A Year of Late Cornish

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Trei Ügens ha Peswardhek De Merher, kensa mis Hedra Wednesday, 1st October Wòja sehor ha tòmder an hav, ma kidnyadh ow trei glebor ha yeynder moy. A nag eus glaw? Na amownt, ma glouth e'n mettin. Ma taclow moy ow tevy emesk an gwelsednow ha'n delkyow marow. Aljama aga huntel ha 'ga debry? Na wöra vy. Peryllüs ew dhe saya. Bes debrys ens gen neppeth. Ma creaturs emesk an gwelsednow a gar an glouthednow ha glawednow, ha ell debry scavellow cronek heb caletter veth. Leun ew an glesin a velwhes! Nag ew da genam melwhes. An edhyn ell aga debry, ha welcòm (wolcom).   After the dryness and heat of the summer, autumn is bringing more moisture and coolness. There isn't any rain? Never mind, there is dew in the morning. There are new things growing among the blades of grass and the dead leaves. Could I gather them and eat them? I don't know. It is risky to try. But they have been eaten by something. There are creatures among the blades of grass that love ...

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Trei Ügens ha Terdhek De Meurth, degves warn ügens mis Gwedngala Tuesday, 30th September An diwettha dedh a vis Gwedngala. Gellys ew Hav, gellys ew an Kehesnos ha gellys ew dallath an Vantol. De a veu Gool Mehal. My a gar egrow gool Mehal purpur, saw nag eus flourys a'n par na et ow lowarth. Et y le, ma'n hydrangea ow treylya purpur. Ma liwyow erel ow tos en greun ha del; rüdhvelyn en montbretia, owr hag arhans en besowen. My a gar ow lowarth. Ma'n brâssa radn an plansow ow tevy en gwyls, gonys gen edhyn po gwywerow po gans an gwens. The last day of September. Summer has gone, the Equinox has gone and the start of Libra has gone. Yesterday was Michaelmas. I love purple Michaelmas daisies, but I don't have any flowers like that in my garden. Instead, the hydrangea is turning purple. Other colours are coming in berries and leaves, orange in a montbretia, gold and silver in a birch. I love my garden. Most of the plants are growing wild, sown by birds o...

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Trei Ügens ha Dewdhek De Lün, nawes warn ügens mis Gwedngala Monday, 29th September Skith o vy. Nos da! I'm tired. Good night!

    2025 Dedh Dew Cans Trei Ügens hag Üdnek De Sül, ethves warn ügens mis Gwedngala Sunday, 28th September Na ellama scrifa blogg hir hedhyw, soweth! Ma annes warnam - po martesen an cleves ew Covid. Devedhys ewa arta en Kernow. Res ew dhebm còsca. I can't write a long blog today, sadly! I have a cold - or perhaps the illness is Covid. It has come back again in Cornwall. I have to sleep.

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans  Deg ha Trei Ügens De Sadorn, seythves warn ügens mis Gwedngala Saturday, 27th September Gero nei mires orth lever coth arta, cans bloodh ogastei. Ma neppeth ettans rag pub dedh a'n vledhen - story a Gernow, festow ha degòlyow, ha hencovyon ewedh. Otta nebes ensamplow.  Tryja mis Gwedngala, mil pajar cans pajar ügens ha seytek: Perkin Warbeck a dirhas ogas dhe Pedn an Wlas. Ev a settyas emann y vaner en Bosvenehy - avel Metêrn Rechat an pajwora. Dewdhegves mis Gwedngala, mil whegh cans pemp warn ügens: Soudoryon en düwon, dhort Castel Pendinas, a dhavonas peticyon  dhe'n Metêrn rag gòber ügens mis. Terdhegves mis Gwedngala, mil whegh cans dewgens ha whetek: George Fox, "Kerner", a veu lôwsys mes a breson Lanstefan. Let's look at an old book again, approximately a hundred years old. There's something in it for every day of the year - Cornish history, feasts and festivals, and also folklore. Here are some examples.  3rd September, 1497: Perk...

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Trei Ügens ha Naw De Gwener, wheffes warn ügens mis Gwedngala Friday, 26th September  Hedhyw thew Dedh Europek a Davasow, golys pub wheffes warn ugens mis Gwedngala, a-dhia diw mil hag onan. Warlergh an Comyscyon Europek, tavosow a wra “egery colonow ha bresyow”. Consel a Europa, moy es dogens stat dhodho avel esely, a venja oll an bes dhe glappya tavosow pobel erel. Ma seyth cans million person en Europ. Pub onan a dal discüdha tavosow moy, rag cressya ònderstanding tredh   lies gònisegeth.   Bos lies tavosek ha liesculturek ew neppeth pur dha.   Today is European Day of Languages, celebrated every 26 th  September, since 2001. According to the European Commission, languages “open hearts and minds”. The Council of Europe, which has more than forty states as members, would like everyone to speak other people’s languages. There are 700 million people in Europe. Everyone ought to discover more languages, to increase understanding between ...

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Trei Ügens hag Eth De Yow, pempes warn ügens mis Gwedngala Thursday, 25th September Pe le ma'n jedh? Pe le ma'n ourys a howlsplan? Devedhys ew an nos re a-varr. E'n mettin my a wòlas pil brâs a dhilhas dhe wòlhy e'n jynn-gòlhy - dilhas ha lien gwely. En keth termyn e veu class Kernôwek dhebm. Wòja hedna my a fyttyas kidnyow ha gwary gen an kei. E'n gordhûher thera Yeth an Werin ha bagas ow redya An Hobys. Dohajedh? My a godhas en còsca! Ha whath o vy skith, Where is the day? Where are the hours of sunshine? The night has arrived too soon. In the morning I washed a big pile of washing in the washing machine - clothes and bed linen. At the same time I had a Cornish class. After that I prepared dinner and played with the dog. In the evening there was a Yeth an Werin and a group reading The Hobbit. Afternoon? I fell asleep! And I'm still tired.

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Trei Ügens ha Seyth De Merher, pajwora warn ügens mis Gwedngala Wednesday, 24th September Da ew genam mires ort treylyans an vledhen war an menedh a-dâl. Hedhyw my alja clowes tros tractor (jynn-tedna) ow tedna arder brâs a-dreus an arrish - gen lies gòlan ow sewya war y lergh. Martesen, da ew gen gullys cawas bulük ha buljiges (bulhornes). Nanj ew üdn mis thera lies pusorn brâs a gala wòja an treveth. An ys a veu trehys gen jynn brâs en kensa le, ha wòja hedna jynn aral a wras an pusornow. Pe ehen a ys o va? Martesen gwaneth o. Gwaneth ew rag bara. Martesen tho barlys rag bryhy corevow. I like watching the turning of the year on the hill opposite. Today I could hear the noise of a tractor pulling a big plough across the field of stubble - with many gulls following behind it. Perhaps, the gulls like getting (finding) earthworms and snails. One month ago there were many big bales of straw after the harvest. The corn was cut by a big machine in the first place, a...

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Trei Ügens ha Whegh De Meurth, tryja warn ügens mis Gwedngala Tuesday, 23rd September Mettin a-varr, ha ma glouthednow ow terlentry war an gwelsednow. Whath thew nebes yeyn e'n skeuj, saw nag eus rew. Leskys e kerdh gen an howl ew an glouth e'n howlsplan. Ma'n greun rüdh spladn war an spern gwydn ow còlowy avel tan. Pe edhyn a vedn debry an greun na? My ell clowas bargas e'n eborn, bes na üjy va ow tebry greun.   Early morning, and dewdrops are sparkling on the grass blades. It's still rather cold in the shade, but there is no frost. The dew in the sunshine is burnt away by the sun. The bright red berries on the hawthorns are glowing like fire. What birds will eat those berries? I can hear a buzzard in the sky, but it isn't eating berries.

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Trei Ügens ha Pemp De Lün, nessa warn ügens mis Gwedngala Monday, 22nd September Hedhyw an howl a dherevas e'n Est. Ev a wra sedha e'n west. Lebmyn ma'n howl a-ûgh an keheja an bes, ha hedhyw thew an keheja dedh ha nos. Devedhys ew kidnyadh. Lowena dhis! Today the Sun rose in the East. It will set in the West. Now the Sun is above the Equator and today it is the equinox. Autumn has arrived. Hello!

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Trei Ügens ha Pajar De Sül, kensa warn ügens mis Gwedngala Sunday, 21st September Sunrise Today: 07:05 ↑  88° East Sunset Today: 19:20 ↑  272° West An diwettha dedh a Hav. Farwel Hav! An jorna hedhyw a veu dewdhek owr ha pemdhek mynysen. Howldrevel òbma a veu pemp mynysen wòja seyth ar glogh e'n mettin (ogas dhe est) ha howlsedhes a veu ügens mynysen wòja seyth ar glogh e'n gordhûher (ogas dhe west). Wòja avorow, wòja an kehesnos, hes an jorna a vedh cottha avel hes an nos.   The last day of Summer. Farewell Summer! The day today was twelve hours and fifteen minutes. Sunrise here was five minutes after seven o'clock in the morning (almost in the east) and sunset was twenty minutes after seven o'clock in the evening (almost in the west). After tomorrow, after the equinox, the length of the day will be shorter than the length of the night.

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Trei Ügens ha Trei De Sadorn, ügensves mis Gwedngala Saturday, 20th September Pandr'ew agas sowena en agan tavas Kernôwek?  Ello whei redya, scrifa, clappya ha gosôwes orth an tavas gen ònderstanding? Po ew an geryow dres skians? Ew an re ma gwir rago whei? Nei a viras solabres orth and kensa trei labm rag clappya (disqwedhys en dadn). Bes ken clappya, res ew dhen clowes an geryow, ha gosôwes (goslowes) ortans gen rach.   What is your success in our Cornish language? Can you read, write, speak and listen to the language with understanding? Or are the words beyond comprehension? Are these true for you? We already looked at the first three steps for speaking (shown below). But before speaking, we have to hear the words, and listen to them carefully.  1. My ell convedhes nebes geryow ha lavarow cowsys aswonys. 2. My ell convedhes res a  lavarow cowsys aswonys. 3. My ell convedhes an poyntys chîf dhort devyn cott cowsys, gwres a tavas aswon...

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Trei Ügens ha Dew De Gwener, nawnjegves mis Gwedngala Friday, 19th September  Hemm ew radn bian a whedhel.  This is a little part of a story. bos descriptive + subject green bos locative + + verb + subject red Howlleskys  ew an den , ha cottha  ew ev  ages agan Tas, my a hevel. Onketh  ew y dhilhas. The man is sunburnt, and he is older than our Dad, it seems to me. His clothes are strange. Ma Tas ow presentya  an den. “Kettern ha Rosa,  hemm ew  agas Gorownter Marcus.” Dad introduces the man. “Katie and Rosa, this is your Great-Uncle Marcus.” “Rag fra  ma  Gorownter Marcus òbma?  Üjy va ow cònis  òbma? Pandr’ üjy va ow cül ? Pandr’ ew y whel ?” “Why is Great-Uncle Marcus here? Does he work here? What does he do? What is his work? “ Ma va ow cònis  an flourys rag perfûmys Henvam, ha  ma va ow cül  an botlow gweder rag anjei ewedh, e’n weythva na.” “He grows the flowers for Great-Gran...

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Trei Ügens ha Wonan De Yow, etegves mis Gwedngala Thursday, 18th September Pandr'ellen nei gwil gen " mos tre "? Nei ell scrifa lies amser.  What can we do with "going home (to go home)"? We can write many tenses. Example:  Verb, verbal noun (+ adverb):   mos tre  to go home, going home Affirmative statements Many of these use  auxiliary verbs.   Present with  bos locative:  Thera vy ow  mos tre  lebmyn.  I am going home now. Imperative with   gwil :  Gwra/Gwrewgh  mos tre  hedhyw.  (Do) Go home today. Future with   gwil :  My a wra  mos tre  avorow.  I am going to go home tomorrow. Future with   mednes:  My a vedn  mos tre  en scon.  I will (want to) go home soon. Also with   mednes:  My a venja  mos tre .  I would like to (wanted to) go home soon. Simple present-future of  mos   (not much used in Late ...

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans ha Trei Ügens De Merher, seytegves mis Gwedngala Wednesday, 17th September Ello whei klappya Kernôwek? Agas skiantoleth a wra cressya tabm ha tabm, labm wòja labm. Whei a dal redya ow blogg en ûhel (privedh, mars o whei methek). Rag keniver cabm whei a res leverel "My ell ...". Ha rag pub labm thero whei ow mos tabm pelha. Ma vorr hir dhe labm niver seytek! 1. My ell leverel ha dasleverel geryow udnek ha lavarow cott ha sempel.  2. My ell gorryby dhe qwestyonow sempel ha rei kensa kedhlow.  3. My ell goven ha gorryby dhe qwestyonow sempel  ha cows ow tòchya ow lesow.  Can you speak Cornish? Your language skill will increase bit by bit, step after step. You should read my blog aloud (privately, if you are shy). For every step you must say "I can ...". And for each step you go a bit further. There's a long road to step number seventeen! 1. I can say and repeat single words and short simple phrases. 2. I can answer simple questions and give bas...