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Why learn Welsh?
Knowing Welsh opens the door to art, music, dance, fashion, cuisine, film, philosophy, and science Adding Welsh language skills to your business skills make you a more valuable an employee in the marketplace. Analytical skills improve when you study Welsh. Welsh expand one's view of the world, liberalize one's experiences, and make one more flexible and tolerant.
How Long Does it Take to Learn Welsh?
*** NOTES *** Welsh is one of the six Celtic languages and is most closely related to Breton and Cornish, with weaker ties to Manx, Irish and Scottish Gaelic. It is an official language in Wales, where the largest number of speakers are in the North and West of the country. During the last century, Welsh went into decline but never died out, and currently about 20% of the population speaks the language. All schoolchildren in Wales up to the age of 16 learn Welsh, and a fifth of primary school children receive their education in the language. Welsh is a member of the Brittonic branch of the Celtic languages. It is spoken natively in Wales, by few in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales, making it the only language that is de jure official in any part of the United Kingdom, with English being de facto official. Thus, official documents and procedures require Welsh and English to be given equality in the conduct of the proceedings of the National Assembly for Wales.
Welsh Alphabet & Pronunciation
(a)
(bi)
(ec)
( èch)
(di)
(èdd)
(e)
(èf)
(èff)
(èg)
(èng)
(aets)
(i)
(je)
(el)
(èll)
(em)
(en)
(o)
(pi)
(ffi)
(er)
( rhi)
(ès)
(ti)
(èth)
(u)
( w)
(ỳ)
Basic Phrases in Welsh
Hello | Helo |
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Goodbye | Hwyl fawr |
Yes | Ie |
No | Na |
Excuse me | Esgusodwch fi |
Please | Os gwelwch yn dda |
Thank you | Diolch |
You are welcome | Croeso |
Do you speak english | Wyt ti'n siarad Saesneg? |
Do you understand | Wyt ti'n deall? |
I understand | Rwy'n deall |
I do not understand | Dw i ddim yn deall |
How are you | Sut wyt ti? |
Fine thanks | Iawn diolch! |
What is your name | Beth yw dy enw? |
My name is | Fy enw i yw |
Pleased to meet you | Yn falch o gwrdd â chi ( ) |
Welsh Grammar
Welsh Nouns
Man | Dyn |
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Woman | Fenyw |
Boy | Bachgen |
Girl | Merch |
Cat | Cath |
Dog | Ci |
Fish | Pysgod |
Water | Dwr |
Milk | Llaeth |
Egg | Wy |
House | Tŷ |
Flower | Blodyn |
Tree | Coeden |
Shirt | Crys |
Pants | Nhrôns |
Welsh Adjectives
Colors in Welsh
Black | Du |
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White | Gwyn |
Red | Coch |
Orange | Oren |
Yellow | Melyn |
Green | Gwyrdd |
Blue | Glas |
Purple | Porffor |
Pink | Pinc |
Gray | Llwyd |
Brown | Brown |
Numbers in Welsh
Zero | Sero |
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One | Un |
Two | Dau |
Three | Tri |
Four | Pedwar |
Five | Pump |
Six | Chwech |
Seven | Saith |
Eight | Wyth |
Nine | Naw |
Ten | Deg |
Eleven | Un ar ddeg |
Twelve | Deuddeg |
Twenty | Ugain |
Thirty | Deg ar hugain |
Forty | Deugain |
Fifty | Hanner cant |
Sixty | Trigain |
Seventy | Saith deg |
Eighty | Wythdeg |
Ninety | Naw deg |
Hundred | Cant |
Thousand | Mil |
Welsh Verbs
To be | I fod |
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To have | I gael |
To want | I eisiau |
To need | I angen |
To help | I helpu |
To go | I fynd |
To come | I ddod |
To eat | Bwyta |
To drink | I yfed |
To speak | I siarad |
Building Simple Sentences
More Complex Welsh Sentences
And | A |
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Or | Neu |
But | Ond |
Because | Achos |
With | Gyda |
Also | Hefyd |
However | Fodd bynnag |
Neither | Ychwaith |
Nor | Nac ychwaith |
If | Os |
Then | Yna |
Useful Welsh Vocabulary
Welsh Questions
Who | Pwy |
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What | Beth |
When | Pryd |
Where | Lle |
Why | Pam |
How | Sut |
How many | Faint |
How much | Faint |
Days of the Week in Welsh
Monday | Dydd Llun |
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Tuesday | Dydd Mawrth |
Wednesday | Dydd Mercher |
Thursday | Dydd Iau |
Friday | Dydd Gwener |
Saturday | Sadwrn |
Sunday | Dydd Sul |
Yesterday | Ddoe |
Today | Heddiw |
Tomorrow | Yfory |
Months in Welsh
January | Ionawr |
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February | Chwefror |
March | Mawrth |
April | Ebrill |
May | Mai |
June | Mehefin |
July | Gorffennaf |
August | Awst |
September | Medi |
October | Hydref |
November | Tachwedd |
December | Rhagfyr |
Seasons in Welsh
Winter | Gaeaf |
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Spring | Gwanwyn |
Summer | Haf |
Autumn | Hydref |
Telling Time in Welsh
What time is it | Faint o'r gloch ydy hi? |
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Hours | Oriau |
Minutes | Munud |
Seconds | Eiliadau |
O clock | O'r gloch |
Half | Hanner |
Quarter past | Chwarter heibio |
Before | O'r blaen |
After | Ar ôl |