Welsh Learners Chat and Support Thread

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Diolch cardibach for the idea!

I'm just getting started as a learner so that's my limit in Welsh so far!

This is where we can chat, use our Welsh as we are learning and give each other help/ advice/ encouragement, etc.

And "athletwyr"

Yup, dydy pobl ddim yn wastad treiglo - does 'na ddim rheswm dw'in meddwl, forgetfulness siwr o fod, mae'n anodd i gofio bob tro, yndydy?

Dw i newydd ddarllen hynny

Ysgrif ddiddorol mae hi, dw i'n meddwl. Efallai ydach chi yng Nghymru yn gwybod yn barod am hynny, ond dw i wedi i weld e am waith gyntaf.

Do, mi glywes i amdano fo yn ddiweddar, mae Meri Huws yn wych. Roedd hi ar raglen ar S4C am Gymdeithas yr Iaith.

It's interesting. My husband works in Wrexham and was recently singled out amongst colleagues for using Welsh, his boss was concerned he might be passing things on furtively through a 'welsh network'

Wow, look at this I'm really impressed that they've got it in Welsh! Hurrah!

Chwaraeon Dŵr
Saethyddiaeth
Athletau
Badminton
Pêl-fasged
Bocsio
Canŵ/Caiac
Seiclo
Marchogol
Cleddyfa
Pêl-droed
Gymnasteg
Pêl-law
Hoci
Jwdo
Pentathlon Modern
Rhwyfo
Hwylio
Saethu
Tennis Bwrdd
Taecwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Pêl-foli
Codi Pwysau
Reslo

just what I was looking for!

dyma ingredients alex am welsh cakes which my recipe book calls pice ar y maen pob lwc!
blawd
powdr pobi
allspice
halen
menyn
lard
siwgr
rhesins
wyau
llaeth
siwgr mân i daenu

eatyourveg diolch! What a great idea! What a great way to learn food related words.

I've made some Welsh cakes. It says to cook them on a griddle, which I don't have, so I improvised with a frying pan. They seem to have turned out all right, they're quite tasty! It says you can store them for 5 days, but the way the children are going I don't think we'll be storing anything for even 1 day!

On the website I found with Welsh recipes, it says "picau ar y Maen" too. I want to try this recipe next!

The 'maen' is the bakestone/griddle. I'm guessing that pice/picau are derived from pikelets which I think are also cooked on a bakestone though I may be way out. To my shame I've never made any - my dad is the welshcake baker in our family - and I wasn't particularly fussed on them but spread with a bit of jam they're a revelation. Blasus iawn.

ooh, just tried one with apricot jam, it was lovely! Syniad gwych, mejon!

That site with the Welsh recipes has turned out to be a good way to keep the children occupied. Having eaten all the Welshcakes, they decided that more baking was in order. Why not, I thought. My dd is currently telling me that she is "pobi-ing"

My ds1 has also told all the neighbours that I am fluent in Welsh! My upstairs neighbour said to me yesterday that she was interested in it - she learnt English at school and would like to do something different. She works for the ambulance service, so it's not that she needs a new professional language qualification. I sadly had to explain to her that ds1 had been exaggerating and I was far from fluent.

lost the other thread - can anyone give me a link please?

here it is eatyourveg

Diolch yn fawr iawn Alex

Helo just marking my place! Just finished year two of mynediad, about to start sylfaen end of the month :-) (Elin meek books)
Apologies for my lack of welsh but it's late and my brain is barely functioning in English :-) don't get to come on mn as often as id like, but would like to start speaking with like minded welsh learners!

Also, useless with mutations so any welsh I speak will prob not include them

Nos da pawb. x

Croeso Sillyily ydych chi'n bwy yn Nghymru?

Mae llawer o bobl yma, some others will be along soon no doubt - its been quiet over the summer on this thread, but I'm sure once the children are all back at school it will pick up and you can siarad hefo (gyda) eraill.

Picau/pice ar y maen is the south Wales name; the proper Northwalian name is cacennau cri. :o

Dwi'n byw yn Abertawe, a ti?

Caint - yn anffodus yn bell o Meirionydd.

wow! pam ydych chi'n dysgu cymraeg? am hwyl?

why are you learning welsh? for fun?

(i think....!)

Mae fy nhad Cymro. Mae gen i berthynas adnabyddus (had to look that one up) iawn yn y byd sy'n siarad Cymraeg (no intention of outing myself so not saying how) so sort of been obliged to learn all my life but being in England its not been very easy.

Oh, go oooooooon eatyourveg - Hint?

No!

:o

gret, ble dych chi'n dysgu?

pryd wnaethoch chi ddechrau (?) dysgu?

Where do you learn?
When did you start learning?