I am absolutely positive there will already be a thread for this, but I am relatively new at learning this forum and I cannot find it with a search (at least nothing beyond 2017)
Is there a written version of each lesson? I do understand that the point of this is to be able to speak Welsh, as opposed to read/write it, but my own learning style cries out for being able to do all three. Even if just the English sentences were available for me to then translate myself (using the spoken lesson to confirm) that would be a great help.
If youāre referring to the challenges, there is no actual transcript. But if you click on āvocabulary listā under each challenge, you will get a list of words and phrases in English and Welsh used in each of the challenges.
Thanks for the reply, it is indeed transcripts rather than the vocabulary lists I think I will just have to go through and do my own which isnāt a bad thing as it means I have to listen to them again and any practice is good!
I have transcriptions of the english sentences of challenge 25 of Level 2, and all Challenges of Level 3 - southern version.
If youāre interested, just let me know!
I canāt remember what types of files can be attached to the posts here. Anyway since it seems you donāt exactly need them right away, Iāll check it out when Iām home (next week). If you donāt hear from me, feel free to send me a reminder!
From course guidelines (and my own experience), lessons are meant and more effective if you do them without reading.
However, when youāve completed the challenge, you can find the vocabulary and many examples under each lesson (on a computer browser) and clicking on a little icon on the right on iPhone/iPad.
Hi @julie-jennings,
As @gisella-albertini said, I do urge you to do the lesson first and look at the vocabulary afterwards.Then try not to let the written words affect your pronunciation. I did find the vocabulary useful, particularly for distinguishing between āfā (v sound in English) and āddā. They sounded the same to me, but I donāt have a good ear for languages.
Enjoy!
Sue
Thanks Sue, I did O level Welsh years ago where everything was ārydw iān eisiauā and not ādw iān moynā and my grandmother spoke colloquial welsh to me, which was quite different to anything here I have forgotten nearly everything in over 40 years, but seeing the words written down is helping me to remember. I guess everyone is different.
Hi Julie, You should be fine with the pronunciation then. My grandparents never spoke Welsh to me when we visited back in the 1950s though they both spoke it as first language. They never spoke it to their own children either because in those days they thought that it was necessary to be brought up in English in order to get on in the world. Sad!
Sue
Wow! Gisella - that would be gwych! Would you be able to send them to me too please? Iāve been through all the levels and in lockdown gone through all the old courses too. Think I now need to consolidate what I know and I think going back to the end of the levels would really help.
I really wish there was. I would find this so helpful as sometimes thereās some sentence combinations that are quite different to the few examples given. For instance Iām struggling to find in a certain lesson where they cover
āThe old man had betterā¦ā can only find he / she had betterā¦ examples
And
āHe said that he would like toā¦ā I canāt tell if thereās a bod or an yn Iām missing in the audio
It would be helpful for people wanting to quiz themselves too
I have the same problem. I think its done deliberately so that we get involved in trial and error. I would not mind making small mistakes if people could understand what I am saying.
