny. Mirowgh ort oll an flo urys dreys e’n keow. Mall ew genam cuntel mor d û ha gwil ja m m ha crampes ow gen aval ow ha mo r d û . Ma greun ow tos na dal nei debry, scavyligyon rag sampel. An flourys gwedhros ew pur deg, ha ma sawarn wheg dhodhans, bes na wrewgh debry an greun. Terweythyow r ü dh ew diantel! There will be enough fruit this year, in late summer or autumn. Already there are wild strawberries and wild cherries, though they are not very big . There are lots of green apples on the old apple tree, among the lichen. Look at all the bramble flowers in the hedges. I am looking forward to picking blackberries and making jam or pies with apples and blackberries.  There a...

  2025 Dedh Cans Trei Ugens ha Pemdhek De Meurth, pajwora warn ugens mis Efen Tuesday, 24th June Da ew gen flehes mires en tell bian ha pollednow brassa emesk carrygy war an treth, rag sartes ha puskes bian ha pebrednes munys, gerys a-dhelergh woja omdedna an mor. Nag eus tra veth bras lowr dhe vos debrys. Bes peskecha en cokow ew a-bris rag Kernow. Ma puskes ha kencres brassa e'n mor a-dro dhe'n als. Martesen An Crang a dal bos sin Zodiak rag Kernow! E veu othom a hanow nowydh dhe udn canker, an gaverik. Na wrug an dus en Pow an Sowson debry gaverigow, drefen na veu whans dhodhans a dhebry "kenisen". Rag hedna, lebmyn "metern" ew ev. Children like looking in little rock pools and bigger pools among rocks on the beach, for sea urchins and little fish and tiny shore crabs, left behind after the tide ebbs. There is nothing big enough to be eaten. But fishing in fishing boats is important for Cornwall. There are fish and bigger crabs in the sea round the coast....