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By Joshua Morgan, Sketchy Welsh

Hanner Marathon Caerdydd!
Cardiff Half Marathon!

Cofiwch i ymestyn: remember to stretch
Gwisgo: to wear
Dillad: clothes
Cyfforddus: comfortable
Anadlu: to breathe
Anadlwch: breathe! (Imperative)

Pob lwc bawb: good luck everyone

By Joshua Morgan, Sketchy Welsh
Hen Wlad: old country
Hynafol: ancient
Hŷn: older
Hynaf: oldest

Mae: is (there is)
How would you describe the meaning of ‘Mae’?

Diolch am bopeth bawb!
Thanks for everything everyone!

By Joshua Morgan, Sketchy Welsh
Hen Wlad: old country
Hynafol: ancient
Hŷn: older
Hynaf: oldest

Mae: is (there is)
How would you describe the meaning of ‘Mae’?

Diolch am bopeth bawb!
Thanks for everything everyone!

By Sketchy Welsh, Joshua Morgan

My project ‘Gwlad, Gwlad’ is finally finished.
Illustrating the Welsh national anthem, explaining what the words mean and how to use them in everyday spoken Cymraeg.

Diolch bawb am eich anogaeth:
Thanks everyone for your encouragement

By Joshua Morgan, Sketchy Welsh

Diwrnod Owain Glyndŵr Hapus:
Happy Owain Glyndŵr Day

Glyn: a glen
Dŵr: water

Pwy oedd Owain Glyndŵr?
Who was Owain Glyndŵr?

Ble cafodd e ei bluen?
Where did he get his feather?

By Joshua Morgan, Sketchy Welsh
Diffyg Ar Yr Haul: Solar Eclipse
(absence of the sun)
Also Eclips or Arguddiad (from cuddio, to hide)
Diffyg llwyr: total eclipse
Cymerwch ofal: take care
Hidlwr: colander
Spectol: glasses
Ble fyddwch chi'n gwylio?
Where will you be watching?

Solar Eclipse 2026

By Joshua Morgan, Sketchy Welsh
Diffyg Ar Yr Haul: Solar Eclipse
(absence of the sun)
Also Eclips or Arguddiad (from cuddio, to hide)
Diffyg llwyr: total eclipse
Cymerwch ofal: take care
Hidlwr: colander
Spectol: glasses
Ble fyddwch chi'n gwylio?
Where will you be watching?

Solar Eclipse 2026

With the forethcoming release of Star Wars in the Welsh language this year I’ve been thinking of some Welsh language Star Wars and cross overs.

Lleia means smallest in Welsh, (occasionally appearing as just Leia).
This makes Princess Lleia ‘the smallest princess’
(Tywysoges is the actual Welsh word for princess)
Tywysoges fwy means ‘a bigger princess’.
Arth is the Welsh word for a bear (also is where the name Arthur comes from meaning bear-man).
Hence, Arth Vader…

Illustrations by Joshua Morgan, Sketchy Welsh

By Joshua Morgan, Sketchy Welsh
Lleia, Lleiaf: least, smallest
Tywysoges: princess
Llai: less, smaller
Mwy: more, bigger

Diolch am eich cefnogaeth!
Thanks for your support!

Boed y Grym gyda chi: may the force be with you

By Joshua Morgan, Sketchy Welsh

Arth Vader!
By Joshua Morgan, Sketchy Welsh

Awgrymiadau ar gyfer enwau Star Wars yn y Gymraeg os gwelwch yn dda!
Suggestions for Star Wars names in Cymraeg please!

Gobaith newydd: a new hope

By SKETCHY WELSH, Joshua Morgan
Hwyl: a sail, or a short form of ‘bye’
Hwylio: sailing
Hwyl fawr: goodbye, (some suggestion that it is linked to wishing a big sail-for those sailing away, or otherwise ‘big success’)
Hwylbren: a mast (sailing-wood)

Hwylus expedient, easy, convenient
Y noson hwylusa the most convenient night

Hwyl: fun
Gest ti hwyl? Did you have fun?

Lledu: broaden, spread, widen
Lledwch yr hwyliau!
Unfurl the sails!
Lledwch eich gorwelion broaden your horizons

Hwyl: mood
Dyw hi ddim mewn hwyliau da heddiw.
She's not in a good mood today
Hwyl ddrwg: a bad mood
Hwyliog: fun filled, in good humour
Sylwodd e'n hwyliog - ... he remarked humorously
Dydy e ddim mewn unrhyw hwyliau i chwarae: He is not in any mood to play

Da gwaith Duw, rhoi cyrn byrion i fuwch hwyliog
(It’s) good, the work of God, to give short horns to a well natured cow.

Hwyl: success / progress
Sut hwyl gest ti?
What kind of success did you have

By SKETCHY WELSH, Joshua Morgan
Hwyl: a sail, or a short form of ‘bye’
Hwylio: sailing
Hwyl fawr: goodbye, (some suggestion that it is linked to wishing a big sail-for those sailing away, or otherwise ‘big success’)
Hwylbren: a mast (sailing-wood)

Hwylus expedient, easy, convenient
Y noson hwylusa the most convenient night

Hwyl: fun
Gest ti hwyl? Did you have fun?

Lledu: broaden, spread, widen
Lledwch yr hwyliau!
Unfurl the sails!
Lledwch eich gorwelion broaden your horizons

Hwyl: mood
Dyw hi ddim mewn hwyliau da heddiw.
She's not in a good mood today
Hwyl ddrwg: a bad mood
Hwyliog: fun filled, in good humour
Sylwodd e'n hwyliog - ... he remarked humorously
Dydy e ddim mewn unrhyw hwyliau i chwarae: He is not in any mood to play

Da gwaith Duw, rhoi cyrn byrion i fuwch hwyliog
(It’s) good, the work of God, to give short horns to a well natured cow.

Hwyl: success / progress
Sut hwyl gest ti?
What kind of success did you have

By Sketchy Welsh, Joshua Morgan
Torheulo/ bolheulo: to sunbathe (belly sunning)
Bol: belly
Tor: less common word for belly usually jn the names of animals
Haul: sun
Heulo: to sun

By Sketchy Welsh, Joshua Morgan
Torheulo/ bolheulo: to sunbathe (belly sunning)
Bol: belly
Tor: less common word for belly usually jn the names of animals
Haul: sun
Heulo: to sun

By Sketchy Welsh, Joshua Morgan
Torheulo/ bolheulo: to sunbathe (belly sunning)
Bol: belly
Tor: less common word for belly usually jn the names of animals
Haul: sun
Heulo: to sun

By Joshua Morgan, Sketchy Welsh
Haf summer
Mehefin June , meaning middle of the summer
(made from proto-celtic ‘medyos’ for middle, combined with ‘hefin’ a masculine version of haf)
Gorffennaf July (gorffen: finish + haf)

Afon Hafren The River Severn
Hafren (previously Halbren) was the name of the drowned princess and subsequent river godess that the River Severn was named after.

The name Severn itself comes from Sabrina which was the Roman’s latinised version of Hafren/Halbren.

Haf/Hafren is a girls name and Hefin is used for boys.

Hafgan
Can in Middle Welsh meant luminous brightness
Cân means song
Hafgan’s name either meaning ‘bright summer’ or ‘summer song.’

Arawn the king of Annwn (the underworld), who hunts with the Cŵn Annwn (the hounds of Annwn) throughout the winter and up until Calen Mai, the first day of May. Arawn also became conflated with the person of Gwyn ap Nudd, who was kind of a personification of winter and e-scooter of souls to the afterlife.

Hafgan and Arawn have been depicted as having a yearly battle for kingship creating the turn of the seasons from summer and spring to autumn and winter. In the tales of the Mabinogi, Arawn tricks Hafgan and has him killed by the mortal Pwyll.

By Joshua Morgan, Sketchy Welsh

Haf summer
Mehefin June , meaning middle of the summer
(made from proto-celtic ‘medyos’ for middle, combined with ‘hefin’ a masculine version of haf)
Gorffennaf July (gorffen: finish + haf)

Afon Hafren The River Severn
Hafren (previously Halbren) was the name of the drowned princess and subsequent river godess that the River Severn was named after.

The name Severn itself comes from Sabrina which was the Roman’s latinised version of Hafren/Halbren.

Haf/Hafren is a girls name and Hefin is used for boys.

Hafgan
Can in Middle Welsh meant luminous brightness
Cân means song
Hafgan’s name either meaning ‘bright summer’ or ‘summer song.’

Arawn the king of Annwn (the underworld), who hunts with the Cŵn Annwn (the hounds of Annwn) throughout the winter and up until Calen Mai, the first day of May. Arawn also became conflated with the person of Gwyn ap Nudd, who was kind of a personification of winter and e-scooter of souls to the afterlife.

Hafgan and Arawn have been depicted as having a yearly battle for kingship creating the turn of the seasons from summer and spring to autumn and winter. In the tales of the Mabinogi, Arawn tricks Hafgan and has him killed by the mortal Pwyll.

By Joshua Morgan, Sketchy Welsh

BYWYD MÔR Sea life
Môr sea
Mor so
Mae bywyd mor braf Life is so fine
Cystal as good
Does dim byd cystal â nofio yn y môr
There is nothing as good as swimming in the sea