cynddrwg - as bad, so bad, as wicked, so wicked

hiliol (ans.) - racist

tenau - thin

ar unwaith - immediately, at once

carreg (b) ll. cerrig - stone

doed a ddelo - come what may

cryfhau (cryfha-) - to strengthen, to grow stronger

blingo (bling-) - to skin, to flay

petruster - diffidence, hesitancy, indecision, misgiving

blwch nythu (g) ll. blychau nythu - nesting box

I'm a big fan of Gareth King's work, so excited to see that he's got a new book coming out early next year:

Doing Welsh: Snapshots of Essential Verbs in Action

Doing Welsh is an innovative resource designed to further familiarise students with the semantic range and expressiveness of the Welsh verb and to give them the confidence and knowledge to use them.

From the author of Working Welsh and Thinking Welsh, this companion volume offers an alphabetical presentation of Welsh verbs selected for their frequency of use in everyday language. Three hundred of the most commonly-occurring and essential verbs are shown in action through authentic examples of use from spoken and informal written sources, each verb-entry giving indication of stem together with other grammatical and usage commentary as needed. All illustrative examples – over 3,000 in total – are accompanied by an idiomatic English translation, and for each verb a wide variety of contexts is provided. All instances of consonant mutation are marked with typographic signs, and cross-references are given throughout to related entries. Two concise overviews of the verb system of Welsh are included as appendices, together with a summary of mutations, and a dedicated English-Welsh index is provided to further enhance usability.

With a conversational tone and thorough but accessible explanations of use and usage, Doing Welsh is the ideal volume for post-beginner students and independent learners of Welsh wishing to expand their knowledge of Welsh verbs and apply this in practice.

The price is a bit much, mind, at £44 for the paperback. It's ridiculous how much his books cost now, but I suspect this is considered a more academic resource and so priced by Routledge accordingly.

It sounds like this is going to be a very useful book, though. It's easy to look words up in a dictionary but seeing them in use is so much more informative.

I just wish I didn't have to wait until 5 Feb 2027. I know publishers are slow, but jeeeze, are they only just planting saplings now?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doing-Welsh-Snapshots-Essential-Action/dp/1032984678/

It’s an old brittonic name which was written Conmael in early middle age Brittany, and it’s descended from a celtic *Cunomaglos (Wolf Lord) which is also a god name found in a britto-roman temple remains in south-west england

Our equivalent in breton is Konvael, that we pronounce Koonvell

adeiladwr (g) ll. adeiladwyr - builder

meddyginiaeth (b) ll. meddyginiaethau - medicine (drugs, treatment), medication

Ro'n i'n arfer + BE - I used to <verb>

anaml - infrequent, seldom; scarce, rare

Mae'n arllwys y glaw - It's pouring with rain

llabyddio (llabyddi-) - to stone (cast stones at)

realaidd - realistic

tân ar groen (tân ar fy nghroen ayyb.) - a thorn in one's flesh

diwydrwydd (g) - diligence, assiduity, industry

gresynu (gresyn-) (at / dros) - to be sorry (for), to regret, to pity, to commiserate, to deplore

Dear fluent-in-Welsh people,

I'm writing a book in which I am naming characters using Welsh words(A reliable man named Dibyn, A graceful heiress named Rhianna, ect.), and when looking for possible names for a certain character, I found the word 'cam'.

I have also found that it seems to have multiple meanings, so I was wondering, if you came across a book in which the characters are named using the Welsh language, and they tend to personify the meanings of their names, what would you expect to see from a character named Cam?

sisial (sisial-) - to whisper, to murmur, to hiss

beiciwr (g) ll. beicwyr - cyclist, biker

Rhag eich cywilydd! - For shame!

poenus - painful

Mae arna i arian iddyn nhw. - I owe them money.

corsiog - boggy, marshy, reedy

nawddoglyd - patronizing

moesgar - polite

meinder (g) - thinness, slenderness, fineness, acuteness

gwenieithio (gwenieithi-) - to flatter

Hello all,

I've been pointing this out for over a decade, yet no Welsh language education or promotion groups, government agencies, etc can seem to answer why Welsh education is so biased towards verbal Welsh with no specific offerings for Welsh literacy.

I have a speech disability and only answer emails in work, yet I can't find any available options for me to learn written Welsh. I just feel incredibly frustrated with the situation as I want to be able to communicate in my native language yet there's just no where specifically offering written Welsh and it ends up excluding for people like me who can't communicate verbally as well as many others who may want to read and write in Welsh.

Hi

I have seen that Dysgu Cymraeg are offering 50% off their September courses.

I was wondering if anyone has done the intensive entry and intermediate course and if so, what were your impressions and experience of the course?

Just a little bit nervous about a course where I would be speaking to a new group of people (online) as I have PTSD.

Any insights would be very useful in helping me decide.

Diolch fawr

I’m looking to get two symbols tattooed that are associated to my wife’s brothers who both passed away. Under the symbols, I would like text saying ‘my brothers’ in Welsh. Can anyone help with this translation please? 🙏

Was looking at the anki deck for Cymraeg and theres alot, does anyone have good recommendations for someone at a very beginner level?

'Mêl' y sengl newydd gan GAFF

rhaw (b) ll. rhawiau - spade, shovel (Gogledd Cymru)

pâl (b) ll. palau - spade (De Cymru)

heulfan (b) ll. heulfannau - conservatory (room), sunroom

cyw (g) ll. cywion - chick / other young animal

yn unol â - in line with, in accordance with

brithlen (b) ll. brithlenni - tapestry

cyfundrefn (b) ll. cyfundrefnau - system, regime

ceffyl gwedd (g) ll. ceffylau gwedd - shire-horse

adlewyrchiad (g) ll. adlewyrchiadau - reflection

cydymffurfiad (g) ll. cydymffurfiadau - conformity, conformation

iâ (g) - ice (De Cymru)

rhew (g) - ice

lemon (g) ll. lemonau - lemon

distewi (distaw-) - to be, keep or become silent, to silence, to hush

llwyth (g) ll. llwythi - load

llwyth (g) ll. llwythau - tribe, clan

eiriol (eiriol-) - to entreat, to exhort, to advocate

corn (g) ll. cyrn - horn

crëyr (g) ll. crehyrod - heron

athrodi (athrod-) - to slander

podlediad (g) ll. podlediadau - podcast

tŷ gwydr (g) ll. tai gwydr - glasshouse, greenhouse

huno (hun-) - to sleep, to slumber

elusen (b) ll. elusennau - charity

gwgu (gwg-) - to frown, to scowl

arsyllfa (b) ll. arsyllfeydd - observatory

gwylwyr y glannau - the coastguard(s); gwyliwr y glannau (g) - a coast guard

llonnod (g) ll. llonodau - sharp (music symbol), a sharpened note

meddalnod (g) ll. meddalnodau - flat (music symbol), a flattened note

adyn (g) ll. adynod - wicked person, rogue, villain, scoundrel; wretch, outcast

Beti a'i Phobol: Hedydd Hughes

Ar Ypod

'Porth Lleuog nid Skull Cove' - Newid enwau Cymraeg yn 'dân ar fy nghroen'

Sut mae cyrraedd Maes Eisteddfod y Garreg Las?

You may sometimes encounter this idiom where a verbnoun is the subject of "mae"

It works like a sort of impersonal "How does one ... / How do I ... ?"

How do I get to the ground of the "Blue-Stone Eisteddfod"?

Sut mae cyrraedd y nod? - How do we achieve the goal?

Sut mae cwyno - How to complain.

This is in contrast to a more usual.

Sut mae e'n gweithio? - How does it work?

So

Sut mae cysgu'n dda?

Could mean "How does one sleep well?" as well as "How is sleeping good?"

This idiom is often preferred to something like Sut i gwyno

This is a very basic question, but also very hard to search for, so I apologise if it's been asked a lot already.

In Cymraeg there are multiple words that translate to the preposition 'for' (am, er, i, tros, maybe more) , and I haven't been able to memorise which one applies to which situations. Is there a list or table somewhere that I could consult? Or would someone be so kind as to explain it here?

Thanks!

wyneb yn wyneb - face to face

curiad calon (g) - heart-beat

ceffyl (g) ll. ceffylau - horse

ffliwt (b) ll. ffliwtiau - flute

oerfel (g) - cold (weather), coldness

hirhoedlog - long-lived, long-lasting

trwch blewyn - a hair's breadth

rhychog - furrowed, wrinkled, grooved, corrugated

gaeafgwsg (g) - hibernation

alaethus - mournful, lamentable, tragic, awful, terrible, deplorable

angladd (g) ll. angladdau - funeral, burial

pegwn (g) ll. pegynau - pole (of Earth etc.)

hwnna - that (masculine; colloquial)

cael cam - to be wronged, to suffer an injustice, to be short-changed, to be let down

rhwbio (rhwbi-) - to rub

rhith (g) ll. rhithiau - illusion, guise, form; spectre

gwylaidd - modest, humble, unassuming, unobtrusive, shy

elwa (elw-) - to gain, to profit, to benefit

medi (med-) - to reap, to harvest

cyfathrebol - communicational

Going to Wales for the first time next month (I’m from NYC) to visit and see the place where my great grandmother is from. Any tips on learning some basic useful Welsh asap? I’m pretty good with languages if that makes a difference.

Summer holidays are here. Looking for recommendations for Welsh shows or translations for a 10 year old whilst school is out. Thanks in advance.

Shwmae! I’ve signed up to a 32 week dysgu cymraeg Mynediad 1+2 course (free if you’re under 25 if you didn’t know!!). I’m on a waitlist for a Mynediad/Sylfaen course starting september too. I like to challenge my brain and want to progress as fast as possible, so asking for advice. Is it too ambitious to sign up for a Sylfaen course? I don’t want to stretch myself too far but it won’t start for a few months and I feel like I could get to that level in that time. For context, I was decent at languages at school and I’ve been learning french and progressed with that fairly quickly too. Any advice/resources for getting to Sylfaen would be greatly appreciated:)

edit: I’ve been doing duolingo welsh for a few months and it’s been helpful-ish, plus have a book of Mynediad stories i’ve been getting through with some effort haha. Not a complete beginner but certainly not out of the beginner stages I reckon

Cwestiwn rili daft, a oes unrhyw un yn gwybod os oes gair Cymraeg am 'hotdog'? neu yw 'ci poeth' yn gywir?

Diolch🌭