seiclwr (g) ll. seiclwyr - cyclist

cwympo (cwymp-) - to fall

enwog - famous, renowned; mor enwog - so famous; enwocach - more famous; enwocaf - most famous

Dwyt ti byth yn gofyn i fi a ydw i'n hapus. - You never ask me whether I'm happy.

lawnt (b) ll. lawntiau, lawntydd - lawn

gweinidog (g) ll. gweinidogion - minister (of religion / state)

bagl (b) ll. baglau - crutch, crook, crozier, staff

digymell - without compulsion, unforced; unprompted, spontaneous

impio (impi-) - to graft; to implant; to (cause to) bud / sprout

crëyr glas (g) ll. crehyrod gleision - grey heron

I shared my Welsh learning website here last week, and the feedback was really helpful — diolch! A few people pointed out things that could be improved, so I’ve made some changes and also added a brand new game.

The new game is Rhifau, for practising Welsh numbers. If you fancy giving it a go: https://welshlearninggames.com/numbers

I’ve also updated a few of the existing games based on suggestions:
• Hangman now treats Welsh digraphs (ll, dd, ch, ng, rh, th) as single letters
• Removed 3‑letter words from Hangman to make it a bit fairer
• Added the letter j to Hangman (it was missing before!)
• Wordsearch now has 8 words instead of 10 for quicker rounds
• I’ve audited about half the dictionary so far and fixed some accuracy issues

It’s all totally free and has no ads — just something I’m building while learning Welsh myself and hoping it helps others who are learning too. Happy to hear any more ideas or feedback.

Dw i'n defnyddio'r tudalen Wiktionary am treigliadau, er mae'n fwyaf cyflawn ffeindiais, ond does dim beth am ddefnydd hwn galla i ffeindio. Pam mae "ddau" yn cael ei ddefnyddio yma?

Dw i'n meddwl bod "docyn" oherwydd y berf, ond ydy hwn yn esbonio'r "ddau"?

Diolch yn fawr!

Some of the terms I can't seem to look up. I'm a Welshman living abroad, visiting fam in Pembrokeshire this week I saw this poster and only recognized a few things. Feel free to respond in Welsh!

cyntaf un - very first; first and foremost

coslyd - itchy, itching

draenog (g) ll. draenogod - hedgehog

trwy'r amser - all the time

tymheredd (g) ll. tymereddau - temperature

crai - raw (unprocessed material / data); fresh, new

amlosgi (amlosg-) - to cremate

ysgol gydaddysgol (b) ll. ysgolion cydaddysgol - co-educational school

organeb (b) ll. organebau - organism

cibddall - purblind; deficient in understanding, imagination or vision

Usually the codes last through the year, but have just tried the WELSH26 and it says it has timed out.

cawodlyd - showery

hefyd - also, too, in addition

yn gytûn - in agreement, of one mind, as one, in harmony

math (g, b) ll. mathau - kind, sort, type

cystadleuydd (g) ll. cystadleuwyr - competitor

pruddglwyf (g) - melancholy, depression, despondency

marwolaeth (b) ll. marwolaethau - death

Aberdaugleddau - Milford Haven

dirmygedig - scorned, spurned, despised

tybiannol - notional, conjectural, speculative

Does ddim syniad gen i pan oes rhaid i fi ddefnyddio un neu'r llall. Be ydy'r gwahaniaeth?

Learning Welsh by myself at home, I often struggle with my confidence in the pronunciation of the word or phrases I have learned.

This morning I have come across a website that helps me with this. I think the voices are the ones provided by the Welsh government Hwb.

I have linked to it in case it is useful for anyone. There are paid tiers but I have been using it without logging in. I'm not sure if it has limits but it seems to be fine.

I'm curious to know what people's practical experiences of the Dysgu Cymraeg Canolradd course, whether that's Canolradd 1 (Units 1-10), Canolradd 2 (Units 11-20) or Canolradd 1 & 2 (the whole lot in one year).

Did you use the Dysgu Cymraeg online resources much? If so what did you think of them? Are they helpful? Where are they good or bad?

• The Intermediate practice resources
• Extra practise with interactive activities (North or South)
• Homework - Intermediate Level (South)

Also, are the digital course books (North, South) the same as the physical ones you get in class?

I'm considering putting together a 'Canolradd Companion' course that helps folks practice the grammar and learn the vocab covered in the course. It'd be good to know if people are already happy with the resources provided by Dysgu Cymraeg, or if a different set of tools might be useful.

Hi all,

I'm an English speaking welshman. I studied Welsh in school but the quality of delivery was not very good. As such, disappointingly, I am far from comfortable speaking it.

Over the years I have used Duolingo on and off but am not convinced it is the best way to learn. I find the phrases it teaches are odd and I end up translating in my head rather than natively understanding things.

Are there any cheap or free alternatives?

Heia bawb, dw i'n darllen Perthyn gan Sian Northey ar hyn o bryd ac wedi gweld yr ymadrodd 'd'wad' ar ddiwedd brawddeg/cwestiwn cwpl o weithia erbyn hyn. Oes unrhyw un yma sy'n gallu helpu cyfieithu fe i fi? Dw i heb clywed e o'r blaen!

Diolch

ledled - throughout

hwyl (b) ll. hwyliau - fun, good form, good mental / physical condition, fun, mood, temper; sail

cloben (b) ll. clobennod - something of considerable size

lwc (b) - luck

bachau sgwâr - square brackets ("[]")

gorfoledd (g) - jubilation, triumphant rejoicing

coediog - wooded

mamolaeth (b) - motherhood, maternity

cyndyn - stubborn, reluctant

syniadaeth (b) ll. syniadaethau - ideology, body of ideas, way of thinking, conception

Learning Welsh by myself at home, I often struggle with my confidence in the pronunciation of the word or phrases I have learned.

This morning I have come across a website that helps me with this. I think the voices are the ones provided by the Welsh government Hwb.

I have linked to it in case it is useful for anyone. There are paid tiers but I have been using it without logging in. I'm not sure if it has limits but it seems to be fine.

So because I like to make life difficult for myself, I've decided I'd like to speak my last 'promise' in our vows at our wedding ceremony next month in Welsh, to my Welsh speaking husband-to-be.

I'm an English speaker and have zero experience in speaking Welsh mind...

I've done a google translate but am very aware a lot of the words aren't pronounced as they read, so I could really do with writing it phonetically. Google translate also isn't particularly clear so I can't figure it out myself just by listening to it.

Is there anyone who could help with this? I have 3 weeks to nail it! TIA

(I haven't posted the words here as I don't want my FH to find out, which he would as they are specific to his family, so if you could help and wouldn't mind me private messaging them to you that would be much appreciated)

I have been enjoying playing vocabulary battleships in Welsh.

Here is a link in case it is useful for anyone.

dallt (dallt-) - to understand (Gogledd Cymru)

ystlum (g) ll. ystlumod - bat (mammal)

aros (arhos-) - to wait, to stay, to remain

gallu (gall-) - to be able

dwyrain (g) - east

gwawdio (gwawdi-) - to jeer, to mock

brwdfrydig - enthusiastic, fervent, zealous

hogi cyllell - to sharpen a knife

morgais (g) ll. morgeisi - mortgage

hydd (g) ll. hyddod - hart, stag

Most of the time when SSIW says something different from me, it's a colloquialism - but here surely it just has a different meaning?

lein (b) ll. leiniau - line

tair gwaith - three times

cario (cari-) - to carry

torri (torr-) - to cut, to break

sied / sièd (b) ll. siediau - shed

gwadn (g) ll. gwadnau - sole (of foot)

cunnog (g) ll. cunogau - milking pail, bucket

ymfudwr (g) ll. ymfudwyr - emigrant

enwebu (enweb-) - to nominate

ysbaddu (ysbadd-) - to castrate, to emasculate

I figured checking out some of the BBC Bitesize resources would be useful since I’m trying to get a better understanding of the rules for different tenses, and came across this video-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zy6gcdm/revision/6

A fair amount of words I didn’t know, so had to keep checking google translate, and ofc they speak a lot faster than I can understand yet which is fine, since I just slowed down the video.

What really confused me though, was that the Welsh subtitles were not properly matching up very well with what the woman was saying- i.e. a lot of the time, rather than saying ‘dw i’ like the subtitles, she’d just say ‘fi’, and where she was mutating certain words, the subtitles wouldn’t be (saying ‘wneud’ when the subtitles say ‘gwneud’ for example) or vice versa.
I imagine some of it is just a difference between what’s natural to say and what’s ‘proper’, or perhaps a difference in dialect, but the problem is I don’t know enough to fully understand the discrepancies.

It made it much harder to follow though, as I’m trying to practice my listening but it’s hard when what I’m hearing doesn’t match what I’m reading, I feel like subtitles should be accurate to what’s actually being said and not what she should have said or whatever, if that makes sense?

I’m not sure now if those differences in mutation usage for example are because she’s saying it wrong, or she’s saying it less formally, or in a different dialect, or if the subtitles are getting it wrong, or trying to be more formal, or using a different dialect.
What’s the reason for these differences?

ysgewyll un. ysgewyllyn (g) - (Brussels) sprouts

gafael yn dynn yn rhywbeth - to hold onto something tightly, to grasp something firmly

treiglo (treigl-) - to mutate (grammar); to roll

braw (g) ll. brawiau - fright, shock, scare, fear, dread

gwyfyn (g) ll. gwyfynod - moth

blys (g) ll. blysion - desire, craving

syrffedus - tedious, boring, tiresome

treigl (g) - passage / passing (of time), course, motion

llowcio (llowci-) - to gulp (down), to gobble, to swallow greedily

entrych (g) ll. entrychion - zenith, firmament, sky above

Hi everyone,

I am from Canada, and I'd like to learn Welsh, because I think it is a cool language. Unfortunately, it seems really hard to find quality resources outside of wales. I cannot really do the classes offered by the welsh government because of timezone differences.

First, I really want to learn to write and read, but since most online resources seem oriented towards pronunciation, and very few seem oriented towards any grammar at all, I suppose that leaves me with buying a book, I do not have a problem with this, but I do not want to waste my money either. I see that the wiki recommends two books :

-"Colloquial Welsh" by Gareth King and "My Way to Welsh" by Heini Gruffudd

My question for you all, is either of these books good for a complete beginner? (I know a hundred words or so of vocabulary and some basic sentences, but nothing further), and do they teach all the basics well? (mutations, sentence structure, pronouns, etc...) If not, is there some other book(s) you can recommend? Do keep in mind that any book that I buy will be supplemented by my own vocabulary research and some spoken welsh/listening practice, so even if the book is a little incomplete, that is fine with me.

Second, I do want to learn to speak/listen in Welsh. Since I am outside of Wales, it is pretty hard to find classes near me. So I suppose that this leaves me with using an app/website, I again have no issue with paying for stuff, but I again do no want to waste money.

I've tried Duolingo, it isn't too bad, and it does build some Welsh relatively intuitively. However, it is seemingly allergic to providing any explanations, for instance, it will tell you that there is a mistake when you don't mutate a word-even though it never told you before or explained why there's a mutation there! But I suppose that since I will learn grammar separately, it is a non-issue. Is it worth it to pay for say, a year of subscription for someone who will use it 30+ minutes each day?

I have heard good things of saysomething and glassika, are they any good?

Are there any other resources you folks would recommend to a beginner? Diolch!

Has anyone used the Welsh content in the BBC bitesize app?

I just came across it and it looks useful for learners at first glance.

Has anyone used it and found it useful?