Showing posts with label Cornwall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cornwall. Show all posts

Saturday, 21 October 2023

Poetry anthology video

British-Irish Council: "On the occasion of the BIC IML languages Ministerial meeting, we're launching a video showcasing 'now the sun breaks through' - a poetry anthology celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement"

(Jèrriais from 2:20 mark)


Wednesday, 12 July 2023

1949: The "grim picture"

The "grim picture"

Merrienne settles everything

 

Moussieu l'Editeu,

 

Je n'sais pas trop ben pourtchi, mais siez-nous chais jours ch'est tréjous d'sardgûments. Hier au sé ch'tait au sujet des patates, et ch'tait la Merrienne tch'y qu'menchit, comme de couôtume.

 

Oulle avait liut l'rapport de chutte réunion d'fermiers en ville, et la v'la à faithe des grimaches. "Si ch'est vrai chen qu'la gâzette dit," ou s'fit, "n'y'a pas grand prospect pour nos patates ch't'année. Tchèsque j'allons dév'nin, Ph'lip? As-tu considéthé qu'tu dait ocquo pour ta s'menche et tan gouâino?"

 

"Sans doute," j'l'y dit, "mais n'te fait pas d'mauvais sang. Tout chonna est payablye à la saison."

 

Friday, 7 July 2023

now the sun breaks through

 Jèrriais poem included:

"now the sun breaks through, is a poetry anthology commissioned to mark the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, and the linked 25th anniversary of the inaugural British-Irish Council Summit (December 2024). 

The rich linguistic heritage of the Council’s members is an important part of the culture of these islands. In recognition, Indigenous Minority and Lesser-Used languages was added to the Council’s portfolio of work sectors in June 2002. The work sector focuses on Irish, Welsh, Gaelic, Scots, Ulster Scots, Manx, Jèrriais, Guernesiais, and Cornish.

The poetry anthology recognises the efforts made across these islands to support these languages, which embody a wealth of knowledge, culture, and history that has been passed down through generations.

The British-Irish Council has collaborated with the Scottish Poetry Library to develop the poetry anthology, themed around the natural environment. Within the collection, readers are introduced to these languages, and their rhythms and expressions. The poems are composed by poets in the nine languages, and interpreted and adapted into English."

Monday, 5 March 2018

La Saint Pithan - Saint Piran's Day

Bouanne Saint Pithan à nos anmîns Cornouaillais!

Gool Peran Lowen!

Happy Saint Piran's Day to our Cornish friends!







Monday, 3 July 2017

BBC Cornwall

BBC Cornwall rapporte sus l'Jèrriais (à dans les 53 minnutes)

BBC Radio Cornwall reports on Jèrriais (from around the 53 minute mark)

Sunday, 5 March 2017

J't'aime mille fais mus qu'man maqu'thé



J't'aime mille fais mus qu'man maqu'thé
My a'th kar milweyth moy es ow brithel:
j't'aime mille fais mus qu'man maqu'thé, ma hardelle.
Tu m'es chent fais pus chiéthe qu'eune meule d'héthans.
Épis jé t'pêqu'thai pouor la Saint Pithan.

Vé-t-en, ma Cornouaillaise, vé-t-en, ma vlique,
et j't'êcal'lai, véthe, d'vant qu'la sausse èrsique.
My a'th kar milweyth moy es ow brithel:
j'murmuth'thai ches patholes dans tén ouothelle.

Et j'hal'lai ma pêque à bord dans l'drannet
coumme tu t'couoch'chas à ma braichie au liet,
où'est qu'mes paîssons pêtchis lus êtravèlent:
My a'th kar milweyth moy es ow brithel.

La Saint Pithan - Saint Piran's Day

Bouanne Saint Pithan à nos anmîns Cornouaillais!

Happy Saint Piran's Day to our Cornish friends!



La Saint Pithan
Dy'gol Pyran Lowen!
Ès couôthîns et couôthinnes
jé souhaitons tout ch'tch'est bouan
aniet à la Saint Pithan!

Dydh da! Myttin da!
Quand j'allons en travas
j'dithons "Bouônjour à matîn!"
ès anminnes et anmîns.

Kernow a'gas dynnergh!
Viy'-ous, nos us sont ouèrts
à touos, sait bas sait hauts,
en Jèrri et Kernow.


Un pâté Cornouaillais - A Cornish pasty

Cornish Pasty (cropped)Un pâté Cornouaillais

Ch't' èrchette graietha un p'tit pâté Cornouaillais.

îngrédgeins:

  • d'la pâte (100g dé flieu, 50g dé beurre, dé l'ieau)
  • 100g d'la viande dé vaque (ou 50g dé fronmage pouor eune vèrsion végétarienne)
  • 50g dé patate
  • 25g dé suidiche
  • 10g d'ouognon
  • eune pînchie d'sé

La Cornouaille - Cornwall

Cornwall Saint Piran FlagLa Cornouaille

La Cornouaille (Kernow en Cornouaillais) est un pays tch'est un longis d'tèrre dans l'Seur-Vouêt d'la Grande Brétangne. Ch'est un pays historiquement Celtique et la langue Cornouaillaise est d'la même fanmil'ye qu'lé Gallouais et l'Bréton - nou trouve typiquement des noms d'pliaiche auve "pen", coumme Penzance (Pennsans en Cornouaillais).

Y'a raîque eune cité en Cornouaille: Truro (Truru en Cornouaillais), tch'est l'siège d'l'adminnistration, mais la pus grande ville est Falmue (Aberfala en Cornouaillais). La Seurlîngue a 'té eune partie d'la Cornouaille, mais au jour d'aniet oulle eune adminnistrâtion s'pathée.

Historiquement, les minnes à blianc-fé 'taient împortantes pouor l'êcononmie du pays, et la pêque étout.

Pouor l'temps d'la Contchête Nouormande, la Cornouaille avait 'té încorpouothée dans l'Rouoyaume d'Angliétèrre.

Lé saint patron est Saint Pithan dé tchi la fête est l'5 dé Mar.

La couleu Cornouaillaise est eune blianche crouaix sus un nièr fond. Coumme l'antienne nâtionnale nou chante sait eune vèrsion Cornouaillaise dé l'antienne "Pays d'mes péthes" sait la chanson "Trelawney". L'ouaîsé nâtionna est la caûvette à rouoge bé.

Un fricot traditionnel est l'pâté Cornouaillais.

Tuesday, 7 February 2017

Festival Kernewek - Penzance Cornish Language Festival

Nou-s'annonche:

Join us for a super St. David's day Supper Evening for the smaller nations of the British Isles - the Cornish, Welsh, Scots, Guernsey, Jersey, manx, Irish and Bretons. The evening includes a talk on British National Minority Languages by Jenefer Lowe.

Sunday, 31 January 2016

Les veues d'Jèrri d'l'espace - The lights of Jersey from space

I recognise that place!

L'astronaute Tim Peake a posté chu portrait tchi mouôntre lé Ch'na, auve l'Angliétèrre, Galles, la Brétangne, la Grand' Tèrre, épis nou vait les grandes villes dé Paris et Londres - et tch'est qu'nou vait au mitan? Siez nous!

Astronaut Tim Peake has posted this picture that shows the Channel, with England, Wales, Brittany, mainland Normandy, then you can see the big cities of Paris and London - and what can you see in the middle? Home!

Monday, 29 June 2015

Speak Cornish Week

Nou rapporte:

It’s Speak Cornish week again and this year at Maga we are encouraging everyone to talk about what they like!

The Cornish for “I like…” is “Da yw Genev…” and this is the theme of this year’s #SpeakCornish week which runs from 4 to 13 July.

MAGA is inviting people to contribute drawings, photos or film of people using “Da yw genev…” to tell us what they like. During the week helpful vocabulary will be released on www.learncornishnow.com/speakcornishweek.

Last year the website www.learncornishnow.com received an impressive 10,000 extra visitors during #SpeakCornish week, and over 200 individuals and businesses posted films of themselves using Cornish online, ran promotions and competitions and arranged activities. The tag #SpeakCornish made half a million impressions in one hour!

Thursday, 5 March 2015

Bouonne Saint Pithan! - Dy'gol Pyran Lowen! - Happy Saint Piran's Day!

Flag-map of CornwallNou-s'a êcanchi un but d'niolîn en Jèrriais et Cornouaillais pouor la Saint Pithan:

Here's an attempt at a bit of fun in Jèrriais and Cornish for Saint Piran's Day:

La Saint Pithan
Dy'gol Pyran Lowen!
Ès couôthîns et couôthinnes
jé souhaitons tout ch'tch'est bouan
aniet à la Saint Pithan!

Dydh da! Myttin da!

Quand j'allons en travas,
j'dithons "Bouônjour à matîn!"
ès anminnes et anmîns.

Kernow a'gas dynnergh!
Viy'-ous, nos us sont ouèrts
à touos, sait bas sait hauts,
en Jèrri et Kernow.

Friday, 13 July 2012

Minority language literature

Guardian Books podcast: Minority language literature:
Claire Armitstead speaks to Clive Boutle, of publisher Francis Boutle, about his Lesser Used Languages of Europe series, and discusses the pleasures and problems of bringing out anthologies of Galician, Breton, Norman, Manx and Cornish writing.

Tuesday, 28 February 2012

Du Cornouaillais pouor la Saint Pithan - Use Cornish for Pirantide

StpiraninpenwithMAGA suggéthe:
Use Cornish for Pirantide

Pirantide is fast approaching and this year MAGA is encouraging everyone, Cornish speaker or not, to use a phrase or two of Cornish on St Piran’s Day. Why not greet everyone you meet in Cornish first on St Piran’s Day? A simple ‘Gool Peran Lowen’ or ‘Dydh da’ – or perhaps just ‘Mar pleg’ or ‘Meur ras’ in a shop.
Pouortchi pon faithe sèrvi du Jèrriais pouor lé Jour d'la Libéthâtion - ou touos les jours!

Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Omdowl Morek

Maga Kernow annonche:
A new CD of songs in Cornish by Philip Knight is now on sale... The album, entitled Omdowl Morek, is available (...) as a CD or MP3 download through [Kesson].

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Skol Veythrin Karenza - Êcole Cornouaillaise



Movyans Skolyow Meythrin rapporte:
The continued success of Skol Veythrin Karenza (SVK) has been highlighted once again in the media, with a feature on ITV’s West Country News.

The Cornish language Saturday school was shown on ITV’s West Country News before Christmas, because students from Cornwall College in Redruth have been working with Movyans Skolyow Meythrin to produce a CD and accompanying booklet of Cornish language songs for preschool age children and their families.

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

The Beast of Bodmin Moor - Best Goon Brèn

Evertype annonche:
Kebmer with… Yma an Best et agan kerhyn! An daralla nowyth-ma a veu screfys rag redoryon yonk wàr sel a’n whedhel kevrînek a Vest Goon Brèn. Yma an screfor gormelys a Gernow, Alan M. Kent, ow terivas dhyn fatla wrug cath vrâs dos ha gwandra in pow gwyls Kernow. Presentys yw an whedhel i’n dhew davas gen trailyans bewek i’n Kernowek a’n eur-ma a veu screfys gen Neil Kennedy.

Sunday, 6 November 2011

Cornouaillais - Cornish

Baner Kernow 3Maga Kernow rapporte:
Yn arbennek, ni a wor gras dh’agan kowser Tony Scott Warren, neb a res areth meur dhe les a-dro dhe Jerriais, yeth Frynkek – Norman Jersey, hag a glerhas an ober gwrys lemmyn dh’y witha ha’y herdhya yn-rag. Yth esa lies tra yn y areth o hevel orth agan provyans yn Kernow ha pur lowen ov leverel my dhe wodhvos bos an jydh a les rag Tony ynwedh hag yma ev ow keskewsel lemmyn gans niver a dus a Gernow may hyllons kesranna aga thybyansow ha’ga sleyneth.