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There are plenty of places to start learning Welsh locally, but there
are also many websites to help start you off, no matter where you
live! Find out more on our
help for learners page.
Welsh/Cymraeg has a few sounds you wouldn't use in English. The most
common are these:
LL - place the tip of the tongue
behind your top teeth and blow
CH - sounds like the ch in the
Scottish "loch", sound made in the back of the mouth
Otherwise, as you will see,
pronunciation is actually easier than in English, it's all phonetic,
so just say what you see. So once you've learnt how each letter
sounds, it's not too bad! There are a few different sounds with
vowels, but don't worry about these to start with - if you want to
know more, use the link below.
Welsh Alphabet:
A, B, C, CH, D, DD, E, F, FF, G,
NG, H, I, L, LL, M, N, O, P, PH, R, RH, S, T, TH, U, W, Y
And the Vowels:
A, E, I , O, U, W, Y
A full guide to pronunciation
can be found here (including long and short vowel sounds) -
click here...
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Useful Phrases
Here are some helpful phrases to get you by on
and around Llŷn. If you are interested in learning more Welsh, try our
help for learners page where there are some
useful tips and links to some excellent websites:
Hello - Helo
Good Morning - Bore Da
Good Afternoon - Prynhawn Da
Good Evening - Noswaith Dda
Good Night (last thing) - Nos Da
How are you? - Sut 'dach chi?
Very well, thanks - Yn dda iawn, diolch
Well - Yn dda
OK - Yn weddol
Not well - Dim yn dda
Awful - Yn ofnadwy
Thank you - Diolch yn fawr
Thank you very much - Diolch yn fawr iawn
Mae'r tywydd... - The weather is...
yn braf - fine
yn sych - dry
yn wyntog - windy
yn boeth - hot
yn oer - cold
yn wlyb - wet
yn ddiflas - miserable/dreary
yn ofnadwy - awful
Heddiw - Today
Iawn - Very
Mae'n braf heddiw - It's fine/nice today
Mae'n wyntog iawn - It's very windy
1. Un |
6. Chwech |
2. Dau |
7. Saith |
3. Tri |
8. Wyth |
4. Pedwar |
9. Naw |
5. Pump |
10. Deg |
Ga 'i... (said a bit like "guy") - May I have...
Punt/punnoedd - Pound/pounds
Ceiniog/ceiniogau - Penny/pennies
Ble mae..... ? - Where is..... ?
And if you get stuck:
Dydw i ddim yn siarad Cymraeg -
I don't speak Welsh
But why not start learning more and say:
Dw i'n ddysgu Cymraeg -
I'm learning Welsh
Once you start you'll find it's actually quite
interesting and may well like to learn more. You can find out more in
our help for learners page - Pob lwc! Good
luck!
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