A Year of Late Cornish

    2022 Dedh Cans Dogens ha Dew De Sül, nessa warn ügens mis Me  Sunday, 22nd May Flehes a res gwary! Diw vos warbarth - da ew ganjans afîna an  chombour  rag kefewy.   Nag eus pednbloodh dhe nagonan, bes diw gosin en chei aga dama wydn rag diw nos, rag fra na! Thera pelyow ayr dhodhans. Anjei a wras chaynys a baperyow liwys ha 'ga clyja ort an vos. Ma othom a voos dhe gefewy. Anjei a wras biskys (heb sowyn), saw anjei a dhros choclat ha cresigow. Maw bian? Ke dhe ves! Gwell ew gen an maw bian rolya war nans ha crambla en gwedhen. Ev a gar tardha pelyow ayr, ewedh. Children must play! Two girls together – they like decorating the bedroom for a party. Nobody has a birthday, but two cousins in their grandmother's house for two nights, why not! They had balloons. They made chains of coloured papers and stuck them to the wall. A party needs food. They made biscuits (without success), but they brought chocolate and crisps. Small boy? Go away! The...

  2022 Dedh Cans Dogens ha Wonan De Sadorn, kensa warn ügens mis Me Saturday, 21st May Ma'n vledhen ow mos rag. De a veu diwedh arwòdh an Zodiak an Tarow, ha hedhyw ma nessa arwòdh an Zodiak, Gevellyon, ow tallath. Nag o vy euvergryjyk, bes da ew genam tedna an dew sîn ma. E'n gwettha pres, na ellama trouvya ow thednasow! Res ew dhebm gwil moy. Da via genam gwil calander rag an vledhen a dheu - en gis Keltek. The year progresses. Yesterday was the end of one sign of the Zodiac, Taurus (the bull), and today the next sign of the Zodiac, Gemini (the twins) begins. I am not superstitious, but I like drawing these two signs. Unfortunately, I can't find my drawings! I must do more. I would like to make a calendar for the coming year - in Celtic style.

    2022 Dedh Cans ha Dogens De Gwener, ügensves mis Me Friday, 20th May De my a welas tycky Duw war ven. O va marow? Nag o. Therava ow howla y hònan. Ev a neyjas dhe ves, a-ûgh an breylu (ros) gwels e'n ke. Ma lies caja vras e'n corlan, ha meur a gednin gwels. Ma sawarn gwell dhe'n breylu. Yesterday I saw a butterfly on a stone. Was it dead? No. It was sunning itself. It flew away over the wild roses in the hedge. There are many ox-eye daisies in the churchyard, and a lot of wild garlic. The roses have a better smell.

  2022 Dedh Cans Nawnjek warn Ügens De Yow, nawnjegves mis Me Thursday, 19th May Jorna teg o rag kerdhes e'n pow an-dro. Ma nebes flourys ow mos - thew an bleujyow a'n gog marow. Ma flourys nowydh owth apperya - otta kensa manegow lowarn emesk an reden hir a-ûgh an vorr (fordh). Overdevys hag ydn ew an trolergh reb an eglos, saw an gwelyow ew efan dhe'n ebòrn. Lenwys ew an ebòrn gans an cân awhesydhes. Planjys ew an gwel ma gen ys, martesen ys bara. Ma meur a waneth maglednys en Ûcrayn. E vedh othom a ys. Nag ew planjys bodhednow melyn, saw mons ow tevy e'n neb cas. It was a lovely day for walking in the surrounding countryside. Some flowers are going - the bluebells are dead. New flowers are appearing - here's a first foxglove among the tall bracken above the road. The footpath by the church is overgrown and narrow but the fields are wide open to the sky. The sky is filled with the song of skylarks. This field is planted with cereal, perhaps corn for bread. There...

  2022 Dedh Cans Etek warn Ügens De Merher, etegves mis Me Wednesday, 18th May Hedhyw thew dedh trist ragam. Trûedhek o vy.   Pednbloodh ewa mernans ow dama. Na vadna vy scrifa moy hedhyw. Today is a sad day for me. I am sad. It is the anniversary of the death of my mother. I will not write more today.

    2022 Dedh Cans Seytek warn Ügens De Meurth, seytegves mis Me Tuesday, 17th May Keniver dedh ew specyal rag nebonan. Hedhyw thew an jedh a bris dhe'n düs a Norgagh. Thewa aga dedh corf laha nacyonal. Ma kefewy  brâs, gen bandys keskerdhes ha baners. Da ew an düs debry li specyal - whei ell gweles oyow scurrys, legast rüdh ha bara nowydh mes a'n vorn. Ma gwedrow gwin war an bord. Martesen an teylu ma a vedn eva gwin. Da via genen en Kernow gawas  dedh corf laha nacyonal, saw nag eus corf laha dhe nei. Na whath. Bes ma baner dhen ha ma 'gan tavas Kernôwek dhe nei. Every day is special for someone. Today the day is important to the people of Norway. It is their national constitution day. There's a big party, with marching bands and flags. The people like to eat a special breakfast - you can see scrambled eggs, red lobster and fresh-baked bread. There are wine glasses on the table. Perhaps this family will drink wine. We would l...

  2022 Dedh Cans Whetek warn Ügens De Lün, whetegves mis Me Monday, 16th May Na wrüga vy gweles an loor leun newher. Re gomolek o an ebòrn. E veu difygyans, ow trei loor wooj, saw thera an loor dadn an gorwel en Kernow, theram ow pedery. I didn't see the full moon last night. There was an eclipse, producing a blood moon, but the moon was below the horizon in Cornwall, I think.  Cressya emann agan tavas Kernôwek Radn 25a Building up our Cornish language Part 25a Let us remind ourselves of orders involving the use of  gwil  do. To a single person with whom you are familiar,  use  gwra  + verb. In the past this was also used for people of lower social status! To be more formal, or for multiple people,  use  gwrewgh  + verb. e.g.  Gwra  entra, mar pleg.   Please enter. Pejy,  gwra  sedha dor.  Please, sit down. Gwrewgh  kemeres with.  Do take care. Gwrewgh  kerdhes en syger.  Walk s...