Dedh Trei Ügens ha Tardhek

De Gwener, terdhegves mis Meurh
Friday, 13th March

Da ew genam bestas. Coth o vy, etho theram ow remembra lies anodhans et ow bownans. Ow kensa cov ew dew ficher ow tas wydn. Anjei a veu rag cacha cònidnas. (Kig a godhas scant e'n Bresel.) Thera cath, ewedh - my a wrüg gwary gîk ganjo. Termyn my veu cottha nei a chânjyas chei ha thera chonsys dhebm dhe varhoga. (Na ora vy marhoga lebmyn!) Thera pub termyn kei gwydn ha dû dhe'm hôr vy - prest henwys "Brogh". Hei ha hy gour a withas yer rag aga oyow - ha cülyek rag kidnyow Nadelik. Hedhyw e'n jedh thera vy ow qwitha diw gath ha diw logojen vrâs (rag ow mergh).  Terweythyow ma hy hei ow tos òbma ewedh. En termyn eus passyes thera dhebm üdn ficher gwydn ha dew yewgen, trei hònin, pajar hogh Gyny, pemp kei, whei logojen, seyth hamster ... ha lies prev gwelen! Saw na veu oll en kettermyn - ha na veu besca dhebm edhen en cawal edhen.    

 I like animals. I'm old, so I remember lots of them in my life. My first memory is my grandfather's two ferrets. They were for catching rabbits. (Meat became scarce in the War.) There was a cat, too - I played hide-and-seek with it. When I was older we moved house and I had chances to ride. (I can't ride now!) My sister always had a white and black dog - always called "Badger". She and her husband kept chickens for their eggs - and a cockerel for Christmas dinner. Nowadays I look after two cats and two rats (for my daughter). Sometimes her dog comes here too. In the past I had one white ferret and two polecats,  three rabbits, four guinea pigs, five dogs, six mice, seven hamsters ... and lots of stick insects! But they were not all at the same time - and I never had a bird in a birdcage.



Deg ger rag hedhyw: Ten words for today

brogh (m) badger
chânjya chei to move house
codha scant to become scarce
cülyek (m) cockerel
ficher (m) ferret
gwary gîk  to play hide-and-seek
gwitha to look after, mind
hedhyw e'n jedh nowadays
kig (m) meat
marhoga to ride (horse)