A Year of Late Cornish

  2024 Dedh Cans Wonan warn Ügens   De Meurth, degves warn ügens mis Ebrel   Tuesday, 30th April   The following sentences  contain  collective plural nouns and collective-derived singular nouns, as well as regular plurals.    Nei a gerdhas en trolergh gen keres ha keser a-ûhen .   Da ew genen debry lies keresen , saw cas ew genen lies keseren ,   Ma gwenenen wels en gwredhen a’n wedhen .   Nag eus mel en gwredh na del .   An wenenen a dal trouvya bleujen .   Teg ew oll an bleujyow gwedh ; keres , avalow ha per ewedh.   Low losow a dhebras oll ow lattys.   Ha ledhys ew oll ow losow debry e'n erber gen leslow erel.      We walked along a footpath with cherries and hail overhead.   We like eating lots of cherries, but we hate lots of hailstones.   There's a wild bee in a root of the tree.   There's no honey in roots or leaves.   The bee should find a flower. ...

  2024 Dedh Cans hag Ügens De Lün, nawes warn ügens mis Ebrel Monday, 29th April Neppeth cott hedhyw. Nag eus dhebm termyn hedhyw rag "deg ger". Nag eus bes üdn ger rag hedhyw. Something short today. I don't have time today for "ten words". There's only one word for today. Glas ew an mor hedhyw. That d'mean the sea is blue Today, my lover, that is true. Glas o an mor de. That d'mean the sea was grey. And so 'twas yesterday. Sometimes, you say, the sea is green. If blue-grey-green is what you mean, " Glas " is the colour that it's been.  Bes "glas" ew oll an gwedh ha gwels. All trees and grass are  "glas"  as well. The leaves are green,  "Glas" ew an del.  

  2024 Dedh Cans ha Nawnjek De Sül, ethves warn ügens mis Ebrel Sunday, 28th April De, na wrüga vy kerdhes pel. Gleb o an gewer. Na veu possybyl mos bys en Cambron rag Dedh Trevithick. Et y le, res veu dhebm mos dhe'n  vedhegva  rag  pig breghlin  Covid. My a welas an mor ha'n treth dhort carr ow mab. Thera meur a  gwrians gwithyjy-dreth  war an treth hag e'n mor - martesen anjei o en  traynyans  rag an hav. Hedhyw ma  bregh  tydn dhebm, bes teg ew an awel. My a gerdhas et agan lowarth gen  lorgh  dhe vires orth an flourys. My ell gweles an mor! Thew an  kethsam  mor avel de saw nag ewa an  keth  liw. An mor hedhyw ew pecar'a 'gan  guckous . Ma dhen mor blou war agan  menedh . Yesterday, I didn't walk far. The weather was wet. It wasn't possible to go to Camborne for Trevithick Day. Instead, I had to go to the clinic for a Covid vaccination. I saw the sea and beach from my son's car. There was...

  2024 Dedh Cans hag Etek De Sadorn, seythves warn ügens mis Ebrel Saturday, 27th April E'n tavas Kernowek ma lies hanow plurel  cuntellek . Rag fra? Martesen, Kernow o  overdevys  gen lies plans, plansow na alja bos  reknys . Martesen thera bestes münys  heb nòmber dhe vos comptys  ow  hesya dres an pow . Nei ell gwil hanow  üdnek  gen "-en" war lost an ger cuntellek. Ma henwyn teleryow gen plansow ha bestes  a vry  ettans. En 1327 thera tüs trigys en Boslogos, gen lies  logojen  martesen. A wrüg logos dos dhort an ryvar po an coos? A wrüg anjei debry oll aga ys? In the Cornish language there are many collective plural nouns. Why? Perhaps, Cornwall was overgrown with many plants, plants that could not be counted. Perhaps countless little animals were swarming all over the country. We can make a singular noun with "-en" on the tail of the collective word. There are place names with significant plants and animals in th...

2024 Dedh Cans ha Seytek De Gwener, wheffes warn ügens mis Ebrel Friday, 26th April Ma'n ervirans gen an Governans dhe ajon hònanieth üdnik a’n Gernôwyon ow rei dhodhans an keth gre avel poblow Keltek erel e' n Wlascor Ûnyes , an Scotyon , an Kembrion ha'n Werdhonyon . Minorites Nacyonal a dal bos moy hewel en bownans poblek ha 'jei a dal cawas moy chonsys war an wariva geswlasek . En kensa, martesen, nei a dal cawas eseleth leun a'n Consel Bretednek-Werdhonek ha corfow treus- kenedhlek erel. The decision by the Government to recognise the unique identity of the Cornish gives them the same status as the UK’s other Celtic people, the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish.  National minorities should be more visible in public life and they should get more opportunities on the international stage. First, perhaps, we should have full membership of the British-Irish Council and other trans-national bodies. Deg ger rag hedhyw  Ten words for today ervirans  (m)  deci...