2021 Day 212

2021 Dedh Dew Cans ha Dewdhek

De Sadorn, üdnegves warn ügens mis Gorefen

Saturday, 31st July

Ma kellys genam ow hamera! Pe le ma va? My a'n trouvyas bes nena my a wrüg y gelly arta. Thera flehes obma hedhyw, ow qwary gwariow teg et ow lowarth, bes nag eus genam fotos veth anodhans. Na wrüga nei mires ort an Gwariow Olympyk. Pandr'eus kellys gena nei? E veu lies kesstrif rag tüs po benenes üdnek ha rag parys. Da ew genam sport warbydn ûsadow, ke nag o vy campyer en onan anodhans veth.  Ma cledhya - my a sayas hedna. Gen saber, whei ell gweskel agas adversary a-ûgh dhe'n wast. Na wrüga vy besca saya lebmel gen gwelen, sethorieth, pel-voly treth, po resegva clòjyow. Martesen ow mab gwydn yonk a vedn gwil diwrosya BMX.

I've lost my camera! Where is it? I found it but then I lost it again. There were children here today, playing beautiful games in my garden, but I have no photos of them. We didn't watch the Olympic Games. What did we miss? There were many contests for individuals and for teams. I like unusual sports, though I am a champion in any one of them. There's fencing - I tried that. With a sabre, you can hit your opponent above the waist. I never tried pole vault, archery, beach volleyball or hurdles race. Perhaps my young grandson will do BMX cycling.

Eth ger rag hedhyw Eight words for today

campyer (m) champion

cledhya fencing

clòjyow ~ clòsyow hurdles

den ~ benyn üdnek individual

diwrosya cycling

lebmel gen gwelen pole vault

parys teams < para (m)

pel-voly treth (m) beach volleyball

saber (m) sabre

sethorieth (f) archery

warbydn ûsadow unusual

 

 

 

2021 Day 211

2021 Dedh Dew Cans hag Üdnek

De Gwener, degves warn ügens mis Gorefen

Friday, 30th July

Enawel Evert a dheuth e'n nos. Thera gwens crev ha tervüs. Lies delen ha lies aval a veu whethys dhe'n dor. My a wra crampeth avalow avorow. Ow mergh a forsakyas hy degol campya bian üdn jedh a-varr. Hy theylû a spenas an nos glôs a-jei dhe peder vos chei. Na veu nebes campyers may fortüdnyes. Destriys o aga tyldys. Res veu dhe nebes persons bos sawyes dhort scathow-gool e'n tewlder. Bettegens, vas o an awel rag segha dilhas gòlhys hedhyw!

Storm Evert came in the night. There was a strong, noisy wind. Lots of leaves and lots of apples were blown down. I'll make an apple pie tomorrow. My daughter abandoned her little camping holiday one day early. Her family spent the night snuggly within four house walls. Some campers were not so lucky. Their tents were destroyed. Some people had to be rescued from yachts in the dark. However, the wind was good for drying washed clothes today.

Eth ger rag hedhyw Eight words for today

a-jei dhe within

crampes avalow (f) apple pie

pur glôs snuggly, securely

scath-gool (m) yacht, sailing-boat

tervüs noisy, boisterous

tyldys tents, awnings < tyldya (m)

vos chei(f) house wall

whethys blown

 

2021 Day 210

2021 Dedh Dew Cans ha Deg

De Yow, nawes warn ügens mis Gorefen

Thursday, 29th July

Dedh blewek a veu sawys gen areth pur dhe les e'n gordhûher. Meur ras dhe Ben Bruch ha Joe Eska.  Anethow teknologieth kedhlow ha kescomûnyans a wrüg ow galosegy gosôwes ort dew dhen ow clappya dhort radnow America deffrans. Anjei a wras appôsyans a lether berr dhort William Bodinar dhe Daines Barrington. Barrington o den jentyl a'n class ûhel gen whans a wodhvos - era Kernôwegoryon po Kernôwegoresow veth en Kernow? Era po nag era? A veu gòstel dhodho? Ev a glowas Dolly Pentreath, etho ev a waynyas y wòstel. Na wrüga va whilas kedhlow moy dhort Bodinar (na rei dhodho mona veth). Soweth! Hedna veu ahoson kellys. Bodinar o pescader. Era supersticyon emesk pescaders? Ev a elwas y hònan "dean Bodjack an puscas" - martesen na veu whans dhodho a ownekhe an puskes dhe ves. Ma dhen pictours a Barrington ha Dolly, bes nag eus imach a Bodinar. Soweth!  Nag o va mar aswonys avel Dolly. O Bodinar den lettrys? Na wrüg ev besca gweles lever Kernôwek - bes martesen ev a oyas (wodhyas) redya Sowsnek. Thew an lether dasscrif vas, dres lycklod.

 

A boring day was saved by a very interesting lecture in the evening. Thank you Ben Bruch and Joe Eska. The wonders of information and communication technology allowed me to listen to two men talking from different parts of America. They made an examination of a short letter from William Bodinar to Daines Barrington. Barrington was an upper-class gentleman with curiosity - were there any Cornish speakers left in Cornwall? Were there or weren't there? Did he have a wager? He heard Dolly Pentreath, so he won his bet. He didn't seek more information from Bodinar (or give him any money). What a pity! That was a lost opportunity. Bodinar was a fisherman. Was there a superstition among fishermen? He called himself "a poor man of the fish" - perhaps he didn't want to scare the fishes away. We have pictures of Barrington and Dolly, but there is no image of Bodinar. What a pity! He was not as well-known as Dolly. Was Bodinar an educated man? He never saw a Cornish book - but perhaps he could read English. The letter is probably a fair copy.

Deg ger rag hedhyw Ten words for today

aneth (m) wonder, marvel

appôsyans (m) examination, interrogation

areth (m) lecture

galosegy to enable, facilitate

gòstel (m) wager, bet

kescomûnyans (m) communication

sawys saved, rescued

kedhlow (plural) information

ownekhe to scare, frighten

teknologieth (m) technology

 

 

2021 Day 209

 2021 Dedh Dew Cans ha Naw

De Merher, ethves warn ügens mis Gorefen

Wednesday, 28th July

Thew lavar Olympyk trei ger en Latyn: "Citius, Altius, Fortius". Thew hebma ow menya "Scaffa, Ûhelha, Creffa". "E'n pempes dedh An Gwariow Olympyk en Tokyo, pandr'ew darvedhys? Benyn dhort Hawaii a waynyas medal owr rag morplaynya. Ûhelha po scaffa? Soweth, nag eus morplaynyer dhort Kernow. Piw a wrüg devisya morplaynya - Hawaii po Kernow? Bettegens, üdn den yonk a dhallathas y gawl neyja en Wade ha Bosvena. Thew ev esel an para leb o gwaynyoryon a vedalys owr en resek dascor (pedergweth dew cans meter maner frank). Scaffa en dhiogel! Fatla ort "yonca" po "cottha"? Ma nebes strivoresow pur yonk en tennis moos ha rostellans (sport nowydh war styllen ros) - nag ens bes mòsy (mowysy). Ma nebes strivoresow moy "arves" - marhogesow prevys e'n torn dressage. Ma dhodhans lies medal solabres. Ha fatla ort "tecka"? Res ew mergh dressage na bos an tecka.

The Olympic motto is three words in Latin: "Citius, Altius, Fortius". This means "Faster, Higher, Stronger". What has happened in the fifth day of the Olympic Games in Tokyo? A woman from Hawaii won a gold medal for surfing. Higher or faster? Sadly, there is no surfer from Cornwall. Who invented surfing - Hawaii or Cornwall? However, one young man started his swimming career in Wadebridge and Bodmin. He is a member of the team who were winners of gold medals in the relay race (4 x 200m freestyle). Definitely faster! How about "younger" or "older". There are some very young contestants in table tennis and skateboarding (a new sport, on a skateboard) - they are just girls. There are some more "mature" contestants - experienced riders in the dressage event. They already have many medals. And what about "more beautiful"? Those dressage horses must be the most beautiful.

Deg ger rag hedhyw Ten words for today

darvedhys happened

dascor to relay, hand over, give back < gòrra to put

en dhiogel indeed, certainly, definitely

Fatla ort …? How about …?

gawl (m) career, profession, job, calling, etc.

gwaynyoryon winners < gwaynyer (m)

lavar (m) motto, saying

pedergweth four times

pedergweth four times

rostellans (m) skateboarding

strivoresow contestants, competitors (f)

tennis moos (m) table tennis

2021 Day 208

2021 Dedh Dew Cans hag Eth

De Meurth, seythves warn ügens mis Gorefen

Tuesday, 27th July

Pur hebask ew an chei hedhyw - ha hedna ew coynt! Ûsyes o vy dhe dros ha godoryn. Hedhyw my ell gosôwes ort mûsek heb astalyans. Ken vorr, my alja mires orth radn An Gwariow Olympyk e'n tele. E vedh seytek dedh a gesstrif. Hedhyw ew an pajwora dedh. Eus medalys dhe Breten Veur whath? Ma dhen trei hans athlêt trei ügens ha pemdhek, bes na wrüg bes radn anodhans strivya betaneur-ma. An para yonk ma a lappyoresow artistyk a waynyas medalys brons. Otta medal arhans rag triathlon benenes. Ha medalys owr rag sedha kettermynek (dhort leur deg meter ûhel). Ha nag ew an re na oll an medalys.   

The house is very peaceful today - and that is strange! I am accustomed to noise and disorder. Today I can listen to music without interruption. Alternatively, I could watch part of the Olympic Games on T.V. There will be seventeen days of competition. Today is the fourth day. Does Great Britain have any medals yet? We have 375 athletes, but only some have competed thus far. This young team of artistic gymnasts won bronze medals. Here is a silver medal for the women's triathlon. And gold medals for synchronised diving (from a 10m high platform). And those are not all the medals.

Deg ger rag hedhyw Ten words for today

astalyans (m) interruption

betaneur-ma thus far, until now

bos ûsyes dhe ~ gen to be accustomed to

godoryn (m) disorder, muddle, etc.

ken vorr ~ fordh as an alternative, alternatively

kesstrif (m) competition

kettermynek synchronised, synchronic

lappyoresow gymnasts < lappyores (f)

medalys medals

strivya ~ kesstrivya to compete

trei hans three hundred

tros (m) noise

 

2021 Day 207

2021 Dedh Dew Cans ha Seyth

De Lün, wheffes warn ügens mis Gorefen

Monday, 26th July

Ma cres ha coseleth hedhyw, drefen nag eus flogh veth e'n chei! My ell kerdhes gans an kei bian ha lagatta an plansow. Ma prysken ow tevy en üskis et ow lowarth. An flourys purpur ew da gans an tyckies-Duw, saw nag eus lies tycky-Duw e'n vledhen ma. Na wrüga vy hy gonis. Nag ew an garednow crev, ha'n flourys ew poos. Hanter an garednow ew codhys dhe'n dor - pur shiek ew. My a drohas lies flour dhort an garednow terrys ha 'ga gorra en lestry coth. Ma pycher leth dhort Preiweyth Lake en Truru (gellys lebmyn). Ma cafas glas a Gernow, an keth liw avel an delyow. Ma jorrik jam maga coth avel ow honan. Ma dhe bub pedn a flourys lies flour bian. E'n portal ma bòssa gen plans melon. Ma dew frût bian bohes arves. Saw martesen my alja cuntel an coucòmber ha tomattys en scon. Nebonan alja aga debry - na ellama ow hònan (calish dhe vos dyjestys!). Ha calish ew dhe drouvya ow flourys teg emesk an losow an gwel.  

There is peace and quiet today, because there is not a single child in the house! I can go for a walk with the little dog and gaze at the plants. There's a fast-growing shrub in my garden. The butterflies like the purple flowers, but there aren't many butterflies this year. I didn't plant it. The stalks are not strong, and the flowers are heavy. Half of the stalks have fallen down - it's very untidy. I cut a lot of flowers from the broken stalks and put them in old containers. There's a milk pitcher from Lake's Pottery in Truro (now gone). There's a green Cornish vase, the same colour as the leaves. There's a jam jar as old as myself. Each flower head has many little flowers. In the porch there's a pot with a melon plant. There are two unripe little fruits. But perhaps I can pick the cucumber and tomatoes soon. Someone could eat them - I can't myself (hard to digest!). And it's hard to find my beautiful flowers among the wild plants.

Deg ger rag hedhyw Ten words for today

bohes arves unripe

cafas (m) container, vase

coseleth (f) quiet, quietness

coucòmber (m) cucumber

dyjestys digested

jorrik (m) small jar

lagatta to gaze, gawk, goggle at

lestry containers, vessels, crockery < lester (m)

prysken (f) shrub, bush

pycher (m) pitcher, jug