A Year of Late Cornish

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Dogens ha Trei De Sül, üdnegves warn ügens mis Est Sunday, 31st August  An diwettha dedh a vis Est ha'n diwettha dedh a hav meteorologieth ew. Solabres theram ow merkya dr'ew an jedh cottha. Ma'n nos ow tallath moy avarr. Nag era vy ow merkya terry an jedh! Ma del keffres ha avalow ow codha dhort agan gwedh avalow. Ow mergh wydn eth dhe'n cyrcus gen hy mab bian. An cyrcus a wra gorfedna ha mos mes en scon, drefen vedh gellys tre oll an havyjy.  It's the last day of August and the last day of meteorological summer. Already I notice that the day is shorter. The night is starting earlier. I don't notice the daybreak! There are leaves as well as apples falling from our apple trees. My granddaughter went to the circus with her little boy. The circus will finish and go away soon, because all the summer visitors will have gone home.

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Dewgens ha Dew De Sadorn, degves war ügens mis Est Saturday, 30th August Hedhyw my eth dhe Redrüdh rag cuntel gen nebes tüs. Agan cuntelva o Kresen Kernow. Na wrüga vy metya gen an düs ha'n benenes ma. Thens persons creftüs. My a vetyas gen persons gwir. An mater rag trial o an ûs a skians creftüs en descans Kernôwek. A ell skians creftüs gweres dhen cawas persons moy dhe gows Kernôwek keniver jorna? Ell ev towlel descansow gwell raga nei? E vedh eth cuntel moy, thera vy ow pedery. Today I went to Redruth for a meeting with several people. Our meeting venue was Kresen Kernow. I did not meet with these men and women. They are artificial people. I met real people. The matter for discussion was the use of artificial intelligence in Cornish teaching. Can artificial intelligence help us getting more people to speak Cornish every day? Can it plan better lessons for us? There will be eight more meetings, I think.

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Dogens ha Wonan De Gwener, nawes warn ügens mis Est Friday, 29th August Otta radn moy agan daralla rag flehes. Here's another part of our children's story. Ma 'n flehes en scol de Lün wòja an fer. The children are in school on the Monday after the fair. Pur lôwen  ew  Jory. "Hüdor  o vy ," emedh ev. George is very happy. "I'm a magician," he says. " Ma  cònin gwydn  dhebm .  My wrüg  y  dedna  mes a'm hatt hir nowydh. Lebmyn  ma va  en kisten et ow chomber." I have a white rabbit. I pulled it out of my new top hat Now it's in a box in my bedroom. "Gocky  os ta !" emedh Kettern. " Nag ew hedna  possybyl." You are silly! says Katie. That is not possible. "Termyn gwary,  my a wra disqwedhes ." At playtime, I will demonstrate. "Pe le  ma  dha hatt hir?  Üjy va  en dha sagh?  Nag eus  spas lowr." Where is your top hat? Is it in your bag? There isn't enough room. Ma...

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans ha Dewgens De Yow, ethves warn ügens mis Est Thursday, 28th August Ma  whans  dhe 'n mowesy  a  spena aga mòna. The girls want to spend their money. Ma  kisten a liwyow bejeth  dhe  Mestres Penrose. Mrs. Penrose has a box of face paints. Lebmyn  thew   Rosa  treylyes  dhe digres rudhvelyn müscok. Now Rosa is turned into a crazy orange tigress. Bestes gwyls  ew  da  gen  Rosa. Rosa likes wild animals. Pandr'ew  Kettern? Tycky-Duw mantel rüdh  ew hei  - gen liwyow purpur ha rüdh. What is Katie? She's a red admiral butterfly - with purple and red colours. Ma  Rosa  ow tebry  tesen, bes  ma  Kettern  ow perna  nebes plansow fav. Rosa is eating cake, but Katie is buying some bean plants. Pe le  ma  aga theylû?  Where is their family? Ma  Mabm Wydn  ow tos  gen aga broder bian. Granny comes with their little brothe...

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Nawnjek warn Ügens De Merher, seythves warn ügens mis Est Wednesday, 27th August Daralla Radn Pajar  Story Part Four Ma  lies stall en hel an scol.  There are many stalls in the school hall. Ma  whans  dhe  Rosa  a  berna an olifanjes gwydn,  Rosa wants to buy the white elephants,  (There is want to Rosa of buying ...) bes perny  ens  solabres gen dama Jory.  but they are bought already by George's mother. Ma  mir trûan  dhe  Rosa. Rosa looks sad. (There is a sad look to Rosa) Nag ew hei  lôwen.  She is not happy. Ma hei ow mos  dhe berna tesen.  She is going to buy a cake. Ma  Mestres Curnow  ow perna  an vantel dhû, ewedh. Mrs Curnow is buying the black cloak, too. Ma  oll sortow taclow e'n sagh Mestres Curnow. There are all sorts of things in Mrs. Curnow's bag. Ew hei  nebes crav? Is she a bit greedy? Ma  whans  dhe  Jor...

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Etek warn Ügens De Meurth, wheffes warn ügens mis Est Tuesday, 26th August Our Daily Bread A line from the Lord’s Prayer says, “Ro dhe nei an jorna-ma agan bara pub dedh.” Give to us this day our bread every day. In the past Cornwall had to be self-sufficient for all food, not just for fish. Can place names tell us what were the important locations? Corn in general is “ is ”   and grains is “ greun ”.   Today’s grains are barley “ barlys ”/ “ heydh ” ,  wheat “ gwaneth ” and oats “ kergh ”, though wheat was not widely grown in the past. An ancient variety of naked oats or “ pilas ” was grown, which is now extinct. “cove by a small barley plot” PORTHCOTHAN  (Porthgohedon c1250)       >  Porth Gohedhen “the downs of naked oats”    NOON BILLAS                                              > ...

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Seytek warn Ügens De Lün, pempes war ügens mis Est Monday, 25th August Story part 3 Daralla radn trei   Locative  is colour coded red (including participle and secondary verbs).  Descriptive  is colour coded green. Where English has an active verb, Cornish often uses a passive construction with  dhe  to or  gen  with/by. Ma  fer e’n hel an scol hedhyw.  There is a fair in the school hall today. Ma  Rosa  ow rei  dew olifans gwydn dh’y descador rag an stall olifanjes gwydn.  Rosa gives (is giving) two white elephants to her teacher for the white elephant stall. Ma ’n descador  ow wherhin  ha  nag üjy  Kettern  ow convedhes  rag fra.  The teacher laughs (is laughing) and Katie does not understand (is not understanding) why. Ma  Kettern  ow rei  hy dilhas coth dhe dhescadores hei.  Katie gives (is giving) her old clothes to her teacher....

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Whetek warn Ügens De Sül, pajwora warn ügens mis Est Sunday, 24th August Story part 2 Daralla radn dew Locative  is colour coded red (including participle and secondary verbs).  Descriptive  is colour coded green. Where English has an active verb, Cornish often uses a passive construction with  dhe  to or  gen  with/by. Mabm Wydn  ew  benyn pur goth.   Granny is a very old woman. Ma  soler en chei Mabm Wydn.   There is an attic in Granny’s house. E’n soler  ma  cofer leun a daclow coth.   In the attic there is a chest full of old things. Ma  Mabm Wydn  ow rei  dew olifans gwydn dhe Rosa.  Granny is giving two white elephants to Rosa. An olifanjes  ew  rag fer an scol.  The elephants are for the school fair. Eus  othom  dhe  Kettern a neppeth rag an fer?  Does Katie need something for the fair? (Is there need to Katie of …?) Ma  ...

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Pemdhek warn Ügens De Sadorn, tryja warn ügens mis Est Saturday, 23rd August Ma whans dhebm a leverel whedhel dhewgh. E vedh othom a lies dedh dhe scrifa an daralla. Ma towl dhebm dhe ûsya "bos" en pub lavar. My venja gwil hedna - saw a vedh hedna possybyl? Otta an kensa radn bian. I want to tell you a story. It will need many days to write the tale. I have a plan to use "to be" in every sentence. I would like to do that - but will that be possible? Here is the first little part.    The "droll tellers" went around the country earning their living by telling stories. Here is my "daralla". BOS locative  is colour coded red (including participle and secondary verbs).  BOS descriptive  is colour coded green (including particle and personal pronouns). Where English has an active verb, Cornish often uses a passive construction with  dhe  to or  gen  with/by.   First we introduce some of the characters. Tristan  e...

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Peswardhek warn Ügens De Gwener, nessa warn ügens mis Est Friday, 22nd August Ma'n Howl ow tremena an eborn, car dre hevel, bes en gwiryonedh nag üjy an Howl ow qwaya adro dhe'n Norves. Ma'n Norves ow troyllya war y ahel. Ha ma'n Howl ow tremena an dewdhek chei an Zodiak, car dre hevel, bes en gwiryonedh nag üjy an Howl ow qwaya. Ma'n Norves ow resek adro dhe'n Howl, ha thera nei ow qweles radn an brâster deffrans pub mis. Na ellen nei gweles An Lew lebmyn, drefen bos an Howl tredh An Lew ha'n Norves. Ma hedna ow corfedna avorow. Ma'n Howl owth entra chei nowydh, car dre hevel. Avorow ew dallath An Werhes. An Howl a vedh tredh An Werhes ha'n Norves.   The Sun crosses the sky, it seems, but in truth the Sun does not move around the Earth. The Earth spins on its axis. And the Sun traverses the twelve houses of the Zodiac, so it seems, but in truth the Sun does not move. The Earth orbits round the Sun and we see a different constell...

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Terdhek warn Ügens De Yow, kensa warn ügens mis Est Thursday, 21st August Rag fra thew teylûyow mar sqwithüs? Wòja üdn jorna spenys o vy! Why are families so tiring? After one day I am exhausted!

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Dewdhek warn Ügens De Merher, ügensves mis Est Wednesday, 20th August Pur vesy ew an bownans. Ma meur a whel dhe wil. An jorna-ma a veu varyes! Nag ew ow bownans sqwithüs, ha nag o vy sqwithys, bes pur skith (sqwith) o vy lebmyn. Life is very busy. There is a lot of work to do. This day was manic! My life is not boring, and I am not bored, but I am very tired now.

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Üdnek warn Ügens De Meurth, nawnjegves mis Est Tuesday, 19th August An nessa mis (September en Sowsnek) ew henwys 'mis Gwedngala' an mis a gala gwydn. Martesen ev a dal bos henwys an mis a gala owryek. An mis ma ew an mis tòbm po an mis havek. Hanow gwell, theram ow pedery, a via an mis a has, 'mis Has', drefen bos lies hasen oll adro. Ma mes, lies mesen, dadn an derow. Ma lies know coll dadn an colwedh. Radn anodhans ew debrys solabres, martesen gen gwyweres, saw whath ew radn anodhans glas. Nei ell debry know coll, saw na wrewgh debry mesen. Has dû alsanders a veu ûsyes gen an Romans, my a grej, rag spîs, saw nag ens da genam. Re grev ens, re spîsek. The next month (September in English) is called 'mis Gwedngala' the month of white straw. Perhaps it should be called the month of golden straw. This month is the hot month or the summery month. A better name, I think, would be the month of seeds, 'mis Has', because there are seeds all...