2024 Day 274

2024 Dedh Dew Cans Trei Ügens ha Peswardhek 

De Lün, degves warn ügens mis Gwedngala 

Monday, 16th September 

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Hedhyw my a venja mires orth nebes gorthenebow. De Gwener my a viras orth "sedh". An gorthenep "sedh" ew "sav". Nag ew tavosow pup pres warlergh lojyk. Otta berdh ha bardhesow a sedh en Gorsedh Kernow. Towlys ew hedna. Pandr'ew towl rag gorsav - meur a düs a sav? Gwell via ganjans bos sedhys en tren. Sedhva ew rag sedha ha mires orth gwary. Ew hedna puppres gwir? Nag ew. Terweythyow ma bush brâs a düs a sav en esedhva. Henn ew lojyk en Sowsnek saw nag ew en Kernôwek. Ew "savla" gortheneb "esedhva" - telher rag sevel ha telher rag sedha. Ma lies styr dhe "savla" - saw pandra po piw eus ow sevel?

Today I'd like to look at some opposites. On Friday I looked at "sit" (or sink). The opposite of "sit" is "stand" (or rise). Languages are not always logical. Here are bards seated at the Cornish Gorsedd. That is planned. What is the plan for a station - a lot of people standing? They would prefer to be seated on a train. A grandstand is for sitting and watching a game. Is that always true? No. Sometimes there's a standing crowd in a grandstand. That's logic in English but it's not in Cornish. Is a stop the opposite of a grandstand - a place for standing and a place for sitting? "Savla" has many meanings - but what or who is there that stands?  

Nebes geryow rag hedhyw Some words for today

berdh ~ bardhesow bards < bardh (m) ~ bardhes (f)

gorthenebow opposites, opposite sides < gorthenep ~ gortheneb (m) < enep (m) face

sevel to stand, arise, get up, rise, halt, raise up, erect

warlergh ~ herwedh lojyk logical, logically

Versions of savla:

viewpoint, standpoint, halt, position, stance, stop, station, outlook, platform

savla buss ~ savla kyttrin bus-stop

savla eyrlû air-base

savla petrol filling station

savla spas space station

savla tren railway station

howlsavla ~ howlsav (m) solstice - not sunrise which is howldrevel (m)

2024 Day 273

2024 Dedh Dew Cans Trei Ügens ha Terdhek

De Sül, nawes warn ügens mis Gwedngala Sunday, 29th September 

An jedh ma ew dhe les. Thewa gool Mehal. En termyn eus passyes hebma o dedh qwarter ha dallath (aral) kidnyadh. Piw o an Mehal ma? A wrüg ev gwil neppeth specyal an jedh ma? Arthel o va, hag ev a dowlas Lûcyfer drog mes a Nev. Lûcyfer a godhas en dreysen. An el codhys a volethas an bagas drenek ha'n mor dû. Rag hedna, cuntel mor wòja gool Mehal nag ew tybyans da - anjei a vedh trenk. En gwelha pres, my a wrüg cuntel mor solabres ha gwil jamm rag an gwav.

This day is interesting. It is Michaelmas, the feast of St Michael. In a time that is past this was a quarter day and (another) start of autumn. Who was this Michael? Did he do something special on this day? He was an archangel, and he cast naughty Lucifer out of Heaven. Lucifer fell into a blackberry bush. The fallen angel cursed the prickly bush and the blackberries. Therefore, picking blackberries after Michaelmas is not a good idea - they will be sour! Fortunately, I've already picked blackberries and made jam for the winter.

Deg ger rag hedhyw Ten words for today

arthel ~ arhel (m) archangel

bagas (m) bush

cuntel mor to pick blackberries

drenek prickly

dreysen (f) bramble, blackberry bush

el (m) angel

Lûcyfer Lucifer

moletha ~ molethy to curse

towlel ~ towla dhe ves to cast out, throw out

trenk ~ trynk sour, acidic

2024 Day 272

2024 Dedh Dew Cans Trei Ügens ha Dewdhek 

De Sadorn, ethves warn ügens mis Gwedngala 

Saturday, 28th September 

Deg lavar rag hedhyw Ten sayings for today

maw (m) boy

whegh bloodh coth six years old

leun a nerth full of energy

mab wydn ow mergh my daughter's grandson

mab ow mergh wydn my granddaughter's son

crampeth rag li pancakes for breakfast

ow tebry oll an jorna eating all day

fittya oll an boos warbarth preparing all the food together

lies gwary ha payntya lots of games and painting

skith marow dead tired

 

2024 Day 271

2024 Dedh Dew Cans Trei Ügens hag Üdnek

De Gwener, seythves warn ügens mis Gwedngala 

Friday, 27th September 

Ma kevys genam nebes geryow moy e'n teylû "sedh" ha nebes fotos rag lymnansow. Ma lies person ow sedha ettans. Ello whei kevredna an pictours gen an laveransow a-wòles?

I have found some more words in the "sedh" family and some photos for illustrations. There are many people sitting in them. Can you match the pictures with the sentences below?

Ma esedhva nowydh e'n sportva nowydh Clubb Pel Droos Cita Truru. There's a new grandstand in Truro City Football Club's new stadium.

Ma dhebm peder esedhva Kernowek war linen e’n seythen. I have four on-line Cornish language sessions/lessons a week. 

Hanter dedh ew an kensa sedhva rag kidnyow e'n scol ma. Midday is the first sitting for dinner in this school. 

An nessa esedhva an Senedh a vedh seythves mis Hedra. The next sitting/session of Parliament will be 7th October. 

Ma lies Bardh en Gorsedh Kernow. There are many Bards in the Cornish Gorsedd. 

Ma Esedhvos dhodhans, pecar’a Kembra. They have an Eisteddfod, like Wales. 

Deg ger rag hedhyw Ten words for today

a- wòles below

esedhva ~ sedhva (f) sitting, session, lesson, grandstand, sitting room

esedhvos (m) session, eisteddfod

Gorsedh Kernow The Cornish Gorsedd

kevradna to connect, link

kevys found < vb. cavas to find

laverans (m) sentence, saying

lymnans (m) illustration

senedh (m) parliament

sportva (f) stadium