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.

Been learning bits all my life from family in Meirionnydd but went to college there for a year in 1987 and learned most of what I know

you should read what alexpolisman writes on this thread - she's in Greece but has become a real whizz

sorry this isn't in Welsh - crap day at college, no timetables , no rooms, none of the teachers know what students they have and they will all be arriving monday morning expecting to be taught something! off to open a bottle of wine.

ok, bydd i wylio am alexpolisman! Mwynhau eich gwin! (??)

Heloooo!

Dyma fi wedi dod yn ol, wedi'r haf! Mae'r plant wedi dechrau i'r ysgol i gloi! Hwre!

Helo sillyily! Dyma neis, ffeindio pobl newydd ar yr edefyn.

Yn anffoddus, dw i'n methu a chanolbwyntio gyda'r gwres a'r plant, felly mi wnes i ddim llawer o Gymraeg drwy'r haf. Amser i weithio nawr!

gadewch i ni chwarae gyda'r frawddegau unwaith eto! Pwy ydy'n moyn trio?

gair heddiw: pobi

Yn yr haf, roedd hi'n rhy boeth i bobi llawer o bethau, ond mi bobiais i cacen gyda'r plant. Cacen siocled, wrth gwrs.

Helo bawb!

dw i wedi dod yn ol heddiw yn barod i ddysgu. Dw i'n gwneud project cyfieithu yn gymhleth iawn i elusen, ac mae rhaid i fi feddwl am rhywbeth arall! Felly dw i'n darllen tipyn bach o Gymraeg i ymlacio...

just linking this here, just in case! Has anyone done a Welsh distance learning course? tell me about it

Hi

I want to learn Welsh. I know nothing these days....although I used to be able to read the signs in the supermarket and at Uni...(might be because they were bilingual though). Is it ok if I join in here? Or should I come back when I can do a little?
Thanks

I'll admit to not having gone through the whole thread, so apologies in advance...

Can anyone recommend a good beginners Welsh course? DH is Welsh (but doesn't speak a word beyond being able to count to ten), and I can only say good morning. We'd both love to learn the language so we can pass some onto our DS's. We no longer live in Wales, but hope to go back someday.

Any suggestions much appreciated

Croeso!

Matildarabbit Of course you can join in! Just use as little or as much as you are able to.

Benaberry try this website it has a beginner's course you can download for free. It's all based around speaking, but it's a good way to get started.

That website looks great - thanks alexpolismum

Will probably now find I've been pronouncing my son's names all wrong (pretty sure we haven't, purposely chose relatively straightforward Welsh names seeing as we don't live there at the moment!)

Has been a bit quiet on here recently.

I have got fed up with being the only Welsh learner in the family, so I am getting my dh in on the act. Plus, I have ordered asked some friends nicely if they would like to learn Welsh too.

My best friend has declared it to be more interesting than English, which she learnt at school and has had enough of. This morning she greeted me with "bore da", so we are making headway! I will soon have her learning a bit!

Helo pawb!

Dwi'n sori mae gen i ddim yn bod yma (I'm sorry I haven't been here?) I'm terrible at keeping up on threads. I've really let my welsh slip and feel like I'm back at the beginning now, and I got the job as a teacher. I know that in the next few weeks I'm going to have people looking at my welsh so I need to brush up again - I'm annoyed I let it slip so far so I will be here a lot!

Cwestiwn cyntaf -

Beth ydy "what do you want for lunch?" Yn Gymraeg? The closest I can think of would be "Beth wyt ti eisiau am cinio?" Ond dwi'n ddim yn meddwl that's right

Nos da! :)

Noswaith da pawb sut dach hi?

Mae gen i Helpwr Cymraeg yn fy nosbarth rwan - they take great pleasure in correcting me!

Helo TwllBach!

Nice to hear that you've started in your teaching job. Hwre! It has been quiet on here for a while. Dw i'n gobeithio bydd pobl yn dod yn ol rwan, wedyn yr haf.

Take my advice and jump in at the deep end - try a book/ radio programme/ whatever it is that you personally like - all in Welsh. I like reading novels personally, so I have been having a go at reading in Welsh, and I have learned a lot of vocab and structures this way. You'll be amazed at how quickly your language can improve that way!

Wyt ti'n dysgu mewn ysgol Cymraeg?

Bore da pawb!

Dw i'n chwerthin lot heddiw! Yn y bore wnes i fynd i'r siop. Pan wnes i ddod yn ol, mi welais i'r postmon, sydd newydd cyrraedd i'r ty. "Bore da," mi ddweddais i.
"Bore da," dweddodd. "Mae gen i parsel i chi o Loegr."
"Diolch," mi ddweddais i.
"Ydw i'n gallu gofyn rhywbeth? Mi ddysgais i Saesneg i'r ysgol," dweddodd, "a roeddwn yn dda iawn. Ond dw i ddim yn cofio hynny. Beth ydy 'Post Brenhinol'?"

Helo pawb

Twll Bach Dw i'n credu fyddai Beth wyt ti eisiau i ginio paid am cinio ond effallai dim

mae newyddion dda yma - dw i'n mynd i Gymru a hanner tymor, er beth am tair dyddau, dwi'n (excited) iawn

Yma popeth yn brysur iawn. Mab No1 wedi (passed) ei arholiadau ac mae on wedi enill ( a place) yn prifysgol Aberystwyth i ddysgu bardonniaeth a llenyddiaeth. Mae o'n wedi penderfynnu (blimey I'm rusty this is taking ages to write) cael blwyddyn gap a rwan mae on gwiethio am llawer o (different) swyddiau. Wythnos ddiwethr mae o'n wedi mynd i'r (literary magasine) am Llundain. Bob dydd gwener mae o'n helpu ar y ysgol hefo y myfyrwyr ddygsu GCSE Saesneg.

Mi? Dw''n mynd i waith yn y goleg. Mae blwyddyn hon mae dwy dosbarth gen i. Dydd llun mae dosbarth am myfywyr (mature) a dydd mawrth mae'r myfywfy (how the hell do you spell students?) llawer o anableddau gennyn nhw. maen nhw ifanach. Clyweddais i wythnos ddiwetha roedd ferch yn wedi marw am fy dosbath cyn yr haf. Dim ond 17 mlwydd oedd. Roedd hi'n drist iawn iawn

Now thats plenty for you to get your teeth stuck into. Its taken almost 20 minutes to write so enjoy picking it apart

Helo eatyourveg

llongyfarchion i dy mab No1! Tydi hi ddim yn hawdd penderfynu beth i wneud i'r prifysgol, dw i'n meddwl. Dw i'n cofio, mi wnes i moyn astudio llawer o bethau, fel y geirdarddiad, dim yn rhy ddefnyddiol, ond yn ddiddorol iawn!

Sorry to hear about your young student :(

Mwynheua dy (trip) i Gymru! Dw i'n genfigennus iawn!

Helo pawb!

Dw i wedi dod yn ol!

Ydy rhywun yn gwybod sut mae "have a shock" yn Gymraeg? Ydw i'n gallu dweud "cael braw"?

Ac hefyd, ydy "o hyn ymlaen" yn wir i dweud "from now on"??

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O braf iawn i weld gymaint o bobl yn awyddus i sgwrsio yn Gymraeg ac/neu wella eu Cymraeg!
Ie yn ddau yn iawn Alex.

diolch, moondog.

ymlaen i'r her nesa, te!

gyda llaw, moondog, efallai ti wedi cofio dy gyngor i fi am fy mab ifancach, ond dw i'n moyn dweud diolch unwaith eto. Mae'n mynd yn well, ac yn deall llawer o bethau o'r dwy iaith. Dw i'n falch fy mod i wedi parhau efo ei bilingualism! Nes i ddweud hefyd i deulu arall (Groeg-Armenian) i barhau'r dwy iaith efo ein mab SN nhw.

O gwych!
Mor falch i glywed hyn (yn enwedig fel rhywun wnaeth dyfu i fyny yn siarad Cymraeg mewn teulu dwyieithig miloedd o filltiroedd o Gymru!

Dw i'n defnyddio ambell air yn Gymraeg gyda fy mhlant. Mae ds1 a fy merch yn gwrando'r audio files gyda fi, maen nhw'n i fwynhau fe! Maen nhw'n meddwl bod yn ddoniol!