A Year of Late Cornish

  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...

  2026 Dedh Cans Trei Ügens hag Onan De Merher, degves mis Efen Wednesday, 10th June Theram ow mos rag gen colmow tavas. Vorr pur dha ens rag omassaya cows heb hockya. I'm carrying on with tongue twisters. They are a very good way for practising speaking without hesitation. Colm Tavas D Deg ha dewgens davas dû drog dhort Dewnan a dheuth dredh daras dûwer en Dowr Dû ha debry del dar ha dens lew e’n dûder. Debrys veu an deves dû de. Tongue Twister D Fifty naughty black sheep from Devon came through a dark green door in Blackwater and ate oak leaves and dandelions in the darkness. The black sheep were eaten yesterday.

  2026 Dedh Cans ha Trei Ügens De Meurth, nawes mis Efen Tuesday, 9th June Theram ow mires orth  nebes colmow tavas arta. I'm looking at some tongue twisters again. Words beginning with c, ch, k or qw: nouns in red , verbs in blue , adjectives and adverbs in green . Ma chicok . Pe le ma chicok ? Ma chicok dadn an to chei coth en coos coth . Pandr’eus a-jei dhe’n chei coth e’n coos coth ? Ma kei coth a-jei dhe’n chei coth e’n coos coth . Ma’n kei coth ow chassya cathik e’n chei coth e’n coos coth. Ma chayr reb copart kegin en kegin dadn an to e’n chei coth e’n coos coth, An cathik ell crambla qwyck war an chayr kegin - ha nena war an copart kegin e’n gegin e’n chei coth e’n coos coth.   Ma chons da dhe'n cathik .   Na ell kei coth chassya qwyck na crambla qwyck . There's a house martin. Where is the house martin? The house martin is under the roof of an old house in an old wood. What is there inside the old house in the old wood. There's an old d...

  2026 Dedh Cans Dogens ha Nawnjek De Lün, ethves mis Efen Monday, 8th June Termyn, my a brederas, dhe vires orth colm tavas arta - po martesen moy es onan. Ew possybyl dhe scrifa colm tavas rag keniver letheren? Otta A ha B. Ha ma gwers, ewedh, gen rimys gwell. Time, I thought, to look at a tongue twister again - or perhaps more than one. Is it possible to write a tongue twister for each letter? Here are A and B. And there's a verse, too, with better rhymes. A Tongue twister    COLM TAVAS A An asen a dhebras y aval  ha 'n appa a abmas dh' y dhama , saw dama an asen a dhebras aval an appa ha dama an appa a abmas dhe 'n asen . Gerva an appa = the ape an asen = the donkey aval an appa = the ape's apple dama an appa = the ape's mother dama an asen = the donkey's mother y aval = his apple y dhama = his mother a abmas dhe = kissed a dhebras = ate The donkey ate his apple  and the ape kissed his mother,  but the donkey's mother ate the ape's apple an...