hi, thank you for this blog! im also trying to learn Welsh and reconnect with my heritage, I grew up in an English area of Wales. now I live in gwynedd and I want to learn
Hey! Itās great that youāre learning Welsh and that moving to Gwynedd has sparked your interest in the language š Though itās also important to note that there is no Welsh-Wales and English-Wales (unless thereās Welsh-England and English-England). Iāve actually lived in Monmouthshire since I was 6 myself š
Also Iāve not been active on here in a while but new content will be coming again from next summer when I finish uni š
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Native Welsh-Speakers and Learners please read! :)
Over the year Iāve been running this blog, Iāve had a few messages either from native speakers willing to help me practise (thank you guys, youāre the best! š) or from learners wanting to find someone to learn with.
So now Iād quite like to see if I can:
1) Get a WhatsApp group together of learners and native speakers where we speak Welsh
2) Find a few native speakers who - when people come to me asking for people they could talk to in welsh - I can redirect them to (of course asking you native speakers on private message first each time)
If any learners or native speakers are up for either of these ideas, please like/reblog/comment. If this gets enough notes Iāll start work on making whatever people are happy with happen.
Also if anyone has any other ideas, let me know! :)
wow! thanks for following me back! my langblr is a sideblog called dwiwediblino (cause i think i'm funny) this blog doesn't have anything to do with welsh, but if you stay i hope you enjoy š
Hey! No worries, thanks for following me too š Thanks for letting me know about your welsh-learning blog š You just so happen to have one of my fave celtic-y sorta pics as your cover photo on @dwiwediblino too!! To anyone reading this whoās also learning welsh, Iād really suggest you go check it out!
Does dim byd yn poeni fi mwy na phobl sydd yn dysgu Cymraeg yn anffurfiol, ac yn ysgrifennu yr un ffordd hefyd. Ni allwch unrhywun ysgrifennu traethawd yng Nghymraeg efo 'dw'i' ynddo fe. Negeseuon ar lein - iawn. Ond mae'n hollol anaddas mewn testun ffurfiol. Mae'n pwysig dysgu'r dwy ffordd. Os byddet ti neu unrhywun arall yn geisio am swydd ac yn defnyddio iaith anffurfiol yn dy cais, fe fydd e'n edrych yn wael. Ni fyddet yn defnyddio'r iaith yna mewn cais Saesneg.
Hi! So for people who maybe havenāt learnt much welsh yet or arenāt sure of their Welsh (also for me to confirm Iāve understood this right with anon who wrote it): This basically says, in quite a harsh tone: I shouldnāt be learning welsh informally and writing the same way. I wouldnāt write a dissertation with informal grammar, messages fine but not formal writing. Itās important to learn both ways. If I am (or anyone else is) applying for a job and using informal language, it looks bad. I wouldnāt use informal English then either.My answer being: I am not learning welsh for a job or for any formal context. It is only important to learn both ways if you want to use both ways, which currently is not the case for me. I am already studying German, Dutch and Japanese full time in uni as well as studying Spanish and Welsh myself. I do not have the time to prioritise every aspect of every language and if I have chosen to ignore formal Welsh writing for now, that is my decision. If itās not to your taste, feel free to either ignore this blog, or use other resources too (as I would suggest you do anyway). The writing I do here is intended to be informal, as I am learning welsh in order to speak with friends and family now and in the future and itās a generally informal platform. I have made it very, very clear that my focus - and the focus of this blog - is spoken, (mainly southern) informal welsh and that is not going to change anytime soon. The only reason I set this blog up, was for me to practise the welsh I was choosing to learn, not to teach. If you want to learn formal Welsh, it is definitely better to seek out another resource. But if you would like to learn some informal welsh (as I have always made clear I learn) then feel free to use this blog as a resource! Though, as I also regularly point out, I have been learning Welsh one year and am nowhere near fluent or perfect.Tl;dr: What Welsh I do and donāt learn is my choice, as is what parts of Welsh get posted about on this blog. I plan on using welsh to speak to friends and family so thatās what Iām learning to do. If youāre looking to learn some formal Welsh, Iād suggest using other resources.
Thanks for following me, I apologise in advance. :D I am not currently learning Welsh, but since my sister's gone to a Welsh uni, I've kinda come to see more Welsh culture. I hope one day to learn, but I am bad at languages. Noswaith da! :)
Heya! Thanks for following me too š No worries about whether or not youāre learning Welsh, I follow a few langblrs whose languages I canāt honestly say Iām learning either š I hope your sisterās enjoying uni, it seems youāve even picked up a phrase or two already as well! š Nos da!
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⢠There is only one present tense in Welsh. E.g. I play/am playing/do play are all conjugated as shown below
⢠Present tense is conjugated inĀ ālong formā = bod (conj.) + subj. + yn/ān + verbnoun
⢠The focus of this and all my grammar posts is spoken (particularly southern) Welsh
⢠Conjugations in brackets are most likely to be encountered in formal writing
Word order = bod (conj.) + subject + yn/ān + verbnoun
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā e.g. Dw + i +Ā ān + cysgu = dwiān cysgu
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā This can mean āI sleepā,Ā āI am sleepingā andĀ āI do sleepā
* May also be heard withĀ ādā omitted (where y becomes Å·) in speech: e.g. wi/Å·ch
Ā chi/Å·n ni
Examples - Bethan is singing = Mae Bethan yn canu
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā The child stands = Maeār plentyn yn sefyll
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā We wait = Ŷn niān aros
Negative - Someone/thing doesnāt/isnāt
I am not/donātĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (dy)dw i ddim*Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā
You arenāt/donāt (inf.) Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (dwyt) ti ddim
You arenāt/donāt (pol.)Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (dy)dych chi ddim*
He/she isnāt/doesnāt*Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (dydy)/dyw (f)e/hi ddim
The sing. noun isnāt/doesnātĀ Ā Ā Ā (dydy)/dywārĀ sing. nounĀ ddim
We arenāt/donātĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (dy)dyn ni ddim*
You arenāt/donāt (pl.)Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (dy)dych chi ddim* Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā
They arenāt/donātĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (dy)dyn nhw ddim*
The pl. noun arenāt/donātĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (dydy)/dywārĀ pl. noun ddim
Examples - I donāt sit = Dw i ddim yn eistedd
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā She doesnāt go = Dydy/Dyw hi ddim yn mynd
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā The child isnāt running = Dywār plentyn ddim yn rhedeg
**āywā instead of ā(y)dyā is also heard in speech
Examples - Are you ready? = Wyt tiān barod?
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā No, Iām not = Nac ydwĀ
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Am I doing it well? = Ydw iān ei gwneud eān dda?
Note: - āNac ydwā is often shortened toĀ ānagwā in speech and all ānoā forms can
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā also just be saidĀ ānaā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā - The ā(No)/Yesā column gives the reply to the question to its left. So ā(nac)
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā wytā meansĀ ā(No) you are/do(nāt). It doesnāt meanĀ āIĀ am/do(nāt)ā.
Is there/there is
mae - there is/are
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā e.g. mae llawer o bobl
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā mae rhaid i fi/mi fyndĀ
oes? - is/are there?
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā e.g. oes llawer o bobl?
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā oes rhaid i ti fynd?
nag/nac oesĀ -Ā no [there isnāt/arenāt]
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā e.g. nag oes, does dim llawer o bobl
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā nac oes, does dim rhaid i fi/mi fynd
does dim (or āsdimā) - there isnāt/arenāt
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā e.g. does dim gyda ni plant OR does dim plant gyda ni
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā
Exams are over, Iāve moved back home and nearly finished unpacking, which means this blog should get going again within the week! Hopefully with a grammar post for a change š
So Iāve started work on a few Welsh Grammar posts but before I begin posting, I think Iād better put up this list of abbreviations Iām going to use. Iāll keep this list updated as I use more of them and tag itĀ āabbreviationsā if you want to search it up. It just makes posts a little easier on the eye if I donāt have to type the full words in brackets every time I need to add that information :)
Also - as you can probably tell - this post is meant more as a reference than a thing of beauty :PĀ
Abbreviations (alphabetical order)
conj. = conjugated
f. = feminine
i.obj. = indirect object
inf. = informal
m. = masculine
obj. = object
pl. = plural
pol. = polite
sing. = singular
sp. = spoken
subj. - subject
vn. = verbnoun (also called infinitive)
w.o. = word order
wr. = written
hey!!! i'm still kind of honoured you're following me, haha. do you speak welsh? i just started learning earlier this year for fun
For real?!! Iām so excited and taken aback by the idea that anyone sees this blog as note-worthy enough to notice when I follow them, thank you!!Iāve been learning Welsh for a year-ish so Iām far from fluent but itās awesome to hear that youāre learning some too. Iād love to hear what got you interested :)Ā
If youāve noticed my inactivity this past fortnight, hereās an apology and vocab list to match!Ā
Os tiĀ ādi sylwi fy anactifedd iār pythefnos diwethaf āma, dyma ymddiheuriad a bach o eirfa hefyd!
Verbs:
astudio - to study
cramio* - to cram
adolygu - to revise
pasio, llwyddo - to pass
methu - to fail
*Pretty likely youād just useĀ ācramioā, however you could also use a sentence for the concept such asĀ āadolygu ar frysā (revising in a rush)
Phrases:
sefyll arholiad - to sit an exam
gwneud nodiadau - to make notes
cymryd egwyl/saib/brĆŖc- to take a break
ar frys - in a rush
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Seeing the sunrise today was incredible and cause for a new vocab list! šš (Donāt recommend blowing this video up to full size though, recorded on my phone, then compressed by Tumblr)
Dwiān meddwl bod codiad yr haul y boreĀ āma yn rheswm da i ddysgu mwy o eirfa :)
Verbs:Ā Ā Ā
edmygu - to admireĀ
codi - to riseĀ
pefrio - to glimmerĀ
symud - to moveĀ
recordio - to recordĀ
disgleirio - to shine, sparkle
Phrases:
awyr iach - fresh airĀ
Nouns:Ā Ā
gwawrio, codiad yr haul, haul yn codi - sunriseĀ
gwawr(iau) - dawn (f.)Ā
gwlith - dew (f.)Ā
gwaun (gweunydd), rhos(ydd) - moorĀ
awyr - sky, air (f.)Ā
niwl - fogĀ
cae(au)- fieldĀ
awel(on) - breeze (f.)Ā
Iāve been watching a couple of S4C programmes to pick up some Welsh here and there. Cefn Gwlad (which opens with a lovely poem Iāll make a post about soon), is one of them :)
DwĀ ādi bod yn gwylio ychydig o programmes S4C i ddysgu bach o Gymraeg yma ac yno. Cefn Gwlad (byddaiān gwneud post amdanofe nes ymlaen) ywār un o nhw :)
Verbs:
byw ā to liveĀ
oena/wyna ā to lamb
ffermio - to farm
gobeithio ā to hope Ā Ā Ā
Phrases:
rhedeg busnes ā to run a businessĀ
cefn gwlad - [open/the heart of the] countryside
Disclaimer: Iām only a Welsh learner, so itās possible there might be mistakes on these. Iāve done my best to search for example sentences already in existence to limit the amount of room I have to make errors, but they may slip through here or there. Iād love to know if you see any, and will be sure to edit the post immediately to let everyone know if I hear anything :)
Disclaimer 2.0: I only have access to a free phone photo editing app so thatās why itās prettyĀ ārough around the edgesā (literallyā)
Wel, dynaār diwedd y lefel 3 (nes iddyn nhw gwneud mwy)! Of cwrs so hynnyān meddwl y diwedd y blogĀ āma, dwi dal yn mynd i post yn eitha regularly gyda song lyrics neu bethau similar :) There will be ychydig o changes though.
E.g.- Byddai ddechrau use popeth dwiān gwbod yn Gymraeg i write yn lle only beth nes i ddysgu oār SSiW (ond pan dwiān write SSiW posts for lessons newydd, byddaiān use only SSiW stuff eto)
- Saiān meddwl dwiān mynd i post bob dydd (though probably still at least once bob wythnos)
- Mae rhai posts yn mynd i fod yn Saesneg (i esbonio grammar for example)
Ond for the most part mae pethau yn mynd i continue fel normal :)
Well, thatās the end of Level 3 (until they make more!). Of course, that doesnāt mean the end of this blog, Iāll still post fairly regularly with song lyrics or something similar :) There will be a few changes though.Ā Ā
E.g. Iāll start using everything I know in Welsh to write posts instead of only what I know from SSiW (but when I do write SSiW posts for new lessons, Iāll only use SSiW stuff again)
- I donāt think Iāll post every day (though probably still once a week)
- Some posts will be in English (to explain grammar for example)
But for the most part things will continue as normal :)
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Dwi newydd realised bod fy posts i are really badly formatted os tiān use Tumblr Mobile. Apologies to rhywun sydd yn gweld y posts na :ā) Saiān meddwl bod there is unrhywbeth galla i wneud amdani ond os a solution arises, byddaiān i newid e mor cyn gynted Ć¢ phosib!
I have just realised that my posts are really badly formatted on Tumblr mobile. Apologies to anyone who sees those posts. I donāt think thereās anything I can do about it but if a solution arises Iāll change it as soon as possible!
chwarae - to play
dadlau - to argue
troi - to turn
Phrases:
ynoch chi - in you
gydaāch gilydd - together
heb ddadlau - without arguing
bu bron iddi - she almost
mynd ar goll - to get lost
iār chwith - to the left
yn lle - instead
iār dde - right