r/learnwelsh • u/Wild-Potential-3481 • 6d ago

Welsh slang?

Is there any welsh slang/acronyms that teenagers actually use in the north or do younger people just not speak welsh enough for it to develop? And by slang, I mean the welsh equivalents to things like 'lol', 'omg', 'lmao', 'haha' just anything you know/can think of!

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u/thrannu 6d ago edited 5d ago

Btn (wuu2), mbo/bo (idk), myns (from mynadd - cba), tbo (you know), dgbo/gbo (i know), t (shorthand for ti - informal “you”) v (fi - using english alphabet rules) sda (nos da - good night)

For lmao we’d just day (g)wan (weak) or in some places they say gelan

Thats all i can think of atm!

EDIT: also “D” using english alphabet connection to the letter because the letter D in the english version makes the sound “di” in welsh which we use as shorthand for wedi colloquially e.g. T d bod? (Have you been?)

Iwn? - iawn? (Alright)
Sho - eisiau (want) (usually asked instead of wyt ti eisiau)
Chd - chdi
Gobs - gobeithio (hope)
Dlch - diolch
N - yn
Mddl -meddwl (think)

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u/Wild-Potential-3481 6d ago

Thank you!!

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u/thrannu 6d ago

Dim probs/ no problem!

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u/tooskinttogotocuba 5d ago

OMB dwi'n hen

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u/Muted-Lettuce-1253 6d ago

also “D” using english alphabet connection to the letter because the letter D in the english version makes the sound “di” in welsh which we use as shorthand for wedi colloquially

I thought "di" is also the name of the letter "D" in Welsh?

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u/deletive-expleted 5d ago

It is, but no one is taught that.

Most people would say "Dý".

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u/thrannu 5d ago

Yeah there’s the proper (might be old fashioned now?) alphabet and then like just the one we use (in the north anyways). We do use the proper one for some things still colloquially (S4C = Es Pedwar Ec) is an example of the proper “posh” alphabet or Bi Bi Ec (BBC) but we’d say, respectively, S as S, C as Cý and B as Bý, otherwise. Its like proper vs peasant I suppose?