2022 Day 175

2022 Dedh Cans Trei Ügens ha Pemdhek

De Gwener, pajwora warn ügens mis Efen

Friday, 24th June

Rag fra thew "cres an hav" dedh deffrans dhort an howlsavla hav? En termyn calander "Julian" tho an dhew an keth tra, saw an calander "Gregorian" a's dibarras. Hanow gwell rag hedhyw ew Golôwan. Henn'ew "Gool Sent Jôwan Baptist (Gol Jôwan)". Thew ev tas sans Pensans ha ma kefewy meur dhodhans. Etho, Golôwan lôwen dhe whei oll. (Meur ras Greg Martin rag an foto.)

Why is "midsummer" a different day from the summer solstice? In the time of the "Julian" calendar they were both the same thing, but the "Gregorian" calendar separated them. A better name for today is "Golôwan". That is the "Feast of St John (the Baptist)". He is the patron saint of Penzance and they have a great party. So happy Midsummer to you all. (Thanks Greg Martin for the photo.)

2022 Day 174

 2022 Dedh Cans Trei Ügens ha Peswardhek

De Yow, tryja warn ügens mis Efen

Thursday, 23rd June

De, nei a viras orth kensa ha nessa persons liesek a mednes gen verbow cawas ha rei. Ottòbma covadh a ûsadow possybyl an verbow-ma gen nebes derevyansow nei a welas kens lebmyn.   

Yesterday we looked at using the first and second persons plural of mednes with the verbs cawas (to get, have) and rei (to give). Here's a reminder of possible uses of these verbs with some of the constructions we saw previously. 

Cressya emann agan tavas Kernôwek Radn 28b pejys

Building up our Cornish language Part 28b continued

You should already be able to understand these sentences:

With bos locative

Piw eus ow rei tra veth? Who is giving nothing?

Piw ew an den üjy ow rei neppeth? Who is the man giving something?

Thera nei ow rei neppeth . We are giving something.

Nag era nei ow cawas tra veth. We are not getting anything.

With gwil

Piw a wrüg cawas neppeth? Who got something? Who had something?

Nei wrüg cawas neppeth. We got something. We had something.

A wresso whei cawas neppeth? Did you have something?

Na wrüga whei rei tra veth. You did not give anything.

With bos descriptive

Da via genen cawas neppeth. We would like to have something.

Ew da genowgh cawas neppeth? Do you like getting something?

Nag ew da gena nei rei neppeth. We do not like giving something.

Imperatives with gwil and gara

Gwrewgh cawas neppeth! Get something! Do have something!

Na wrewgh rei tra veth! Don't give nothing! Don't give anything!

Gerowgh nei dhe rei neppeth! Let us give something!

With res

Nei a res cawas neppeth. We must have something. We must get something. We have to have something.

Res ew dhen cawas neppeth. We must have something.

Nag ew res dhe nei cawas tra veth. We do not have to have anything.

2022 Day 173

2022 Dedh Cans Trei Ügens ha Terdhek

De Merher, nessa warn ügens mis Efen
Wednesday, 22nd June

Re dòbm ew an gewer ragam mes a-jei hedhyw, saw derevys veu chei vy avel gwithty kig kiger, etho nebes yeyn ewa a-jei. An flehes eth dhe'n treth saw my a sedhas a-jei ha scrifa. Otta radn a dhescans.

The weather is too hot for me outdoors today, but my house was built as a butcher's meat store, so it is cool inside. The children went to the beach but I sat indoors and wrote. Here's part of a lesson.

Cressya emann agan tavas Kernôwek Radn 28b
Building up our Cornish language Part 28b

We have looked at some possible uses of the first and second person singular parts of the auxiliary verb mednes (SWFM mynnes) wish, will, etc.
Now let's have a deeper look at the first and second persons plural.

Present-Future

1 pl vedn ~ vydn nei

2 pl vedow(gh), vednow(gh), vennow(gh), vedno ~ vedo whei

Any subject can be used before a vedn in the affirmative,

e.g. nei a vedn we will

whei a vedn you will

Conditional / Imperfect.

1 pl venjen, venja nei

2 pl venjow(gh), venja whei

Any subject can be used before a venja in the affirmative,

e.g. nei a venja we would

whei a venja you would

Let's have examples of a pair of transitive verbs with an object:

cawas neppeth to have something, to get something

rei neppeth to give something

For negative sentences we can use tra veth nothing

present-future

Nei a vedn cawas neppeth. We will have something. We want to have something. We will get something.

Vedn nei cawas neppeth? Shall we have something? Do we want to have something? Will we get something?

Na vedn nei cawas tra veth. We will have nothing. We will not have anything. We don't want to have anything. (double negative!!)

A na vedn nei cawas neppeth? Won't we have something? Won't we get something?

A na vedn nei cawas tra veth? Will we have nothing? (double negative!!)

conditional/imperfect

Nei a venja cawas neppeth. We would have something. We'd like to have something. We wanted to have something. We wanted to get something.

Venjen cawas neppeth? Would we have something? Did we want to get something?

Na venja nei cawas tra veth. We wouldn't have anything. We wouldn't like to have anything. We didn't want to have anything.

A na venjen cawas neppeth? Wouldn't we have something? Wouldn't we like to have something?

present-future

Whei a vedn rei neppeth. You will give something.

Vedo whei rei neppeth? Will you give something?

Na   rei tra veth. You will not give anything.

A na vednow rei neppeth? Won't you give something?

Conditional/imperfect

Whei venja rei neppeth. You would give something.

A venja whei rei neppeth? Would you give something? Did you want to give anything?

Na venjowgh rei tra veth. You wouldn't give anything.

A na venjowgh rei neppeth? Wouldn't you give something? Didn't you want to give something?

2022 Day 172

2022 Dedh Cans Trei Ügens ha Dewdhek

De Meurth, kensa warn ügens mis Efen
Tuesday, 21st June

Howlsavla lôwen dhe geniver onan. Drewydhyon ha pagans a wrüg cuntel warbarth en Stonehenge ha Glastonbury tor dhe welcobma an howldrevel - rag an kensa termyn a-dhia covid-19. Thera bush brâs a düs.

Happy Solstice to everyone. Druids and pagans gathered together to welcome the sunrise - for the first time since covid-19. There was a large crowd.

2022 Day 171

2022 Dedh Cans Trei Ügens hag Üdnek

De Lün, ügensves mis Efen
Monday, 20th June

Terweythyow, nag eus awen veth dhebm, ha hedhyw ew dedh a'n par-na. My wrüg golhy dilhas, saw nag ew hedna awenüs! Avorow a vedh an howlsavla, bes na vadna vy gweles an howldrevel. An howl a vedn sevel a-ûgh Trovan an Canker ken mos sooth arta (dell hevel). Eus telher vas rag gweles an howldrevel en Kernow? 

Sometimes, I don't have any inspiration at all, and today is a day like that. I washed clothes, but that's not inspirational. Tomorrow will be the solstice, but I won't see the sunrise. The sun will stop above the Tropic of Cancer before going south again (seemingly). Is there a good place for seeing the sunrise in Cornwall?

2022 Day 170

2022 Dedh Cans Deg ha Trei Ügens

De Sül, nawnjegves mis Efen

Sunday, 19th June

Dedh Tasow ew e'n Stâtys Ûnyes America, a-dhia mil naw cans ha deg - an tryja Sül en mis Efen. Ha rag fra na? Ma dhe dhamyow aga dedh!  En Europ Catholyk a-dhia an Òjow (Osow) Cres tho tasow enorys nawnjegves mis Meurth,  dhegol Sent Josef (tas warlergh an laha agan Arlòdh). Eus dedh rag hendasow ha henvabmow? Res ew dhebm gòrtos terebo an kensa Sül en mis Hedra, car dre hevel.  

It's Fathers' Day in the USA, since 1910 - the third Sunday in June. And why not? Mothers have their day! In Catholic Europe since the Middle Ages fathers were honoured on 19th March, the feast of St Joseph (legal father of our Lord). Is there a day for grandfathers and grandmothers? I must wait till the first Sunday in October, it seems.   

Gerva rag hedhyw: Vocabulary for today

degol (m) saints day, feast

enorys ~ onorys honoured

gòrtos to wait

hendasow grandfathers

henvabmow grandmothers

Òjow ~ Osow Cres (m) Middle Ages

warlergh an laha legal

2022 Day 169

 2022 Dedh Cans Trei Ügens ha Naw

De Sadorn, etegves mis Efen

Saturday, 18th June

Ew an jedh ma dhe les? Ewa a bris? Pandra wrüg wharvos e'n jedh ma en termyn eus passyes? Paul McCartney a veu genys! Pajar ügens bloodh ew ev. Ew hedna oll a wrüg wharvos? Nag ew.  E'n vledhen mil eth cans ha dewdhek e veu dallath a werryans tredh Breten Veur ha'n Statys Ûnyes America. An pajwora Lewydh, James Madison, a scrifas y hanow dhe dheclaracyon a gas. An fraga? Thera Breten Veur ow mellya ort lestry marchant,  marners ha kenwerth dres hy gwerryans gen Napoleon a Frenk. Teyr bledhen wòja hedna Napoleon a veu fethys ha'n cas bedn Frenk a worfednas. 

Is this day interesting? Is it important? What happened in this day in the past? Paul McCartney was born! He's eighty years old. Is that all that happened? No! In the year 1812 there was the start of a war between Great Britain and the United States of America. The fourth President, James Madison, signed a declaration of war. The reason? Great Britain was interfering with American merchant vessels, seamen and trade during its war with Napoleon of France. Three years after that, Napoleon was defeated and the war against France ended. 

Gerva Vocabulary

cas (m) war

fethys defeated

fraga (m) reason

Frenk ~ Frynk (PN) France

gorfedna ~ gorfen ~ gorven to finish, end

gwerryans (m) war

kenwerth (m) trade, commerce

lestry vessels < lester (m)

lewydh (m) president

marner (m) seaman, sailor

mellya ort ~ orth to interfere with

scrifa y hanow (dhe) to sign

tredh between (SWFM ynter)