On Saturday 31st October Agan Tavas held a Language Day in Helston. The photograph above shows some of the people who came, outside of the old prison. In the morning there was a walk around the town with guidance in Cornish, without much help in English! This was followed by lunch in the Bell Inn. […]
Areth yn Kernewek
Agan Tavas held its first talk in Cornish in Murdoch House in Redruth on Saturday 9th. May. Wella Chubb spoke about his trip with his girlfriend and other people from many parts of the world to Bhutan to search for plants. He had amazing photos of the country, of the local people and of the […]
Esel Bewnans Enor
Saturday 14th February was the Agan Tavas AGM. More members than usual attended and four new members joined at the meeting. The Chairman reviewed the past year where the visibility of Agan Tavas had been increased. Clive Baker continues as Chairman, Ray Chubb as Secretary and Gareth Parry as Treasurer. Heather Ashworth was made an […]
Pewas Perghyryn 2015
This year, for the first time, prior to the Agan Tavas AGM ‘Pewas Perghyryn’, (the Michael Palmer prize), for literature in Cornish was awarded. The winner is Eddie Climo for his book ‘Drollys Gys-Dons’ Included in ‘Drollys Gys-Dons’ are Cornish Christmas plays with translations in Cornish also folk songs about Christmas and others all with […]
Prys Ly Nadelek/Christmas Lunch
‘This year Agan Tavas had Christmas lunch at the Bridge Inn near Redruth. It was the first time that the society have held their lunch here and it was a great success. We were attended by the hostesses, Julie and Sandra, who prepared the society’s best Christmas lunch ever. There was plenty to eat and […]
An Hobys/The Hobbit
This book has been translated by Nicholas Williams and it was edited Neil Kennedy and proof-read by Clive Baker. Primarily The Hobbit is a book for children and nothing of the writing style for children has been lost in this translation. It has the original illustrations, some in full colour, and all together it is […]
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
Here is another free book from Eddie Climo. This is number 2 in the Beatrix Potter series and is entitled “Drolla Gwywer Knofennyk / The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin” Enjoy! You can download ’Drolla Gwywer Knoffenyk’/ ‘The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin’ for free here. If you don’t have Adobe Acrobat on your computer, you can download […]
Passio Christi – Nessa ran an Ordinalia
With the permission of the Cornish Language Board, this is the second edition of the book in Unified Cornish with an English translation. Graham Sandercock did a great amount of work on the first edition and there is further editing in this edition by Ray Chubb. It has been kept in the same form as […]
TERMS AND IDIOMS FOR MINERS gans William Pryce
Publisher: Gwask an Orlewen A facsimile of Pryce’s original 1778 edition. Many of the terms listed in this book will, of course, be derived from Cornish. The late Eddie Climo has produced on facing pages a clearer version of the texts with Unified and Late Cornish equivalents for the terms listed. £4.95
HONNA Story Viaj Coynt gans H. Ryder Haggard trelyes gans Nicholas Williams
Publisher Evertype The famous story often seen on screen. It is a pleasure to read the full story in Cornish. KS 978-1-78201-132-3 […]
DHE EMLOW an GALAKSI gans Rod Lyon
Publisher: Kesva an Tavas Kernewek. The first original novel in Cornish for a while and winner of the 2016 Pewas Perghyryn award. An interesting science fiction story along the lines of Star Trek adventures. Nevertheless there is some new science fiction thinking in Rod’s writing which makes the book well worth reading. SWF(m) ISBN: 978-1-908965-13-4 […]
CÂSS COYNT an DOCTOUR JEKYLL ha MÊSTER HYDE gans Robert Louis Stevenson trelyes gans Nicholas Williams
Publisher Evertype The original story skilfully translated. There is much more to the story than that seen on screen. KS 978-1-78201-103-3 […]
DER an GWEDER ASPYA ha MYNS a GAFAS ALYS ENA gans Lewis Carroll trelyes gans Nicholas Williams
Pubisher: Evertype The sequel of Course. KS 978-1-78201-096-8 […]
TREDDEN IN SCATH gans Jerome K. Jerome trelyes gans Nicholas Williams
Publisher: Evertype Three men in a boat now in Cornish. KS 978-1-78201-093-7 […]
GERYOW GWIR gans Nicholas Williams
Publisher: Evertype Nicholas Williams has examined the vocabulary of revived Cornish and found a number of usages which are inauthentic when compared to the historical texts upon which the revival is based. In this book he provides examples which are an aid to improving the quality of Cornish spoken today. KS 978-1-78201-030-0 […]
A CORNISH PHRASE BOOK
PUBLISHER: Spyrys a Gernow Of interest to the holiday maker in search of an unusual memento of his visit but also provides some very useful Cornish phrases for the learner. Now into a 6th edition. 978-0-9564234-1-2 UC £3.50
A PRACTICAL BOOK OF CORNISH VERBS cuntellys gans Delia Brotherton
PUBLISHER: Agan Tavas A verb book for Unified Cornish. This book lists all the main Cornish verbs with full conjugations provided for many of them. In addition there are useful notes about the idiomatic use of Cornish verbs. UC 978-1-901409-14-7 £8.95
FLEHES AN HENS HORN gans Edith Nesbit trelyes gans Nicholas Williams
Publisher: Evertype A Cornish edition of this well known story. Perhaps because it is so well known, much can be gained by reading it in faultless Cornish. KS 978-1-78201-003-6 […]
DESKY KERNOWEK gans N.J.A. Williams, MA, PhD, DipCeltStud. (Golvan)
PUBLISHER: EVERTYPE and sponsored by Agan Tavas A fully comprehensive grammar of Cornish. As well as providing all the grammar necessary to master the language this book provides a number of pointers to errors that revivalists have made in the past. All in all this book takes Cornish today to a new level of authenticity. […]
YN KERNEWEK LAVAR E! gans Edwin Chirgwin (Map Melyn)
A reprint of the 1937 edition of Edward Chirgwin’s phrase book. It contains 240 remarks in Cornish some of which will be unfamiliar today even to fluent speakers. UC £4.95
SKEUL AN TAVAS
PUBLISHER: Agan Tavas A course book for the Standard Written Form with traditional graphs. A friendly illustrated course book which teaches the language in a ‘can do’ way. 978-1-901409-12-3 Adults Edition SWF (t) £10.95 Now available – a CD to accompany Skeul an Tavas with pronunciation of all the Cornish words in the book. £5
KESCOWSOW – Conversations in Cornish gans John Parker
A series of role play situations designed to help students improve their spoken Cornish. English on one page and Cornish on the opposite page. 13 scenarios. UC 978-0-9548451-4-8 £1.90
LYVER PEJADOW RAG KENYVER JORNA gans Rev. Andy Philips
A Cornish prayer book with English translations devised to help Christians worship through the medium of Cornish. The book also contains brief lives of the main Cornish Saints. UC 0 9535975 8 X £3.50
CORNISH IS FUN
PUBLISHER: y Lolfa This is an informal way to learn Cornish by means of lively and amusing cartoons. The Cornish acquired will help the student to take part in everyday conversation with ease. All this for a bargain price! UC 0 86243 659 1 £4.95
KERNUAK ES by Andrew Climo-Thompson
PUBLISHER: Kernuak Es This is the first course book to make use of Unified Cornish Revised but with a few “variations found in West Cornwall”. It has plenty of useful exercises and the aim is to help the student to speak Cornish without having to learn too much grammar. UC 0 9541494 0 8 £7.95 […]
A NEW Cornish–English English Cornish DICTIONARY by R Morton–Nance
PUBLISHER: Agan Tavas This is the fourth reprint and Morton-Nance memorial edition of the much sought–after 1938 dictionary. It contains much useful material which was omitted from later dictionaries for reasons of economy. A word list at the back ensures that new words found since 1938 are included. 438 pages. UC 1 901409 03 1 […]
LYVER LAVAROW DHE LES by Clive Baker
PUBLISHER: Agan Tavas A lively Cornish phrase book that puts humour into the language. Pocket sized and spiral bound. 1 901409 07 4 £1.95
CLAPPYA KERNOWEK gans N.J.A. Williams, MA, PhD, DipCeltStud. (Golvan)
PUBLISHER: Agan Tavas The first Cornish grammar to be written by a professional Celtic scholar. This book brings Unified Cornish up to date with the latest Celtic Studies. It contains 29 lessons and a short vocabulary, many of the revisions contained in this book make the learning of Cornish simpler while at the same time […]
KERNEWEK MAR PLEK! by Christine Truran
950643157 Book 1 and the tapes are out of stock but book 2 is still available. A useful and fun addition to other learning material. UC 950643157 Book 2 £4.99
CORNISH DICTIONARY SUPPLEMENT No 1
PUBLISHER: Agan Tavas A supplement to the Unified Cornish Dictionary of Robert Morton–Nance. This supplement proposes suitable words for items in the kitchen and road transport. UC 1901409007 £1.95