2022 Day 72

 2022 Dedh Trei Ügens ha Dewdhek

De Sül, terdhegves mis Meurth

Sunday, 13th March

An camera a veu kellys, bes lebmyn kevys ew ev. Pe le veu va? En cofer neythow gen lòdrow flehes ha dilhas erel! Lebmyn my ell kemeres fotos - saw nag ew an gewer pur dha. Na whath, ma gwenton obma, ha da ew genam an flourys. Ma edhyn ort coplow ow kil neythow e'n wedhen vras ma. My a ell clowes briny vrâs ha briny dre. Eus kesstrif tredhans? "Thew hebma agan scorren nei!"

Otta tabm descans moy rago whei.

The camera was lost, but now it is found. Where was it? In a chest of drawers with children's socks and other clothes! Now I can take photos - but the weather is not very good. However, spring is here and I like the flowers. Birds in pairs are making nests in this big tree. I can hear crows and rooks. Is their competition between them? "This is our branch!"

Here's a bit more lesson for you.

Building up our Cornish language Part 14b

Cressya emann agan tavas Kernowek Radn 14b

We are looking at ownership. And if you really want to be emphatic, you can add the personal  pronouns as well as using the possessive adjectives: 

ow hei my dog > ow hei vy 
dha lever thy book > dha lever chy 
y bel his ball > y bel ev 
hy hôta her coat > hy hôta hei 
agan alwhedhow our keys > agan alwhedhow nei
agas mòna your money > agas mòna whei 
aga thaclow their things > aga thaclow anjei 

You will notice some mutations you have not seen before. 

First let us look at the words for “thy” dha and “his” y. These cause a soft mutation (lenition). It doesn’t matter if the noun is  masculine or feminine, singular or plural. (The plural/formal “your” agas does not cause any mutation. )

We have seen this before in Part 7: 

b > v, c > g, d > dh, f > v, g > 0 or w, gw > w, k > g, m > v,

p > b, qw > gw, t > d 

Let’s look at some examples (some more useful than others!):

broder brother > dha vroder, y vroder, agas broder

colon heart > dha golon, y golon, agas colonow

dama mother > dha dhama, y dhama, agas dama

frigow nose > dha vrigow, y vrigow, agas frigow 

ganow mouth > dha anow, y anow, agas ganow 

goon gown > dha woon, y woon, agas gonow 

gwreg wife > dha wreg, y wreg, agas gwregeth 

keyn back > dha geyn, y geyn, agas keynow 

mabm mum > dha vabm, y vabm, agas mabm 

pedn head > dha bedn, y bedn, agas pednow 

qwilkyn frog > dha gwilkyn, y gwilkyn, agas qwilkyn

tas father > dha das, y das, agas tas 

The words for “my” ow, “her” hy and “their” aga cause a different type  of mutation: “breathed” or spirant. Fortunately, this does not involve  many letters, just 

c > h, k > h, p > f, t > th 

(The plural “our” agan does not cause any mutation.) 

colon heart > ow holon, hy holon, aga holonow, agan colonow

keyn back > ow heyn, hy heyn, aga heynow, agan keynow

pedn head > ow fedn, hy fedn, aga fednow, agan pednow

tas father > ow thas, hy thas, aga thas, agan tas 

A good way of ending a letter is 

“gen oll ow holon vy” with all my heart 

The Lord’s Prayer begins 

“Agan Tas nei” Our Father