Hello everybody,
As a best man at wedding of my friends I would like to say something nice in Welsh. I found bellow one (suppose to be traditional welsh wedding blessing) which is nice a short as well, but it’s only in English:( Can anybody help please with its translation into Welsh and as well with pronunciation (I’ve been learning some basics)? My friends are both Czech (me as well) and I don’t think there will be anybody Welsh speaking really, but they were travelling around Wales few years ago and they fell in love with country and especially language. I was hoping to surprise them a little bit…
‘’Wishing you
A house full of sunshine,
Hearts full of cheer,
Love that grows deeper
each day of the year.’’
Or If you know about anything else I can use, or where I can find it…
Thank you!
Martin
To be honest, Aran, I’d have gone with your second suggestion. There’s a version by Plu, who often end their live performances with it, on their first album that sends a shiver down my spine. (Of course, it was also used ironically recently when the Port Talbot works came under threat).
Dwi’n mynd i briodi ym mis tachwedd / I’m going to marry in November. I would like to say my wedding vows in English and Welsh. I am also trying to find Welsh poetry about love, marriage, etc. etc. that really speak to the soul and to incorporate into the wedding. I would love any suggestions or thoughts!!!
P.S. While my brain currently shut down in if I was to try and write all of that in Welsh, I am in the Level 1 Lesson 20 and loving the experience. I can’t imagine learning Welsh any other way - its been life changing. Thanks so much for the opportunity.
Thank you so much for your kind words - which are genuinely inspirational!
I’m going to tag @CatrinLliarJones on this - she’s a fount of knowledge for all sorts of Welsh marriage stuff - but she’s juggling a houseful of extra kids and adults at the moment, so it might be a few days before she gets a chance to pop in…
I’ve just found this thread and it is fantastic! I started SSIW in November when my brother asked me to be his best man. He gets married in North Wales next week and I wanted to say a bit of the speech in Welsh as the bride and her family are welsh speakers. SSIW has been absolutely fantastic and completely transformed the way I think about language learning, I have nearly finished course 3 while I wait for level 3 and am practising as much as I can! I’ll definitely use some of the advice here for the toasts at the wedding. If it wasn’t for SSIW I definitely wouldn’t even be trying it!
You’ve done all our available material in about 10 months?! That really is flying - and (although you won’t necessarily feel like that yet) you have effectively turned yourself into a Welsh speaker - you’ll notice when you get/make the chance to spend a few days using only Welsh…
