2022 Day 188

 2022 Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens  hag Eth

De Yow, seythves mis Gorefen

Thursday, 7th July

Dohajedh, gordhûher, nos ha mettin gen flehes wydn, ha skith o vy. Rag hedna, nag eus nerth genam dhe scrifa lies ger nowydh. Bettegens, otta radn a dhescans coth!

Afternoon, evening, night and morning with grandchildren, and I am tired. Therefore, I do not have enough energy to write many new words. However, here's part of an old lesson!

Did you supply the missing word(s) from the last lesson?

Na ellama leverel an geryow. I cannot say the words.

Chy a res mires ort an kerry. You must watch the cars.

Ma va ow mos tre. He is going home.

Hei a wrüg pònya re üskis. She ran too fast.

Thera nei ow redya lether Jôwan. We are reading John's letter.

Whei a res rei meur a vòna. You have to give a lot of money.

Gerowgh anjei dhe scrifa war an vos.  Let them write on the wall.

Piw eus ow sedha et agan chayrys? Who is sitting in our chairs?

Na venja Jôwan sevel obma. John wouldn't want to stand here.

Cressya emann agan tavas Kernôwek Radn 30a

Building up our Cornish language Part 30a

Here are some more everyday, domestic verbs 

(and some verbal adjectives derived from them):

bryjon to boil > bryjys boiled fria to fry > friys fried fyttya to prepare (cook) > fyttyes prepared gòlhy to wash gòrra to put gweskel to beat, hit > gweskys beaten hornya to iron < horn (m) kemeres to take > kemerys taken levena ~ levna to smooth < leven smooth, even owna to mend > ownys mended parra to prepare > parrys ready parüjy to prepare pobas to bake > pebys baked rôstya to roast > rôstys roasted scrawya to grill > scrawys grilled, toasted sqwacha to mash, smash > sqwachys smashed tedna to pull > tednys pulled terry to break > terrys broken trehy to cut, chop > trehys chopped

Can you translate the following sentences into English?

1. Thera vy ow hornya ow hôta (côta).

2. Elles ta gòrra an dowr dhe vryjon (bryjon)?

3. Ev a venja debry bara scrawys.

4. Hei a wrüg fyttya agan boos nei.

5. Ma othom dhe nei a oyow gweskys rag crampethen oyow (omelette).

6. Vedno whei gòlhy an lestry (dishes)?

7. Mons ow pobas hogednow.

8. Piw wrüg rôstya an tettys?

9. Pandr'eus parrys rag aga li (lunch)?

10. Gwra fria dew oy!

2022 Day 187

2022 Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens ha Seyth

De Merher, wheffes mis Gorefen

Wednesday, 6th July

My a gerdhas en gwelyow de, ogas dhe eglos Peran, emesk an barlys ow tevy. Gwer ew an garednow whath, nag ens owryek. Barlys ew ys blewek. My a welas preven blewek ewedh, war an trolergh. Ma melyngogyon melyn emesk an garednow. Ma neythow en neb le war an dor - saw na aljama aga gweles. My alja clowes canow wheg an awhesydhes. Thera anjei ow neyja pur ûhel. Ma dreys reb an men coth. Ma flourys. E vedh mor dû. Overdevys ew an trolergh reb an eglos, bes nag eus howl lowr rag mor dû.

I walked in the fields yesterday, near St Piran's church, among the growing barley. The stalks are still green, they are not golden. Barley is a hairy cereal. I saw a hairy caterpillar too, on the footpath. There are yellow marigolds among the stalks. There are nests somewhere on the ground - though I couldn't see them. I could hear the sweet songs of the skylarks. They were flying very high. There are brambles by the old stone. There are flowers. There will be blackberries. The footpath by the church is overgrown, but there is not enough sun for blackberries.

2022 Day 186

2022 Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens ha Whegh

De Meurth, pempes mis Gorefen

Tuesday, 5th July

Ew da genowgh mires orth an taclow en Gwithty Riel Kernow? Gwell via dhewgh mos üskis. Bloodh ev ew moy es cans bledhen, bes na vedh scodhyans arhanjek dhort Consel Kernow na velha (na fella). Martesen e vedh res dhe'n museum keas y dharjow. Seyth pens hanter cans diner rag tokyn nag ew lowr. Ma moy es hanter cans kescowethyans artys ha cultur ow reqwirya arhasans dhort an Consel. Ma whans dhodhans a seyth milvil pens, moy po le, saw nag eus bes le es dew milvil pens ell bos kevys – ha henn ew dres an nessa peder bledhen. Ma othom a arhajow dhe'n tavas Kernôwek ewedh, saw nag eus mòna luck. Hembrenkyades an Consel a wrüg comendya an towl heb cussülya an esely erel! Martesen nag ew cultur a-bris dhedhy.

Do you like looking at the things in the Royal Cornwall Museum? You had better go quickly. It is more than a hundred years old. , but there will no longer be any financial support from Cornwall Council. Perhaps the museum will have to close its doors. £7.50 a ticket is not enough. More than fifty arts and culture organisations are asking the Council for funding. They want seven million pounds, more or less, but there is only less than two million pounds available – and that is over the next four years. The Cornish language needs funds as well, but there is not enough money. The leader of the Council approved the plan without consulting the other members! Perhaps culture is not important to her.

Gerva Vocabulary

arhajow (pl) < arhas (m) fund (SWFM arghas)

arhanjek financial, silvery (SWFM arghansek)

arhans (m) silver, money (SWFM arghans)

arhasans (m) funding (SWFM arghasans)

comendya to approve

cussülya to consult

darjow doors < daras (m)

diner (m) penny

ell bos kevys available, to be found

esely (pl) < esel (m) member

hembrenkyades (f) leader

kescowethyans (m) organisation, association

lowr enough

luck enough

milvil ~ milyon million

mòna (m) money

moy po le more or less

na velha (SWFM na fella) no longer, no further < pell far 

pens (m) pound

scodhyans (m) support < scoodh (f) shoulder

2022 Day 185

2022 Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens ha Pemp

De Lün, pajwora mis Gorefen

Monday, 4th July

Dedh Anserhogneth lôwen dhe agan cowetha ha cosins en America! 

Fraserburgh dhe Lewisburg. Ow hendas, George Stuart, a veu genys en Scottlond, pemp bledhen ken mil seyth cans. Martesen, nag o y deylû lôwen bos rowlys gen Wella ha Maria. Martesen anjei o Jacobites. (E veu Sevyans Jacobite en seytek cans ha pemdhek - en Kernow ewedh.) En neb cas, ev a wrüg mos dres mor dhort cost Scottlond Noor-Est, dhort Fraserburgh, bys en cost America Noor-Est. En termynyow na, res o an lester bos gorhel-gòlyow. Y vab, George Stuart, eth ganjo. O ev domwheler (dogens bloodh) en Bresel American a Anserhogneth?  (Etho, aljama creia ow honan "Mergh an Domwhelans"? Anserhogneth a veu declarys en mil seyth cans trei ügens ha whetek. Mergh George, Nancy, a veu genys seyth bledhen moy diwedhes - Americanes wir. Encledhys ew anjei oll en Lewisburg.  

Happy Independence Day to our friends and cousins in America!

Fraserburgh to Lewisburg. My ancestor, George Stuart, was born in Scotland, five years before 1700. Perhaps his family was not happy being ruled by William and Mary. Perhaps they were Jacobites. (There was a Jacobite Rising in 1715 - in Cornwall, too.) Anyway, he emigrated from the north-east coast of Scotland, from Fraserburgh, to the north-east coast of America. In those times, the vessel must have been a sailing ship. His son, George Stuart went with him. Was he a revolutionary (40 years old) in the American War of Independence? (So could I call myself a "Daughter of the Revolution")? Independence was declared in 1776. George's daughter, Nancy, was born seven years later - a true American. They are all buried in Lewisburg.

2022 Day 184

2022 Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens ha Pajar

De Sül, tryja mis Gorefen

Sunday, 3^rd July

Thera vy en Truru lebmyn, whegh ar glogh, ow còrtos ow cottha mergh wydn. Theram en chei ow mergh saw nag üjy hei obma naneyl. Nag eus Wi-Fi obma. Da via genam mos tre, bes na ellama forsakya ow yonca mergh wydn ha'n maw wydn bian. Da via genam danvon mes ow blogg. Hedna a res gortos. En men termyn my a res cavos descans. Pe descans? Pandra veu an diwettha? Na ellama y redya heb Wi-Fi! Hedna a res gòrtos. An flehes ell gwary. My a vedn redya “Gweles”. Ma dyllans nowydh rag Hav. Naw ar glogh ha thera vy tre arta, wherryow assoylys.

I'm in Truro now, six o'clock, waiting for my oldest granddaughter. I'm in my daughter's house but she's not here either. There is no Wi-Fi here. I would like to go home, but I can't abandon my younger granddaughter and the little grandson. I'd like to post my blog. That must wait. In the meantime I must find a lesson. Which lesson? What was the last one? I can't read it without Wi-Fi. That must wait. The children can play. I will read “Gweles”. There's a new edition for Summer. Nine o'clock and I'm home again, problems solved.

Cressya emann agan tavas Kernôwek Radn 29c

Building up our Cornish language Part 29c

Here are the verbs again, and the answers to the previous questions.

cawas to have, get clappya to speak clowes to hear, sense, perceive còsca to sleep danon to send debry to eat desky to learn, teach dos to come drei to bring eva to drink fanja to receive gòdhvos to know gòrra to put gosôwes (ort) to listen(to)

gweles to see kemeres to take kerdhes to walk leverel to say mires (ort) to look (at), watch mos to go pònya to run pòsa to press, push redya to read rei to give scrifa to write sedha to sit sevel to stand, rise tedna to pull

Did you translate these sentences into Cornish? (You may have OK variations)

1 I want to bring bread. (bara) My a vedn drei bara.

2 Will you (Are you going to) drink water? (dowr) A wre ta eva dowr?

3 He did not receive a letter. (lether) Na wrüg ev fanja lether.

4 She would like to know that. (hedna) Hei a venja gòdhvos hedna.

5 We could not listen. Na alja nei gosôwes. 

6 You have to see this. (hebma) Whei a res gweles hebma.

7 Let them walk! Gerowgh anjei dhe gerdhes!

8 Who wants to hear a song? (cân ) Piw a vedn clowes cân?

9 Maria wants to say something. (neppeth) Maria vedn leverel neppeth.

10 The children (an flehes) like running. Pònya ew da gen an flehes.

Now, can you supply the missing word(s)?

Na …............. leverel an geryow. I cannot say the words.

Chy …........... mires ort an kerry. You must watch the cars.

…................... ow mos tre. He is going home.

Hei …............ pònya re üskis. She ran too fast.

…................... nei ow redya lether Jôwan. We are reading John's letter.

Whei …......... rei meur a vòna. You have to give a lot of money.

...…............... anjei dhe scrifa war an vos. to Let them write on the wall.

Piw …........... ow sedha et agan chayrys? Who is sitting in our chairs?

Na …............. Jôwan sevel obma. John wouldn't want to stand here.

2022 Day 183

2022 Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens ha Trei

De Sadorn, nessa mis Gorefen

Saturday, 2nd July

Hedhyw my a res mos bys en Truru dhe jei nowydh ow mergh - ha gòrtos ena üdn nos. Nag eus wi-fi dhedhy. Etho, theram ow scrifa hebma pur a-varr ken mos. Nag eus termyn luck rag scrifa lies ger, saw otta radn a dhescans cott.

Today I have to go into Truro to my daughter's new house - and stay one night there. She doesn't have wi-fi. So I'm writing this very early before I go. There's not enough time to write many words, but here's a bit of a short lesson.

Cressya emann agan tavas Kernôwek Radn 29b

Building up our Cornish language Part 29b

Here's a reminder of yesterday's verbs.

cawas to have, get clappya to speak clowes to hear, sense, perceive còsca to sleep danon to send debry to eat desky to learn, teach dos to come drei to bring eva to drink fanja to receive gòdhvos to know gòrra to put gosôwes (ort) to listen(to)

gweles to see kemeres to take kerdhes to walk leverel to say mires (ort) to look (at), watch mos to go pònya to run pòsa to press, push redya to read rei to give scrifa to write sedha to sit sevel to stand, rise tedna to pull

Did you translate these sentences into English?

Here are the answers:

1. Thera vy ow clappya ûhel. I am talking loudly.

2. Elles ta clowes? Can you hear?

3. Ma va ow còsca en chayr. He is sleeping in a chair.

4. Hei a wrüg danon lether dhe Jôwan. She sent a letter to John.

5. Nei vedn debry lies aval. We will (want to) eat lots of apples.

6. Venjowgh desky Kernôwek? Do you want to learn Cornish?

7. Nag üjy anjei ow tos tre. They are not coming home.

8. Piw wrüg cawas pasty? Who had (got) a pasty?

9. Pandra venja whei debry? What would you like to eat?

10. Gwrewgh tedna an chayn! Pull the chain!

Now, can you translate the following sentences into Cornish?

1 I want to bring bread. (bara)

2 Will you (Are you going to) drink water? (dowr)

3 He did not receive a letter. (lether)

4 She would like to know that. (hedna)

5 We could not listen.

6 You have to see this. (hebma)

7 Let them walk!

8 Who wants to hear a song? (cân )

9 Maria wants to say something. (neppeth)

10 The children (an flehes) like running.

2022 Day 182

2022 Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens ha Dew

De Gwener, kensa mis Gorefen
Friday, 1st July

Flehes! Leun o an jedh a flehes. Trei flogh wydn e'n mettin (saw gellys ens ken deg ar glogh), nena üdn vergh wydn moy òja pemp ar glogh. Ynter an eyl ha y gila my a wrüg desky pemp flogh en class Kernowek, gòlhy dilhas flehes ha tedna whenednow mes a vleujyowek. E'n gordhûher my a viras orth fylm Harry Potter gen an vos ha nei a wras oula a bredn. Res veu dhebm cavos liwyow et ow copart.

Children! The day was full of children. Three grandchildren in the morning (though they were gone before ten o'clock), then one more granddaughter after five o'clock. Between one and the other I taught five children in a Cornish class, washed children's clothes and pulled weeds out of a flower bed. I the evening I watched a Harry Potter film with the girl and we made a wooden owl. I had to find colours in my cupboard.