A Year of Late Cornish

  2020 Dedh Trei Hans Pemdhek warn Ügens De Lün, degves warn ügens mis Dû Monday, 30 th  November Pana contrast! Pana jorna deffrans! Na wrüg kerdhes ort ow flesya hedhyw, saw thera othom dh’y wül. Res veu dhen danon cart pednbloodh der an post dhe ’gan broder wheg. Re leb o an jorna dhe gemeres fotos nowydh veth. Res veu dhebm dhe witha segh an camera nowydh. Loos, loos, loos! Ma othom dhebm a liw. Na ellama gweles gòlowow Nadelik. Nag eus gòlowow Nadelik en cres an pow ha thera vy re bell dhort tre. Bes my a drouvyas delît war “youtube”. Whei ell gweles an dra orijinal en “Heartlands”, my a grej. Thew an Tirwel Balweyth Kernow West en gòlowow. Ma va ow tisqwedhes oll an telleryow whel a-warra, war enep an dor, warbarha gen oll an shaftys ha kivorrow en-dadn-dhor. Thew Kernow pecar’a criben vel. Arwòdh rag bal ew morthol ha pigell crowsys. Nag  ü jy an mappa ow tisqwedhes oll an   shaftys ha kivorrow en trei mens.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9SD1Z1f...

2020 Dedh Trei Hans Peswardhek warn Ügens De Sül, nawves warn ügens mis Dû Sunday, 29 th November Mettin spladn o va rag kerdhes adro. Otta an howl ow terlentry der an idhyow ha lesky niwl dhe ves. Thera tüs erel e’n bôwnderyow ha’n trolerghow, ow qwandra, marhoga ha kerdhes gen keun. Thera spladnder an howl ort aga flesya, pub onan. Bran dre a viras orta nei dhort gwedhen. Na ell briny neyja pecar’a pesk, bes ma edhyn war Dhowr Melinjy – hos benow ha cülyek hos, malarts an dhew. Edhyn troos wiek ens. Ma marth brâs dhebm hedhyw. Ellowgh whei gweles an arwòdh ma? Martesen ma nebonan gen môy a rychys avel skians. Agriys ew gwerth. Magor an velin eskern coth, a wrüg melyas eskern bestes marow, a vedh annedh rag an re bew. It was a lovely morning for walking around. Here’s the sun sparkling through the ivy and burning mist away. There were other people in the lanes and footpaths, rambling, riding and walking dogs. Everyone was enjoying the sunshine. A rook watched us from a tree. Crows ...

  2020 Dedh Trei Hans Terdhek warn Ügens   De Sadorn, ethves warn ügens mis Dû Saturday, 28 th November Ma lies telher en Kernow gen “spern” et aga henwyn. Nag ew hedna marth brâs drefen bos lies spernen òbma – spern dû keffres ha spern gwydn. En gwav nag eus del war brysk ha gwedh. Thew an sethednow didhel ha nei ell gweles oll an hager speikys e’n ke. Thew spern dû hackra vel spern gwydn. Mis Dû ew an mis dhe gomposa agan lowarthow (w)òja kidnyadh ha ken downderyow gwav. Ma del marow ha lies whennen dhe vos leskys en tanjysyow. Mars eus glasneth, losow ew whath glas ha gleb, nag eus tan da ha ma meur a môg gwydn hag eth. Ma’n gwens dhort an soth hedhyw, etho na wrewgh crowdra tûa noor an tan. Cüdhys gen ke spernek po vos (fos), nei a wel whath flourys denty – mellyon, brially ha sevy. There are many places in Cornwall with “thorn” in their names. That’s not a big surprise because there are lots of thorn trees here – sloe trees (black thorn) as well as may trees (white...

2020 Dedh Trei Hans Dewdhek warn Ügens De Gwener, seythves warn ügens mis Dû Friday, 27 th November Ma awel hedro en mis Dû. Terweythyow glaw a wra ha dhort termyn dhe dermyn ma howl. Thew an ebòrn chanjyanjek. En venowgh ma cloudys en radn an ebòrn hag en kettermyn radn aral ew cler. Otta an ebòrn de en androw. Thera front kewer ow tos, my a grej. Nag ew an cloudys mar deg hedhyw. Môy loos ens. An ebòrn ew comolek ettien, a-ûgh an Mor Brâs Atlantyk dres ehen. Gen camera nowydh nag üjy an mor ha'n tewednow mar bell! Bes pandr’ew hebma, pecar’a cloudys loos? Môg ew. Ogh trû! Ew hedna chei po crow gen tan? Po martesen thew tanjys pur blos – ow mostya an ayr. (Hedn' a veu de.) There’s unsettled weather in November. Sometimes it rains and from time to time there is sun. The sky is changeable. Often there are clouds in part of the sky and at the same time another part is clear. Look at the sky late yesterday afternoon. There was a weather front coming, I think. The clouds aren’t ...

2020 Dedh Trei Hans Üdnek warn Ügens De Yow, wheffes warn ügens mis Dû Thursday, 26 th November   Ma loor leun ow tos nes. Teg ew hei. Nag ew an loor pur rond haneth en nos, bes nei a wra gweles an loor leun an diwettha nos en mis ma. Hy hanow hengovek (en America) ew Loor Bever. Bes bevers a veu helhys dhe gowlvernans (rag aga felour) en Pow an Sowson nanj ew pajar cans bledhen. Otta hatt bever. Bettegens, ma bevers lebmyn en Kernow. Fydhyans Gôdhvownans Kernow a dhros bevers a-bera en bargen tir ogas dhe Egloslajek. Anjei ell gwitha dowrow dhort liva ha ma dhodhans gwaynyow erel rag dyghtyans an tir. Ma môy war Oon Bren. P’ehen a vest ew bever? Rodent ew, pecar’a logojen – saw pur vrâs, ha ledan y lost. Ma dhodho dens brâs ell knithya rüsk gwedh ha predn. Bever ew hujes knithvil. Anjei ell trehy gwedh. A full moon is approaching. It’s beautiful. The moon is not very round tonight, but we will see the full moon on the last night in this month. Its traditional name (in America...

2020 Dedh Trei Hans Deg warn Ügens De Merher, pempes warn ügens mis Dû Wednesday, 25 th November Da ew genam spladnder an howl en gwav. Gwell ew (w)òja dedh loos. Brâssa ew an plesour. My alja gweles lies tra e’n pelder – saw nag o vy sür pandra! Res ew dhebm whilas war vappa. Ma môy dhe vos gwelys en gwav – nag eus del war an gwedh. Ma taclow ow tos a wel en gwav üjy ow mos mes a wel en hav. Ma neyth e’n wedhen ma. Na wrüga vy merkya an chei gwydn ma kens lebmyn. Bes mirowgh! Gans ow hamera nowydh my ell gweles pub plüven lost an vran na e’n wedhen. Ma diw vran en gwedhen a-bell aral. Ma lies chei gwydn a wel en howl an gwav. En termyn eus passyes payntys gwydn ens gen lim rag glanythter. Lebmyn nag ens bes teg. Da ew genam mappys war an gwiasva. Otta telher pur wydn war an mappa ma. Ogas dhe Austol ma pollow prei – thew An Tiredh Prei – gen prei gwydn po calgh. Ellama y weles e’n pelder? Po  ü jy va moy adhelher dhe'n menedh pell? I like sunshine in winter. It’s better a...

2020 Dedh Trei Hans Naw warn Ügens De Meurth, pajwora warn ügens mis Dû Tuesday, 24th November   Hedhyw my a gerras (gerdhas) Vorr (Fordh) Vòngleudh war vena. Thera whans dhebm a gemeres fôtô a (dh) Droskyn dhort Menedh Rün gans ow hamera nowydh. An men e’n mòngleudh o pur gler dhe vos gwelys. Nag eus othom a’n men lebmyn, etho nag ew an mòngleudh bes creun rag pusornow. En termyn eus passyes tho an men ûsyes rag byldya treven – lebmyn thew an treven gwres a “ticky-tacky”! Nag eus dhebm fôtô da a Droskyn – nag eus bes ymach drog a ge (my a dal bos môy sür ha kerna le). Na vern, ma trouvys genam pyctour pur goth (gwydn ha dû dhort 1860) a Droskyn. Thew ev radn an als gen story a valweyth pur goth. Martesen ûsyes o rag diw (v)mil bledhen po môy. Ma kivorrow (kivordhow) ha fogevyow ha balyagow – codhys ew radn anodhans e’n mor, ow cara (casa) tell ha gwaregow brâs. Nag era toulys pur grev e’n dedhyow coth, etho an düs a settyas tan tòbm bedn an stoff stenys e’n als. Nena anjei a d...