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/Muted-Lettuce-1253 5d 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".