2022 Day 73

2022 Dedh Trei Ügens ha Terdhek

De Lün, pajardegves mis Meurth

Monday, 14th March

Pandra nessa? Pub pres theram ow kelly taclow. Lebmyn thew an dra gellys ow lev. Soweth. Theram ow renky pecar'a qwilkyn. Na ellama desky war Zoom e'n seythen ma, drefen na ellama clappya. My a lavaras, "Ma edrek genam," dhe'm deskyblon. "Agas gweles nessa seythen, esperans ma genam." Bes heb lev, fatel ellama rowlya flogh gwels bian, trei y vloodh? Ev a vedh skithys gen kerdhes ha crambla et ow lowarth. Re yonk ew ev rag an descans ma!

What next? I am always losing things. Now the lost thing is my voice. Sadly. I am croaking like a frog. I cannot teach on Zoom this week, because I cannot speak. I said, "I am sorry," to my students. "See you next week, I hope."  But without a voice, how can I control a little three-year old savage? He will be tired out by walking and climbing in my garden. He is too young for this lesson.

Building up our Cornish language Part 14c

Cressya emann agan tavas Kernowek Radn 14c 

Let’s remind ourselves: What are the personal pronouns? 

First person singular “I” is written separately as either “my” or “vy”  (pronounced mee/vee). 

Use “my” before the verb, e.g. 

my ew I am (present descriptive, rarely used in RLC) 

my o I was (imperfect descriptive) 

Usually, it is followed by the verbal particle “a” and either the present future or the preterite, e.g. 

my a vedh I will be 

my a veu I was 

my a wra I will do 

my a wrüg I did 

my a wel I see, will see 

my a welas I saw 

my a lavar I say, will say

my a lavaras I said

Or you might use it in the construction: 

ha my ow mos as I was going 

We see this construction in this old rhyme (a riddle about catching an octopus), written by Capt. Noel  Carter of St. Agnes in 1698. (pre-SWF spelling) 

(Robert Morton Nance and Michael Cardew later turned it into a  song, using an old folk tune) 

A Mi a moaz, a mi a moaz in Goon Glaze, 

Mi a clouaz, a clouaz, a clouaz, a troz, a troz, a troz, an pysgaz miniz.

Bez mi a trouviaz un pysg brawze, Naw Losia, 

Olla Boble en Porthia ha Marazjowan 

Ne mi ôr Dho Gan Zingy. 

(Bor.MS: Nevra ni ôr dho ganzingy.) 

(in Borlase & Tonkin) 1698 OC Vol I (Tonkin MS) 

Lizzie Pridmore sings Ha my ow mos 

Lizzie Pridmore - Ha My Ow Mos - YouTube

Matthe Clarke does a longer version 

Matthi Ab Dewi - Ha My Ow Mos - YouTube