Late Cornish 2021

De Sül, üdnegves warn ügens mis Hedra Sunday, 31st October Nos Calan Gwav lôwen dhe whei! Emesk Keltyon ha Keltesow enesek, gwelys veu an vledhen en dew hanter. Thera an hanter golow ha'n hanter tewl. An jedh a dhallathas gen howlsedhes ha, en keth maner, an vledhen a dhallathas gen devedhyans an tewlder. Etho, hedhyw ew dallath an vledhen gen dallath an hanter tewl. An nosow ew hirra vel an dedhyow. Bledhen Nowydh lôwen dhe whei. En crejyans pagan, e'n nos ma thew an vayl treth an bes ma ha'n nessa moy gwadn, ha spryjyon ell tremena. Hemm'ew an rêson rag radn an bobel dhe dòllwisca avel spryjyon. Ma flehes ow tòllwisca avel oll sortow taclow (vilens dres ehen), ha da ew ganjans lanterns pompyon ha turnypen ewedh. Happy Halloween to you! Among insular Celts, the year was seen in two halves. There was the light half and the dark half. The day began with sunset and, in the same way, the year began with the arrival of the darkness. So, Today is the start of the year with t...

De Sadorn, degves warn ügens mis Hedra Saturday, 30th October Nag eus lies flour et agan lowarthow en kidnyadh, saw radn an bobel ew fortüdnyes. Ma dhodhans egrow gool Mehal. Ow mabm a longyas dhe devy egrow gool Mehal, bush brâs a flourys purpur bian. Pana dermyn a veu Degol Mehal? Ogas dhe'n keheja dedh ha nos kidnyadh. Termyn ew dhe leverel "farwel" dhe'n hav. Thero whei ow rei egrow gool Mehal dhe leverel "benatuwgana". Hanow aral rag an flourys ew "farwel Hav". Piw ew Mehal? Arhel ew ev, onan an artheledh còmplys e'n Beybel Sans. (Ma eskelly dhodho.) Sans gwerryor ewa, leb a gonqwerryas Satanas, an tebel el, ha'n eledh godhys. An bobel a gemeras own rag an nosow dû. Anjei a venja Mehal dh'aga gwitha rag drocoleth. Ha an nosow ow treylya hirra anjei a greias dhe Mehal. Rag hedna, ma dhen gool Mehal. There aren't many flowers in our gardens in autumn, but we some people are fortunate. They have Michaelmas daisies. My mother used ...

De Gwener, nawhes warn ügens mis Hedra Friday, 29th October Avisys ew gen Chonsler Sunak trogh dhe doll war gor ha cider tonnel. E vedh amendyans radical dhe doll alcohol - an brâssa e'n cansbledhen. Toll alcohol ew coth. E veu dallathys e'n seytegves cansbledhen dhe furnya mòna rag Bresel Wlasek Sowsnek. Pemp en cans dhort toll alcohol a wra kemeres trei fens dhort pinta cor tonnel. Pemp en cans dhort pris an pinta a via gwell! Ma caletter rag bryhoryon ha tavernow Kernow - an cor ha cider a res bos tednys dhort cavasow brâssa vel dogens (dew ügens) liter. Hedna ew brâs. Otta an Chonsler ha'n Kensa Menyster ow senjy balyers cabm. Ma bragoryon vian ow ûsya balyers bian an par na - ha botellow. Chancellor Sunak has announced a cut to duty on draught beer and cider. It will be a radical reform to alcohol duty - the biggest in a century. Alcohol duty is old. It was started  in the seventeenth century to pay for the English Civil War. Five percent from alcohol duty will take ...

De Yow, ethves warn ügens mis Hedra Thursday, 28th October E'n jedh hedhyw, ma dhe nei gorothom an ayredh. Ma gassys chei gweder e'n ayrgelgh. Ma'n norves ow tòbmhe re. Ma re a bobel e'n bes ha coveytüs o nei. Thera nei ow trehy còsow glaw dhe'n dor. Ma difeythyans. Ma hager awel gen meur a law ow câwsya livans ha lies dorslynk. Ma'n gwelfos owth omdedna gen coll a lasneth ha bôwnans bestes. Ma losow ow merwel drefen nag eus glaw lowr. Ma tan gwels. Nag o nei glan. Thera nei ow gara wast adhelher dhen. Nag ew saw losow dowr ha bôwnans a'n mor.  Res ew dhen selwel agan kerhydnedh. Nowadays, we have a climate crisis. There are greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The earth is warming too much. There are too many people in the world and we are greedy. We cut down rain forest. There is desertification. Terrible weather with lots of rain causes flooding and many landslides. The wilderness is shrinking with a loss of greenery and animal life. Plants are dying becau...

De Merher, seythves warn ügens mis Hedra Wednesday, 27th October Ma gwav ow tos. Nag ew an gewer gwavek hedhyw, bes gelwys o nei solabres rag agan brehyans warbedn an flou gwav. Ew agan medhegva e'n gwelha telher - reb an treth? Ma bush brâs a düs war an treth - thew hanter tremmîs. Nessa seythen, an strêtys ha'n treth a vedh gwag arta. Nag ew an mordarth vas rag surfya hedhyw - garow ha strolek ew drefen bos an gwens cabm. Perfydh ew an treth rag an scol marhogieth.  Da ew gen mergh ha marrogyon bos reb an mor. Tüs whel a res lavürya.  E veu othom dhodhons a owna 'gan bôwnder. De, anjei a's palas emann dhe settya pib nowydh et hy thelher. Ottòbma an pib, parys rag an gwav. A vedh hebma diwedh a liva en pub hager awel? Winter is coming. The weather is not wintry today, but we are already invited for our vaccination against the winter flu. Is our doctors' surgery in the best place - by the beach? There's a crowd of people on the beach - it's half term. Next w...

De Meurth, wheffes warn ügens mis Hedra Tuesday, 26th October Da ew genam Paradise Park en Heyl. Treveglos pur goth ew hodna - pur storek. Teylû Harvey o perhednyon rych teudhva-horn. En mil eth cans trei ügens ha wonan, anjei a vyldyas chei brâs en lowarth dhodho vosow and park. Whath ma'n chei brâs òbma (saw nag ewa egor dhe omweloryon). Ha'n vosow lowarth ell bos gwelys. Lebmyn, ma cuntelyans a edhyn marthys ha bestes erel. Ma'n vosow ow rei goskeus dhe'n cawellow edhyn. Ma bestes heudh en kewyow bian - whei ell maga an gever. Ha ma vûys teg a'n pow adro ha'n logh dhort an kewyow. I like Paradise Park in Hayle. That's a very old churchtown - very historic. The Harvey family were rich owners of an iron foundry. In 1861, they built a big house in a big walled garden and park. The house is still here (but it is not open to visitors). And the garden walls can be seen. Now there is a collection of fabulous birds and other animals. The walls give shelter to the...

De Lün, pempes warn ügens mis Hedra Monday, 25th October Hedhyw, ev a veu an jedh rag dierbydna enevales e'n kig. My a wrüg daskelwel ow descans Zoom De Lün, rag hedna na wrüga vy gweles pobel furvwir veth. Terweythyow an edhyn a dheuth re nes rag confort! Na ell anjei bos ragleverys. Da ew ganjans nectar en cuppys bian. Pur lôwen o an flehes gans pup tra - an sarf vrâs dres ehen. Na wrüssons kemeres own. Ha nag o crehyn kenis re üthyk. Today, it was the day for encountering animals in the flesh. I cancelled my Monday Zoom lesson, so I saw no virtual people. Sometimes the birds came too close for comfort! They are unpredictable.­ ­ They like nectar in little cups. The children were happy with everything - especially the big snake. They were not afraid. And spider skins were not too frightful. Deg ger rag hedhyw  Ten words for today confort  (m)  comfort daskelwel  to call off, cancel <  gelwel  to call descans  (m)  lesson, learning dierbydna...