2021 Day 63

2021 Dedh Trei Ügens ha Trei

 

De Yow, pajwora mis Meurth

Thursday, 4th March

Dedh Lever Bes ew. Gero nei dhe gormel levrow. Pandr'ew lever? Pandr'ew entent lever? P'ehen ew lever? Levrow ell bos leun a eryow po heb geryow. Anjei ell bos lymnys po heb ymajys et tien. An kensa scrifa a veu devisys diw mil whegh cans derag an Oos Kebmyn, saw hedna o war lehednow a ven, ha rag hedna nag ew anjei levrow. An cottha lever (whegh cans D.O.K.) o gwres a owr pur, gen whegh folen.  A wrüg an "lever" na leverel whedhel heb geryow? O va füglien? An lôwender levrow ew en scrifa hag en redya kekeffres. Da ew gen ow howethesow scrifa levrow rag flehes - levrow gen pystry ettans. My a scrifas levrow rag flehes - levrow gen experyansys sciens ettans. Collek whel a scrifas gwersyow  marthys. Da ew genam ewedh levrow pur goth ha scübellek, martesen cans bloodh, disliwys aga folednow. Ma dhebm whath nebes levrow ew pernys genam termyn my veu flogh, po ew kevys en ertons dhort tüs coth.

It's World Book Day. Let's celebrate books. What is a book? What is the purpose of a book? What is a book like? Books can be full of words or wordless. They can be illustrated or entirely without images. The first writing was invented 2600 BCE, but that was on tablets of stone, and therefore they are not books. The oldest book (600 B.C.E) was made of pure gold, with six pages. Did that "book" tell a story without words? Was it fiction? The joy of books is in writing as well as in reading. My friends like writing books for children - books with magic in them. I wrote books for children - books with science experiments in them. A work colleague wrote fantastic poems. I also like very old, shabby books, perhaps a hundred years old, with discoloured pages. I still have some books I bought when I was a child or are inherited from old people.

Deg ger rag hedhyw: Ten words for today

an Oos Kebmyn the Common Era

collek (m) colleague

derag before

devisya to invent, devise

entent (m) purpose, intention

experyansys experiments

füglien (m) fiction

gormel to praise, celebrate, acclaim

p'ehen ~ pehen what … like

pystry (m) magic, sorcery