r/learnwelsh

Shwmae pawb, dw i o Llanelli ac dw i'n dysgu siarad Cymraeg. Roeddwn i'n arfer siarad Cymraeg yn yr ysgol gynradd ond es i ysgol Saesneg ym blwyddyn 2.

Fy cwestiwn ydy

Audio books. Are they any good and does anyone have any recommendations?

Im confident in my understanding of future, past and present tense but I'm not confident at a conversational level

Diolch yn fawr!

Oes rhywun yma sy'n gwneud/wedi gwneud Cwrs Gloywi Iaith gyda Dysgu Cymraeg? Sut oedd e? Beth wnaethoch chi yn y dosbarth? (Dw i'n meddwl am fy opsiynau flwyddyn nesa.)

Hey everyone, I'm a prospective Welsh learner trying to decide which dialect, North or South, I should base my welsh pronunciation on.

I'm not concerned about the lexical or grammatical differences between North and South, as from what I've seen there are only a few differences in isolated cases. I'll pick up regional differences with that sort of thing as I go. But, as an American with very distant and undocumented Welsh heritage, I don't have any particular reason to learn one dialect over the other aside from how they sound: no idea where in Wales my family was from, I have no Welsh friends yet, I don't plan on living in any particular region, etc.

The thing is, I've had a lot of trouble with finding any extended comparisons of spoken welsh that are explicitly from the North or the South. All I'm looking for is a resource or two (like a podcast or YT videos) of explicitly a northern accent and the same thing for explicitly southern accents. I just want to listen to a few people speak, see what I like the sound of, and then go from there. The more examples the better too, because I understand there's immense variations within regions as well.

I appreciate any thoughts or comments! Also I preemptively apologize for any formatting issues, I don't use Reddit.

i know some very very basic phrases. i can't fluently translate most things. i want to leave Duo, because of the ai, but i just don't know where to go.

also, anyone know any good Welsh rock/metal bands, and some movies/shows? just so i can hear people actually saying full sentences and stuff.

sorry i can't translate 😞

Hi all, for what it is worth neither of us are Welsh speakers but we both lived in (South)Wales for over a decade and it is still our favourite place. I plan to propose on holiday on the Llyn Peninsula and wanted to sprinkle a bit of Cymraeg into the piece to give it a bit more magic. I took a few Welsh lessons when working in Swansea years ago but am pretty pig-ignorant otherwise so any advice on the phrasing used is appreciated. Ultimately it doesn't need to make perfect sense as there is some artistic licence being taken in using it but i wouldn't want it to be laughable to a speaker of Cymraeg. Diolch!

Whistling Sands

 

This must be the place.

 

All soft sand

and sweet sea-air.

Fair, and walking over it

like a dream

Footsteps on gold.

A wide-white smile

and outstretched hands.

 

This must be the place.

 

Past and present swirl,

small breezes rustle the thrift and eithin.

That Hiraeth

That Cymru am byth.

That hope for all good things

That Ti yw’r peth gorau a ddigwyddodd i mi.

 

This must be the place.

 

Where she nestles,

next to me, shielding from the cool breeze.

Where we breathe, we, we, we.

 

This must be the place.

 

I whisper, in a perfect dream,

With a heart, going like mad,

and yes I said yes I will yes.

 

Aros ‘da fi am byth

 

I let the sweet sea-air do the rest,

Let the waves lap at us,

back and forth,

let time dilate, over and above.

 

This perfect time. Perfect as she is.

 

As the sun and the wind and the sea and the rain

 

and all the light of the world

 

and those brown eyes.