Well, i’m learning from skyping, last nights word for me was
Creadigol - Creative.
I also think that using the text window at the same time as talking is proving very useful at clearing any misunderstandings.
The only problem with this is that i can take a little time causing a pause in conversation, so i wonder if it may be even more useful with a group of talkers so there is always some conversation going on for listening practice while someone else is listening and typing at the same time,
Rhoi mwy o lysiau yn y crochan - putting more vegetables in the pot ( a gwneud cawl iath blaus) - make tasty language soup.
Well, i have not got round to making any useful list yet but after talking with Tatjana (skype) tonight a list of words or short sentences people would find useful to use talking about Christmas and the new year seems a good idea.
Dw i’n dipyn siomedig acos fydd a Tatjana ddim yn gwisgo het lliwgar ar Skype.
I’m a little dissapointed because Tatjana will not be wearing a colourful hat on Skype.
Nadolig - Christmas.
Yr blwydden newydd - the new year.
Thanks for your response, and suggestions “am amser hir” looks and sounds good to me.
But this is where my problems show through in that i’m not certain, I’m building slowly a useful (to me) number of new words but when it comes to sentence structure and when to use alternate words then i feel i’m back at lesson one.
The alternate word here is “tro” i hear ‘tan tro nesaf’ not ‘tan amser nesaf’ and i’m not at all sure when to use which word or how much overlap there is with them.
For examples from books i find in the style of .
Bydd digon o amser . - there will be enough (of) time.
Mae’n amser inni ddechrau - It’s time we started.
But:
Am y tro cyntaf, maen nhw wedi dechrau - For the first time, they have started.
Dyma’r tro cyntaf iddyn nhw dechrau gwneud rhywbeth newydd. - this is the first time they have started doing something new.
(yes i made these up and all corrections welcome).
Anyway practice is the only way i will improve, i just worry too much about telling others ‘Welsh’ that isn’t correct.
I sometimes hear presenters on Radio Cymru saying “tan hynny” at the end of a programme, and I think they are usually referring to a specific time, i.e. the next edition, so they are probably saying something like “…and we’ll be back next week on Friday, so until then (hwyl fawr)”
(rather than “see you sometime…”).
Would you like to play shops with one of you the shopkeeper and the others the customers?
If you would like the fruit and veg pictures I could send them and you could visit the greengrocer! The pictures aren’t particularly special as they largely came from on-line garden catalogues but they serve the intended purpose nonetheless.
I have just been chatting with Stella on skype and that girl sure is learning at a speed that shows how slow i have been.
We have the idea of a group meeting at the new year (which is only two weeks away) so for anyone who would like to join in are there any suggestions for what time on Saturday 2nd or Sunday 3rd would be most popular.
(secretly hoping Tatjana will attend, i miss her laugh)
From tonight: môr-forwyn - mermaid, enill - win, enillodd - won, yddau - both.
rhyfel byd cyntaf - first world war.
And the welsh song about the blackbird, this is the one i have heard.
Dyna ti yn Eistedd y Deryn du
Brenin y goedwig fawr wyt ti
Can dere deryn can dere deryn
Dyna un hardd wyt ti
There you are sitting blackbird
You are the king of the forest
Sing bird, come sing bird, come
What a beauty you are.
Thank you, John:) It’s incredible to understand that I can talk (with bad grammar, yes, but still) about legends and books and folklore and photography and all things that I love so much. You’re wonderfully patient and helpful - I’m sure more than a half of my achievements today have happened because you’ve been helping me and suggesting words I didn’t know. Diolch i ti:)
ynys - island
morlo - seal
oedolion - elders (old people)
felly - maybe
Thank you. This flatters me however I’m not sure. You’re all learning so fast and I’ve just found out a week ago speaking with @brigitte that I’m talking worse every single time I talk with someone. I hate to admit but I’m (obviously) loosing my Welsh as fast as I’ve gained it and Christmas time is always the time of loosing the energy, passion and whatever comes with it for me instead of being oposite. I’m not learning anything at the moment. I write occassional tweet or FB post and nothing more. I hope with all those holidays behind me it will starting to get better. Yah, I feel guilty as you all put so much energy and everything in me learning Welsh and I am all without energy all of a sudden to continue learning. So, sorry, but it might happen I won’t be there though.
