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A note: I will be inactive until Wednesday/Thursday

My GCSEs are almost up but it's the last stretch! Music and Additional Mathematics, here I come :)

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Today's word: caws

Translation: cheese

Pronunciation: cows (go straight to the w in a way)

Examples:

dw i'n caru caws

(I love cheese)

Sorry for not being as active!! My GCSEs are almost over lmao

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Today's phrase: Dim problem

Translation: No problem

Pronunciation: dim problem (o as in homicide, e as in the first e of emblem)

Examples:

Diolch! Dim problem.

(Thanks! No problem.)

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Grammar: a vs ac

They both mean and!

However there's a catch.

So in general, if the next word begins with a vowel, you'd use 'ac'. If it begins with a consonant, you use 'a'.

Examples: Dw i'n hoffi coffi a te (I like coffee and tea)

Dw i'n hoffi coffi ac oren (I like coffee and oranges)

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Today's word: fêc

Translation: brand/make

Pronunciation: vek (e as in enigmatic)

Examples:

Fy hoff fêc

(My favourite brand)

Fy nghas fêc

(My least favourite brand)

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Today's word: esgidiau

Translation: Shoes

Pronunciation: es-sgid-ee-aye (es as in estuary)

Examples:

Dw i'n prynu esgidiau

(I buy shoes)

Fy hoff gwisg ydy esgidiau

(My favourite item of clothing is shoes)

I love all of you, noswaith dda!

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Numbers to ten!

0 - dim

Dim

1 - un

Een

2 - dau

Die

3 - tri

Tree

4 - pedwar

Ped-war (a as in argon)

5 - pump

Pimp

6 - chwech

Chweach (wea as in wear, and the ch is that weird Welsh one)

7 - saeth

Scythe

8 - wyth

oith (as in the greeting oi)

9 - nawr

Nowr

10 - deg

Deg (e as in egg)

I hope you all have a great day :D

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Greetings!

Common greetings you'll get are:

Helo! (Hello)

Shwmae! (Hi)

Bore da (Good morning)

Prynhawn da (Good afternoon

Noswaith dda (Good evening)

Nos da (Goodnight)

Pronunciation: Bo-reh dah (o as in sock, e as in everyone, a as in as)

Prin-houn dah (ou as in hound)

Noz-wyth dah (o as in sock again, y as in why)

Nos dah

The event I did went really well and I hope you guys are well! I had my final Welsh exam today and it was tricky but the writing questions weren't bad :D

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Today's word: glud

Translation: glue

Pronunciation: gleed

Examples:

Dw i'n caru glud!

(I love glue!)

Fy hoff hobi ydy bwyta glud.

(My favourite hobby is eating glue)

Also a disclaimer: so I'm going to be away for a weekend with the Army Cadets! For this time I won't post any grammar sections and it's unlikely I'll post at all. These happen quite often but you'll still get plenty of Learn Welsh in a month :D

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Today's phrase: Dydd Llun

Translation: Monday

Pronunciation: Deeth (basically dd is th but softer, like th in the) lleen (it's the Welsh ll and idk how to show it in familiar sounds but if you just say leen people will know what you're on about)

Mind you, you can't just shorten it to Llun! It has to be Dydd Llun.

Apologies that I missed yesterday, I've been quite busy recently!

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Today's word: boeth

Translation: hot

Pronunciation: boyth (basically boy but with th at the end)

Examples:

Dw i'n casau ci poeth

(I hate hot dogs)

Also, the reason boeth becomes poeth is because of mutations in Welsh. I'll do a little section on mutations soon!

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Today's word: Sosban

Translation: saucepan

Pronunciation: sos-pun (os like in foster with an s in front)

Examples:

Sosban fach

(Little saucepan)

Sosban fawr

(Big saucepan)

You should listen to the song sosban fach it actually bangs lol

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Grammar: ✨cwestiwns✨

Translation: questions

Here are the basic question words:

Beth: What?

Pronunciation: like the name Beth but the e is similar to the ai in air

Ble: Where?

Pronunciation: blai (ai in air)

Pwy: Who?

Pronunciation: poi (like oi)

Pam: Why?

Pronunciation: pam (basically ham with a p)

Pa: Which?

Pronunciation: par (like ar in argon)

Sut: How?

Pronunciation: sit

You'd usually say wyt ti/wyt ti'n afterwards. There's the formal/plural version (dych chi) but you wouldn't use it much. They translate to do you/are you.

Examples:

Sut wyt ti? (How are you?)

Pa lliw wyt ti'n hoffi?

(What colour do you like?)

Pam wyt ti'n casau siocled?

(Why do you hate chocolate)

Pwy wyt ti'n caru?

(Who do you love?)

Ble wyt ti'n byw?

(Where do you live?)

Beth wyt ti'n hoffi?

(What do you like?)

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Today's word: ffrog

Translation: dress

Pronunciation: frog

Yeah it's just frog lol. Here's some sentence examples:

Dw i'n caru fy ffrog!

(I love my dress!)

Dw i ddim yn hoffi fy ffrog.

(I don't like my dress)

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Today's word: ydw/nac ydw

Translation: yes/no

Pronunciation: udoo (like ud in udder and o in food) and nac (like nag with a k sound) udoo

Sentences:

Wyt ti'n hoffi Shakespeare? Nac ydw.

(Do you like Shakespeare? No.)

Wyt ti'n hoffi siocled? Ydw.

(Do you like chocolate? Yes.)

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Today's phrase: llawer o

Translation: lots of

Pronunciatio: this is where it gets really Welsh. Ll is like a chluh sound. The ch here is like you're trying to do a gas mask breathing impression. I don't know if there's a similar sound in English but basically the Welsh ch is the one I'm using in this example. It should be placed near the front of your mouth but it's ok if not!

chl-ower (like shower) o (like in of but not the œf some uk say, make sure it's a proper o!

I hope you guys are doing well. Thank you SO MUCH for all the support. I love you guys 🫶

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Today's phrase: cer o ma

Translation: go away/get lost/fuck off

Pronunciation: cair o maa (like chair without h, thr o in on, ma like in man)

With this make sure each word is clear so it's separated so not like cairoma, it's more cer/o/ma