Two of us from the team went to a Welsh taster course at Maes D earlier on today. Neither of us speak Welsh so we went to this this session to see if we could learn how to have a basic conversation with someone in Welsh.
We started with a pleasant greeting in welsh ‘croeso’ which lead to us being taught how to ask who someone is, how are they and the correct responses.
We were surprised at how easy it was to pick the basic words were were taught. It was also interesting to hear how to ‘Welshify’ some words by pronouncing them differently – like Bangor.
The session we attended was one of many taster sessions on offer throughout the week. The format of the sessions will change during the week. These activities are open to everyone at the Maes D and, from our experience, we would recommend any non-Welsh speakers pop in to a session and have a go. Today we have learned:
Bore da – Good morning
Prynhawn da – Good afternoon
Noswaith dda – Good evening
Nos da – Good night
Pwy dacha chi? – Who are you?
(enw) dw i – I am (name)
Sut dych chi? – How are you?
Da iawn – Very well
Iawn – Good
Ofnadwy – Could be better
Wedi blino – I am tired
Ofnadwy – Awful
Gweddol – Alright
Diolch – Thank you
Hwyl – Bye
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