Are you fed up with using the same old hackneyed expression Iawn, diolch! whenever someone asks how you are in Welsh? To be fair, it is by far the most common response to sut wyt ti, even when native Welsh speakers talk amongst themselves, but if, as a learner, you’d like to spice things up …
In standard Welsh, there are different ways of saying “home” depending on the context of the sentence. The first word cartref, or cartrefi in its plural form, is the generic noun for “home” and is often used in the sense of ‘a home’. Roedd tân mewn cartref yn Llanelli. There was a fire in a …
Have you ever been talking to someone about Welsh, only for them to joke all-knowingly about the total absence of vowels in the language? I know I have, on more than one occasion! It is, of course, a complete myth but it does raise the question: what perpetuated this tall tale in the first place? …
Tywyn is a small town on the Cardigan Bay coast. Located at the southern tip of North Wales near the Dyfi Estuary, it is a popular seaside resort for visitors from all over the UK and abroad thanks to its beautiful stretch of golden beach and close proximity to Snowdonia National Park.
On the coast of Ynys Môn (Anglesey) in Wales, just a few miles from the Menai Strait, lies a town with a name so long that only the most dedicated Welsh learners can pronounce it properly: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. The actual name of the town is Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, or Llanfairpwll / Llanfair PG for short, but it is …