surprise oor Kornies

surprise

/səˈpɹaɪz/, /sɚˈpɹaɪz/ werkwoord, naamwoord

Something not expected.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Kornies

marth

hanow gorow

sowdhanas

hanow verbel, verb-hanow

sowdheni

hanow verbel, verb-hanow

Soortgelyke frases

take by surprise
sowdhanas

surprise surprise
bydhewgh parys

surprised
sowdhanys · sowdhenys

surprises
marthow

I'm surprised
marth a'm beus · marth yw genev · yma marth dhymm

be surprised
sowdhanas

surprising
revedh · reveth

to my great surprise
dhe'm marth bras

big surprise
marth bras

voorbeelde

Jesus is Taken to Pilate (Mk 15.1; Lk 23.1–2; Jn 18.28–32) 1Early in the morning all the chief priests and the elders made their plans against Jesus to put him to death. 2They put him in chains, led him off, and handed him over to Pilate, the Roman governor. The Death of Judas (Acts 1.18–19) 3When Judas, the traitor, learnt that Jesus had been condemned, he repented and took back the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders. 4“I have sinned by betraying an innocent man to death!” he said. “What do we care about that?” they answered. “That is your business!” 5Judas threw the coins down in the Temple and left; then he went off and hanged himself. 6The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “This is blood money, and it is against our Law to put it in the temple treasury.” 7After reaching an agreement about it, they used the money to buy Potter's Field, as a cemetery for foreigners. 8That is why that field is called “Field of Blood” to this very day. 9Then what the prophet Jeremiah had said came true: “They took the thirty silver coins, the amount the people of Israel had agreed to pay for him, 10and used the money to buy the potter's field, as the Lord had commanded me.” Pilate Questions Jesus (Mk 15.2–5; Lk 23.3–5; Jn 18.33–38) 11Jesus stood before the Roman governor, who questioned him. “Are you the king of the Jews?” he asked. “So you say,” answered Jesus. 12But he said nothing in response to the accusations of the chief priests and elders. 13So Pilate said to him, “Don't you hear all these things they accuse you of?” 14But Jesus refused to answer a single word, with the result that the Governor was greatly surprised. Jesus is Sentenced to Death (Mk 15.6–15; Lk 23.13–25; Jn 18.39—19.16) 15At every Passover Festival the Roman governor was in the habit of setting free any one prisoner the crowd asked for. 16At that time there was a well-known prisoner named Jesus Barabbas. 17So when the crowd gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to set free for you? Jesus Barabbas or Jesus called the Messiah?” 18He knew very well that the Jewish authorities had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous. 19While Pilate was sitting in the judgement hall, his wife sent him a message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, because in a dream last night I suffered much on account of him.” 20The chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask Pilate to set Barabbas free and have Jesus put to death. 21But Pilate asked the crowd, “Which one of these two do you want me to set free for you?” “Barabbas!” they answered. 22“What, then, shall I do with Jesus called the Messiah?” Pilate asked them. “Crucify him!” they all answered. 23But Pilate asked, “What crime has he committed?” Then they started shouting at the top of their voices: “Crucify him!” 24When Pilate saw that it was no use to go on, but that a riot might break out, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am not responsible for the death of this man! This is your doing!” 25The whole crowd answered, “Let the responsibility for his death fall on us and our children!” 26Then Pilate set Barabbas free for them; and after he had Jesus whipped, he handed him over to be crucified. The Soldiers Mock Jesus (Mk 15.16–20; Jn 19.2–3) 27Then Pilate's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's palace, and the whole company gathered round him. 28They stripped off his clothes and put a scarlet robe on him. 29Then they made a crown out of thorny branches and placed it on his head, and put a stick in his right hand; then they knelt before him and mocked him. “Long live the King of the Jews!” they said. 30They spat on him, and took the stick and hit him over the head. 31When they had finished mocking him, they took the robe off and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to crucify him. Jesus is Crucified (Mk 15.21–32; Lk 23.26–43; Jn 19.17–27) 32As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene named Simon, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus' cross. 33They came to a place called Golgotha, which means, “The Place of the Skull”. 34There they offered Jesus wine mixed with a bitter substance; but after tasting it, he would not drink it. 35They crucified him and then divided his clothes among them by throwing dice. 36After that they sat there and watched him. 37Above his head they put the written notice of the accusation against him: “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.” 38Then they crucified two bandits with Jesus, one on his right and the other on his left. 39People passing by shook their heads and hurled insults at Jesus: 40“You were going to tear down the Temple and build it up again in three days! Save yourself if you are God's Son! Come on down from the cross!” 41In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the Law and the elders jeered at him: 42“He saved others, but he cannot save himself! Isn't he the king of Israel? If he comes down off the cross now, we will believe in him! 43He trusts in God and claims to be God's Son. Well, then, let us see if God wants to save him now!” 44Even the bandits who had been crucified with him insulted him in the same way. The Death of Jesus (Mk 15.33–41; Lk 23.44–49; Jn 19.28–30) 45At noon the whole country was covered with darkness, which lasted for three hours. 46At about three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud shout, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why did you abandon me?” 47Some of the people standing there heard him and said, “He is calling for Elijah!” 48One of them ran up at once, took a sponge, soaked it in cheap wine, put it on the end of a stick, and tried to make him drink it. 49But the others said, “Wait, let us see if Elijah is coming to save him!” 50Jesus again gave a loud cry and breathed his last. 51Then the curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split apart, 52the graves broke open, and many of God's people who had died were raised to life. 53They left the graves, and after Jesus rose from death, they went into the Holy City, where many people saw them. 54When the army officer and the soldiers with him who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and everything else that happened, they were terrified and said, “He really was the Son of God!” 55There were many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee and helped him. 56Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the wife of Zebedee. The Burial of Jesus (Mk 15.42–47; Lk 23.50–56; Jn 19.38–42) 57When it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea arrived; his name was Joseph, and he also was a disciple of Jesus. 58He went into the presence of Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate gave orders for the body to be given to Joseph. 59So Joseph took it, wrapped it in a new linen sheet, 60and placed it in his own tomb, which he had just recently dug out of solid rock. Then he rolled a large stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away. 61Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, facing the tomb. The Guard at the Tomb 62The next day, which was a Sabbath, the chief priests and the Pharisees met with Pilate 63and said, “Sir, we remember that while that liar was still alive he said, ‘I will be raised to life three days later.’ 64Give orders, then, for his tomb to be carefully guarded until the third day, so that his disciples will not be able to go and steal the body, and then tell the people that he was raised from death. This last lie would be even worse than the first one.” 65“Take a guard,” Pilate told them; “go and make the tomb as secure as you can.” 66So they left and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and leaving the guard on watch.
Yesu Dres a-rag Pilat Mark 15:1; Luk 23:1-2; Yow 18:28-32 1Ha ternos vyttin, oll an bennoferysi ha henavogyon an bobel a wrug omgusulyans erbynn Yesu rag y worra dhe'n mernans; 2ha wosa i dh'y gelmi, i a'n dug yn-kerdh ha'y dhaskorr dhe Pilat an governour. Mernans Yudas Obe 1:18-19 3Ena Yudas neb a'n traytas pan welas ev dhe vos dampnys a goedhas yn edrek hag a dhros an deg bath warn ugens a arghans arta dhe'n bennoferysi ha'n henavogyon, 4ow leverel, ‘My re beghas a-ban draytis goes gwiryon.’ Yn-medhons i, ‘Pandr'yw henna dhyn ni? Ty dha honan preder anodho.’ 5Ha wosa tewlel an mona y'n tempel, ev a omdennas ha mones dh'y omgregi. 6An bennoferysi a gemmeras an mona ha leverel, ‘Nyns yw lafyl y worra y'n arghow, rag y vos pris goes.’ 7Ha wosa omgusulya i a brenas ganso gwel an weythoryon pri avel ynkleudhva rag estrenyon. 8Rakhenna an gwel na yw henwys Gwel an Goes bys y'n jydh hedhyw. 9Ena y feu kollenwys an dra kewsys dre Yeremia an profoes, ow leverel, Hag i a gemmeras an deg bath warn ugens a arghans, pris an den talvesys, neb a veu talvesys gans mebyon Ysrael, 10hag i a's ros rag gwel an gweythor pri, dell ordenas an Arloedh dhymm. Yesu Apposys gans Pilat Mark 15:2-5; Luk 23:3-5; Yow 18:33-38 11Ha Yesu a sevis a-rag an governour; ha'n governour a wovynnas orto, ow leverel, ‘Ty yw myghtern an Yedhewon?’ Yn-medh Yesu, ‘Ty a'n lever.’ 12Ha pan ova kuhudhys gans an bennoferysi ha'n henavogyon, ny worthybis travyth. 13Ena yn-medh Pilat dhodho, ‘A ny glewydh py lies tra y tustunions er dha bynn?’ 14Hag ev ny worthybis dhodho unn ger vytholl, mayth o marth meur dhe'n governour. Yesu Dampnys dhe'n Mernans Mark 15:6-15; Luk 23:13-25; Yow 18:39–19:16 15Hag yth o dhe'n governour us y'n dy'goel dhe dhelivra unn prisner dhe'n routh, piwpynag a vynnens. 16Hag y'n eur na yth esa dhedha prisner drog-gerys gelwys Barabbas. 17Ytho pan ens i kuntellys war-barth, Pilat a leveris dhedha, ‘Pyneyl a vynnowgh may hwrylliv y dhelivra dhywgh, Barabbas, po Yesu yw henwys Krist?’ 18Rag ev a wodhya i dh'y dhaskorr dre atti. 19Ha pan ova esedhys yn barr an vreus, y wreg a dhannvonas dhodho, ow leverel, ‘Ty na wra mellya gans an den gwiryon na, rag my a wodhevis lower hedhyw yn hunros a'y wovis ev.’ 20Mes an bennoferysi ha'n henavogyon a dhynyas an routhow dhe wovynn Barabbas dhe vos delivrys, ha distrui Yesu. 21Ena y hworthybis an governour ha leverel dhedha, ‘Pyneyl a'n dhew y fynnowgh orthiv delivra dhywgh?’ Yn-medhons, ‘Barabbas.’ 22Yn-medh Pilat dhedha, ‘Pandr'a wrav vy orth Yesu yw gelwys Krist?’ I oll a leveris, ‘Bedhes krowsys!’ 23Yn-medh ev, ‘Pana dhrog ytho a wruga?’ Mes i a armas dhe voy ow leverel, ‘Bedhes krowsys!’ 24Ha Pilat, pan welas na ylli gwaynya travyth, mes yth esa freudh ow talleth, a gemmeras dowr ha golghi y dhiwla a-rag an routh ow leverel, ‘Glan yth o'ma a woes an den gwiryon ma. Hwi omgemmerewgh.’ 25Ha'n bobel oll a worthybis ow leverel, ‘Re bo y woes warnan ni ha war agan fleghes.’ 26Ena ev a dhelivras Barabbas dhedha, mes Yesu ev a skorjyas ha'y ri dhe vos krowsys. An Soudoryon a Skorn Yesu Mark 15:16-20; Yow 19:2-3 27Ena soudoryon an governour a worras Yesu dhe'n pretorium hag a guntellas oll an bagas a soudoryon a-dro dhodho. 28Ha wosa y dhestryppya, i a worras mantell gogh a-dro dhodho, 29hag a blethas kurun a spern ha'y gorra war y benn ha korsenn yn y leuv dhyghow, hag ow koedha war benn-dewlin a-dheragdho, i a wrug ges anodho ow leverel, ‘Hayl, Myghtern an Yedhewon!’ 30Hag i a drewas warnodho ha kemmeres an gorsenn hag yth esens orth y weskel war y benn. 31Ha wosa gul ges anodho, i a dhi'skas an vantell ha'y wiska gans y dhillas y honan ha'y dhoen yn-kerdh dhe vos krowsys. Krowsyans Yesu Mark 15:21-32; Luk 23:26-43; Yow 19:17-27 32Hag ow mos yn-mes, i a gavas den a Kyrene, henwys Simon; i a wrug y gonstryna dhe dhoen y grows. 33Ha pan ens devedhys dhe tyller henwys Golgotha (henn yw Tyller Krogen), 34i a ros dhodho dhe eva gwin kemmyskys gans bystel; mes wosa ev dh'y dastya, ny vynnas y eva. 35Ha pan y'n krowssons i a rannas y dhillas ow tewlel prenn. 36Ena i a esedhas, ha'y witha ena. 37Hag a-ugh y benn i a worras skrif an kuhudhans er y bynn, ‘Hemm yw Yesu, Myghtern an Yedhewon.’ 38Ena y feu krowsys ganso dew lader, an eyl a'y barth dhyghow, ha'y gila a'y barth kledh. 39Ha'n dremenysi a'n kablas, ow shakya aga fenn, 40ha leverel, ‘A ty, neb a dhistru an tempel ha'y dhrehevel kyns penn trydydh, omsaw dha honan mars os Mab Duw, ha diyskynn a'n grows.’ 41Yn keth vaner an bennoferysi gans an skribys ha'n henavogyon ow kul ges a leveris, 42‘Tus erell ev a's sawyas, ev y honan ny yll omsawya; Myghtern Ysrael ywa, diyskynnes lemmyn a'n grows ha ni a grys dhodho; 43ev a fydhyas yn Duw, re'n deliffro lemmyn mara'n mynn; rag ev a leveris, “My yw Mab Duw.” ’ 44Yn kepar maner ynwedh yth esa an ladron neb o krowsys ganso orth y dhespitya. Mernans Yesu Mark 15:33-41; Luk 23:44-49; Yow 19:28-30 45Ha dhiworth an hweghves eur yth esa tewolgow war oll an nor bys y'n nawves eur. 46Hag a-dro dhe'n nawves eur, Yesu a armas gans lev ughel ow leverel, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabaghthani?’ henn yw: ‘Ow Duw, Ow Duw, prag y'm forsaksys?’ 47Re an dus a sevi ena, pan y'n klewsons a leveris, ‘Yma an den ma ow karma war Elias.’ 48Ha dihwans onan anedha a boenyas dhe gavoes spong hag a'n lenwis a aysel ha'y worra war welenn ha'y ri dhodho dhe eva. 49Mes an re erell a leveris, ‘Gesewgh ni dhe weles mar teu Elias rag y sawya.’ 50Ena Yesu a armas arta gans lev ughel hag a dhaskorras an enev. 51Hag otta, vayl an tempel a veu skwardys yntra diw rann, a'n penn a-wartha bys y'n goeles, hag y feu dorgrys ha'n karregi a veu folsys, 52ha'n bedhow a veu igerys ha meur a gorfow a'n syns koedhys yn kosk a veu drehevys; 53hag i a dheuth yn-mes a'n bedhow wosa y dhasserghyans, ha mos y'n sita sans hag omdhiskwedhes dhe lies huni. 54Ha'n penn-kangour ha'n re esa ganso ow kwitha Yesu, pan welsons an dorgrys hag oll a hwarva, a borthas own meur, ow leverel, ‘Yn tevri hemma o Mab Duw.’ 55Hag yth esa ena lies benyn ow mires a-bell, neb a holyas Yesu dhiworth Galile, orth y servya. 56Yn aga mysk yth esa Maria Magdalena, ha Maria mamm Jamys ha Yoses, ha mamm mebyon Zebede. Ynkleudhyans Yesu Mark 15:42-47; Luk 23:50-56; Yow 19:38-42 57Ha devedhys an gorthugher, den rych a Arimathea, henwys Yosep, a dheuth, neb y honan ynwedh o dyskybel dhe Yesu. 58Ev eth dhe Pilat ha govynn orto korf Yesu. Ena Pilat a erghis may fe res dhodho. 59Ha wosa ev dhe gemmeres an korf, Yosep a'n maylyas yn lien glan 60hag a'n gorras yn y vedh nowydh a wrussa y dreghi y'n garrek, ha wosa ev dhe rolya men bras a-dreus dhe dharas an bedh, yth eth yn-kerdh. 61Hag yth esa ena Maria Magdalena ha'n Varia arall, esedhys a-dal an bedh. An Withysi orth an Bedh 62Ha ternos, an jydh wosa Darbar an Goel, an bennoferysi ha'n Fariseow a omguntellas war-barth ha mos dhe Pilat, 63ow leverel, ‘Arloedh, yma kov dhyn an toeller na, pan o hwath yn few, dhe gewsel, “Wosa trydydh y hwrav dasserghi.” 64Argh, ytho, may fo an bedh gwithys gans rach bys y'n tressa dydh rag na dheffo y dhyskyblon yn nos ha'y ladra ha leverel dhe'n bobel, “Drehevys veu dhiworth an re varow”, hag yndella an toell diwettha a vydh gweth ages an kynsa.’ 65Yn-medh Pilat dhedha, ‘Yma gwithysi genowgh, kewgh, ha'y witha dell wodhowgh.’ 66Hag yth ethons ha gwitha an bedh, ow selya an men ha gorra gwithysi warnodho.

“If one in six zombies will recover,” she said, now somewhat incredulous, “and is therefore now being killed unnecessarily by our forces, then that’s ...” “...a major war crime,” I completed her thought. “Yes, I think that was what I said the other day to anyone who cared to listen – before Dr Mengele had me silenced. Am I right?” Ingrid ignored my question – and the reference to ‘Dr Mengele’, her superior officer . “But this is simply appalling,” she continued. “If it’s true what you say, we are bombing, shooting and burning thousands of kids who would otherwise recover. Why didn’t you say anything about this at that first lecture, when you had the chance?” I raised my eyebrows at her in mild surprise. She had obviously stopped listening to me - both now and back then. I let it pass. “Cast your mind back to that lecture, doctor. Firstly, you may recall that I was rather rudely interrupted before I was able to finish my comments to the assembled troops ...” Ingrid cast her mind back – and nodded a sheepish concession to me. “ ... and, secondly, what exactly do you think our ‘military planners’ would do differently if they thought the ones who might survive were probably ‘just a bunch of poofters’ - or ‘faggots’, as the doughboys would call them. Ingrid nodded again – slowly this time. She understood what I was saying only too well. The armed forces of the 1970’s did not tolerate gays within their ranks – and the generals would have little care if some gays were ‘wasted’ as ‘collateral damage’. Official tolerance of gay personnel would have to wait until the 21st century. Maybe Ingrid herself was gay – I didn’t ask and was not told. (How ironic – in view of the US military policy which was to come, much later.) In any event, she fell silent for a time and we continued to sit opposite each other at that small wooden table in a stuffy interview room.
“Mars omwellha onan yntra hwegh an zombis,” yn-medh hi, nebes ankryjyk lemmyn, “hag ytho yma an rann na ow bos ledhys gans agan lu, henn yw ...” “...drog-ober breselyek meur.” My a worfennas hy thybyans. “Ya, henn o pyth esen ow leverel an jydh arall, dell grysav – dhe’n dus gans bern lowr a woslowes orthymm – kyns beuv gwrys tawesek gans Doktour Mengele. Ov vy ewn?” Ingrid a skonyas aswonn ow govynn – ha’m kampoellans a ‘Dhoktour Mengele’, hy ughella soedhek. “Mes hemm yw euthyk yn tien,” a besyas hi. “Mars yw gwir, an pyth re leversysta, yth eson ow thanbellenna, ow leski hag ow thenna war vilyow a yonkers a allsa omwellhe. Prag na leversysta neppyth a-dro dhe hemma dres an kynsa areth, pan esa chons dhiso jy?” My a sevis ow diwabrans, kynth o byghan ow marth. Yn apert, y hedhsa hi goslowes orthymm – y’n termyn hedhyw hag ena keffrys. My a erviras dh’y asa koedha. “Gwra dasvysytya an areth ma, ‘Dhoktour. Y’n kynsa le, gwra perthi kov ow bos goderrys, yn anhweg, kyns my dhe alloes gorfenna ow hampoellow dhe’n soudoryon ena omguntellys ...” Ingrid a dhasvysytas an areth yn hy brys – ha penndroppya, nebes methek, orthymm. “...hag, y’n nessa le, pyth a grysydh agan ‘towloryon vreselek’ dhe wul yn tihaval mar krysens an re a allsa treusvywya bos yn hwirhaval ‘bagas pouftas’ – po ‘faggots’ dell lavarsa an dowbois.” Ingrid a benndroppyas arta – yn lent an prys ma. Hi a gonvedhsa yn ta pyth esen ow leverel. Ny wodhevi luyow an blydhynnyow 1970 bos dus gethreythel y’ga mysk – ha na via bern vyth yn mysk an bennhembrynkysi mar pe ‘gwastyes’ nebes anedha dre ‘dhamaj keslinek’. Perthyans soedhek personnel kethreydhel, res bia gortos rag henna bys an kansblydhenn 21ves. Martesen Ingrid hy honan o kethreydhel – possybyl o. Ny wovynnis ha ny leveris hi yndella. (Ass o henna ironek – res polysi breselek governans an Statys Unys y’n termyn a dhothya, nebes diwettha.) Yn neb kas, hi a goedhas tawesek dres pols ha ni pesyes bos a’gan esedh dhe bub tu an voes vyghan ma yn stevell-geskows, meur hy kloster.

Well, what a surprise this is! /
Well, ass yw hemma marth! / Pana varth yw hemma!

to be confused - to confuse - to surprise - to be surprised - to amaze - to go astray
sowdhanas [hanow verbel / verb-hanow] [disamstyryans]

amazement - surprise - wonder
marth ( masculine noun ) marthow ( plural ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

surprises
/ marthow / / /

disbelief n. discryjyans m. See 'amazement', 'surprise'. phr. I looked at him in d. my a viras orto discryjyk
disbelief n. discryjyans m. See 'amazement', 'surprise'. phr. I looked at him in d. my a viras orto discryjyk

amaze v. or confuse sowdhanas; amaya BM; impress, surprise gòrra marth en (nebonen)
amaze v. or confuse sowdhanas; amaya BM; impress, surprise gòrra marth en (nebonen)

None of you will be surprised that, as an anarchist, I hate this idea just as much as the other one. I am no-one’s subject. Nobody owns me. Whether you call them a king or a duke or a dog’s dinner, naming one person my master, master of all of us, because he came out of the right vagina is pathetic. Monarchy is anti-democracy. Monarchy is anti-equality. Monarchy is anti-freedom.
Ny vydh marth dhe den vyth ahanowgh, my avel direwlydh, bos kemmys a gas genev an tybyans ma ha’n huni aral. Nyns ov sojet a dhen vyth. Mar pe gelwys myghtern, duk, po kon ki, henwel unn den ow mester, mester oll ahanan, drefen ev dhe dhos ‘mes an kons gwir yw truedhek. Myghternses yw gorth-gwerinieth. Myghternses yw gorth-parder. Myghternses yw gorth-rydhses.

‘Yes, I do,’ said Bilbo. "Though that flash was surprising: it quite startled me, let alone the others. A little addition of your own, I suppose?’
‘Ya, henn yw gwir,’ a leveris Bylbo. ‘Kynth o an golow-lughes na amovyek: ev a amovyas orthiv vy, keffrys ha’n re erell. O henna keworrans byghan diworthis jy?’

to be confused - to confuse - to surprise - to be surprised - to amaze - to go astray
sowdheni [ verb-hanow / hanow verbel ]

THE FIRST LECTURE ‘For the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming, ...’ That old patriotic anthem from World War Two rolled about in my head as I sat in a cell beside my brother. I even started to sing it but David glared at me – he never did like to hear me singing. (Nobody does!) So, just as I had heard, there were foreign troops on the way to reinforce the local effort. What this meant, of course, was that the ‘war’ against the zombie menace was by no means over. And, if you thought about it, that was no surprise. As I had speculated at the time of the battle at Melbourne University, a primary area of 400,000 square kilometres had been taken over by the zombies – and outbreaks were occurring all the time beyond that zone. So, despite the fact that thousands of zombies had been machine-gunned and napalmed at the university, there were hundreds of thousands of them still roaming the countryside – and they, in their turn, were still actively ‘conscripting’ yet more to the cause (whatever that might be). And, as a result, David and I were to be used to show these fresh-faced doughboys what a zombie looked like. I was to be the ‘before’ image and David was to be the ‘after’ – like in one of those old comic-book advertisements for body-building equipment. Was I ‘Skinny John’? Would I have sand kicked in my face? Probably not. I guessed we had been taken to Puckapunyal, the largest army base in Victoria. It was in Central Victoria, two or three hours by army truck from Castlemaine. So, the interminable journey in the paddy wagon fitted with that geography (once corrected for time distortion due to blindfolding.) If my guess on our location were correct – and this would be a logical place to train foreign soldiers in Australian conditions, away from the primary zone of infection – that was good news. Once again, my cadet training would come in handy.
AN KYNSA ARETH “Rag y teu an yankis, y teu an yankis ...” An antemna koth na, meur y wlaskerensa, a dheuth dhiworth oes an Nessa Bresel an Bys, a rolyas a-dro dhe’m ympynnyon ha my esedhys ryb ow broder yn bagh. My a dhallathas hogen y gana mes Davydh a lagattas heb hedhi orthymm – ny garas nevra klywes ow henys. (Denvyth ny’n kar!) Ytho, ow nowodhow re via ewn, yth esa soudoryon estrenyek ow tos rag krevhe stryvyans a’n tyller. Hemm a styrya, heb mar, nag o gorfennys vyth an ‘bresel’ erbynn godros an zombis. Ha, mar prederres yn y gever, ny via henna marth. Kepar dell dhesevsen dres termyn batel an bennskol Melbourne, yth esa chyf arenebedh ogas dhe 400,000 km pedrek lemmyn kontrolyes gans an zombis – hag yth esa pup-prys tardhow nowydh ow hwarvos dres an arenebedh na. Ytho, yn despit dhe vernansow a vilyow an zombis – dre jynn-sethow ha napalm – dhe’n bennskol, yth esa hwath kansow a vilyow anedha ow kwandra a-dro dhe bowdir – hag yth esens i, an eyl wosa y gila, ow ‘hesskrifa’, tan meur y’ga holonnow, moy a dus hogen dhe’n movyans (pypynag o henna). Hag ytho y feu Davydh ha my bos diskwedhys, avel mir gwir an zombis, dhe’n ‘dowbois’ ma (henn yw leverel, soudoryon amerikanek), pur fresk aga fismens. Yth en an imaj ‘kyns’ ha Davydh o an imaj ‘wosa’ – kepar ha’n argemmynnow- kommyk koth esa ow mynnes gwertha daffar rag krevhe an korf. A vien ‘Yowann kroenek’? A via tewes potyes y’m fas? Nyns o hemma gwirhaval. My a dhesevas agan bos kemmerys dhe Pukkapunyal, an brassa selva yn Budhykka. Kres Budhykka o vyaj a dhew po tri our dhiworth Kastlemayne dre gert-lu. Ytho, yth heveli bos an termyn ewn rag agan vyaj heb diwedh y’n kertik. (Wosa ewnans rag kammans a dermyn drefenn ow dewlagas dhe vos kudhys.) Mars esa ewn ow thybyans a-dro dh’agan le – nowodhow da o henna. Ha, wosa oll, Pukkapunyal a via tyller herwydh reson rag trenyans soudoryon estrenyek ow kul devnydh a gondysyons Ostralek – mes pellder lowr dhiworth chyf arenebedh an klevesans. Unnweyth arta, ow threnyans avel souder-brentys a allsa bos dhe-les.

♦ but I am greatly surprised that the tree has w. saw a'n wedhen dhebm ema hy bos sehys marthys vras OM
♦ but I am greatly surprised that the tree has w. saw a'n wedhen dhebm ema hy bos sehys marthys vras OM

surprise
/ sowdhanas / / hanow verbel /

I'm surprised.
Yma marth dhymmo vy.

We are not surprised.
Nyns eus marth dhyn.

We're surprised.
Yma marth dhyn.

astonishing - surprising
revedh [ hanow gwann / hanow gwadn ]

We are surprised.
Yma marth dhyn.

They're surprised.
Yma marth dhedha.

Are you surprised?
Eus marth dhywgh-hwi?

I'm surprised.
Yma marth dhymm.

I am surprised
/ marth yw genev / / /

Some of Kresen Kernow’s most fascinating records relate to crime, punishment, law and order and they can provide a surprising insight into your ancestors’ lives.
Nebes kovskrivennow Kresen Kernow an moyha dynyansek yw kevrynnys dhe alweyth, kessydhyans, lagha hag ordyr, hag i a yll provia golok varthys orth bewnans agas hendasow.

surprise [ s ]
marth [ m ]