Many thanks for inviting me to the forum.
Have just completed level 1-5 of your free course and it is brilliant! I have to confess - I lived in North Wales - in the Harlech area - until I was about 7. I went to school there and apparently spoke Welsh as fluently as a child of 7 might, but thought I only remembered the naughty words!!! Then, when I started your programme - after completing anotherfree online course organised by ālearnwelsh.cymru/work welshā - it started to come back. I am still a long way off but am looking forward to progressing! Whoops - have just seen the date - this is NOT an April fool!!!
I joined yesterday and spent last night in bed repeating my first sentence. I struggled a little due to mishearing the words, once my brain woke up and I realised the āvocabā gave me the printed words I immediately got everything spot on. My shame is that Iāve left it until now to learn my own language.
My first post! Iām learning Welsh because I love Wales. I went to Bangor University 50 years ago where I met my best mate. He is a Welsh speaker, but is not very well and I want to speak to him in his language now since he has spent 50 years speaking to me in mine. I found my way here via Kindle Unlimited I think. Iām not a complete beginner as I have followed the duolingo welsh course since the pandemic lockdown, about 2 years. Dw iān eisiau dysgu siarad cymraeg nawr.
Steve
Struggling to catch the ending of siaradā¦is if rad or rat. Everthing else is slowly coming together. Slowly being the operative word. I will NOT give up though, speaking Welsh has become important to me. I wish this site had been around 20 years ago.
Thank you for clearing that up. I had settled with rad and hoped I had chosen correctly. It was disconcerting to have that problem so early on in the course. Having got to week 5 I have noticed a definite grip on it begining.Fingers crossed.
hello!! my great grandparents immigrated from wales in the early 1900s. i always thought it was so cool. does anyone know if the people from that time were olive skinned? or still are? just curious. i am so excited to learn welsh. i think itās so interesting. thank you so much for all you do!!
My dad is Welsh but I was born/raised in England (sorry!), however I support Wales in sports and Iām a Swansea fan because of his influence. Seeing the recent Wales national football culture has also been a reason Iāve looked into learning Welsh!
Done a bit of Duolingo and watched an episode of Iaith ar daith (not actually sure what that translates to?) so joined to give learning Welsh a proper go. Had heard of SSiW but didnāt know there was a forum which is great!
Hello! Iām English, but grew up in the US. I now live in London. Iāve always wanted to be confident in speaking another language (I can read and understand basic French from school, but am not at all confident at speaking). Iām intrigued by this method and am excited to give it a try. I like the idea of speaking a lesser known language, so Iām excited to give Welsh a go. Enjoyed the first lesson, but I can tell just how intense this method is alreadyā I hope I can persevere. Thank you! Diolch!
Shwmae! Iāve re started my learning time and time again but this time Iām determined. I find SSIW format much easier to retain than any other course Iāve tried, Diolch! Iād like to be fluent by the end of the year. Best wishes to all learning.
Are later lessons similar to the 1 sentence in Welsh course?
I ask because Iām uncertain of the sentence stress - I feel like I will learn to pronounce the words loosely being pronounced one by one, but by the end of each audio I am super uncertain if the overall sentence pronunciation is anywhere near right as it sounds like a more connected example isnāt given. Iāve wanted to learn Welsh a long time now (Iām originally from Liverpool, so we used to be able to pick up S4C and Welsh radioā¦ and there is plenty of great music and music tradition in Wales in general), just not sure whether to dive in and subscribe or not as if the emphasis is on speaking Iād like to focus on pronunciation overall as early on as possible, I know I wonāt get it right straight away but I feel itās important to have an awareness of it and to feel I have some control of my learning
Iām not sure of the 1 sentence content but I imagine it follows the general SSiW course pattern from which it stemmed i.e. you repeat the words and sentences as you hear them. However, with the structured course subscription you also get the option of online tutor support and chat groups where you can check your pronunciation.
sāmae everyone, iām amely from germany - i have no connection to wales other than loving the sound of the language and the literature iāve come into contact with, which is why i want to learn more about wales and welsh culture! what better way than to start with the language, right?
i have a bit of trouble with rolling the ārā but i hope i might be understood regardless ā¦ and i want to travel to wales in summer, with some confidence in welsh hopefully !!
I hope this is the correct space to say that this is my first time on SSi. I live in the USA and am here because I hope to visit Wales next year. I donāt expect to master the language before the trip, but just to begin learning makes he feel good about going. I began this journey re: the language because of one of my favorite authors. She write about Wales and I have fallen love with the country the history and culture because of her. So, of course, I want to add the language to my knowledge. I am looking forward to learning to speak, not just read. I have had this happen with French and Italian. I hope, no I know, that I will do better with Welsh.
