#learning welsh

Apple? Afal. Apples? Afalau. Two Apples? Dau Afal. Many apples? Llawer o afalau.

Ah okay so you add '-au' to the end unless there's a number since obviously 'two' is plural so you don't need to mark it. But 'many'? Nah you have to mark it then... that's learnable.

A school? Ysgol. Schools? Ysgolion.

Ah... okay sometimes the plural ending it '-ion' not '-au'.

A cat? Cath. Cats? Cathod.

Ah so '-od' is also an ending...

A star? Seren. Stars? Sêr.

A carrot? Moronen. Carrots? Moron

Ah so sometimes the plural is shorter and removes an '-en'... (typically with nouns that are more commonly said in plural)

A dog? Ci. Dogs? Cŵn.

A leek? Cenhinen. Leeks: Cennin

I have been using Duolingo to try to learn the language for around 2 months now, and I think I am making ok progress.

But I was wondering if there were any better apps more tailored for Welsh specifically, which would help me with grammar and such.

I do not have the option to go to a physical class, as I do not actually live in Wales.

Lots of the shows and movies are only on channels that are not available here (or are very expensive to subscribe to)

And Duolingo doesn't have the "stories" option for Welsh, unfortunately.

So I've been feeling very much like yes, I can understand a robot speaking it, but still have no experience listening to real people speak the language...

However! I just found a reddit post with a huge list of Welsh musicians and made a giant playlist to listen to 🥰😊

I have been compiling the Welsh Common names of as many butterflies as I can. Focusing on common butterflies in Wales and then looking at the meanings and origins of these common names.

Mine's a tie between:

Esgidiau - I like the way it rolls, and

Morfil - it's exactly the kind of name a dignified middle aged whale would have and I think that's perfect