2025 Dedh Pemdhek warn Ugens De Meurth, pajwora mis Whevrel Tuesday, 4th February Whath Seythen Whedhla Kenedhlek ew hei. Etho otta whedhal dewdavosek nessa. An whedhal ew pur goth. Martesen an edhen yonk ew ehen a Gernow (meur a gig!). It is still National Storytelling Week. So here's the next bilingual story. The story is very old. Perhaps the young bird is the Cornish breed (lots of meat!). Edhnik-Ledhnik Chicken Licken All traditional stories start with En termyn eus passyes Once upon a time The characters in this story are called Edhnik-Ledhnik Chicken-Licken Yarik- Larik Henny-Penny Yar-Lar Gyny-Lyny Turkey-Lurkey Heyjik-Leyjik Ducky-Lucky Godhy-Lodhy Goosey-Loosey Lostek-Plostek Foxy- Loxy an metêrn the king En termyn eus passyes there was a little chick called Edhnik-Ledhnik...
2025 Dedh Dew Cans ha Naw De Lün, ethves warn ügens mis Gorefen Monday, 28th July Pandr'ew possybyl? Ellama scrifa daralla heb ûsya an verb "bos"? Na ellam. Bes martesen my alja scrifa daralla gen an verb "bos" en pub lavar. My a venja saya. An daralla a vedh pur sempel! Otta an kensa radn. En kensa thera nei ow metya gen an teylû. What is possible? Can I write a story without using the verb "to be"? No. But perhaps I could write a story with the verb "to be" in every sentence. I would like to try. The story will be very simple! Here's the first part. First we meet the family. BOS locative is colour coded red (including participle and secondary verbs). BOS descriptive is colour coded green. Where English has an active verb, Cornish often uses a passive construction with dhe to or gen with/by . Tristan ew maw. Tristan is a boy. Ma hôr, Rosa, dhe Tristan. Tristan has a sister, Ro...
2026 Dedh Trei Ügens ha Peswardhek De Sül, pemdhegves mis Meurth Sunday 15th March Pandra aljama perna e'n varhas de Sadorn en Trurû? Pandr'eus dhe werha (wertha)? Ma lies stall gen meur a voos gwres ha gonys gen an düs. Ew da genowgh neppeth wheg? Ma mel a Gernow, ma fujj gwres gen mel. War an keth stall ma kyfeythyow a lies sort, marmaladys rag sampel. Ma othom dhewgh a vara dhe dhebry gen agas kyfeyth? My alja gweles oll sortow torthow ha tesednow. Martesen whei a bernas pyckel. Fatla ort tabm keus dhe dhebry ganjo? Ma whans dhewgh tria neppeth deffrans? Fatla gen tastya boos Turkek? What could I buy in the Saturday market in Truro? What is for sale? There are many stalls with a lot of food made or grown by the people. Do you like something sweet? There's Cornish honey, there's fudge made with honey. On the same stall there are various preserves, such as marmalades. You need bread to eat with your preserve? I could see all kinds of loaves and cakes. Perhaps you bou...
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