Shwmae paub
I would like to add to this talk.
I have been learning through SSIW for about 8 months.I joined partly as the Forum was so friendly.
The Forum provides threads on all kinds of things - such as not understanding a particular word, grammer stuff, linguistic theorys and ‘breakthrough moments’ - such as a first long conversation in Cymraeg. Many of the clever stuff I don’t follow as it is beyond me.
But I would like to say if you know 100 words more than me or can understand how to say things properly or know what a verbnoun is than you have more power. This power dynamic is happening today. Someone will join who has only done one lesson and that means that if you know more you have more power. This situation will happen all the time. So as you feel more confident remember your first day here.
I was talking to a fella who said he went to a group that concentrated on grammer and the written - and they barely strung 4 words together in spoken iaith (language). Here we say - get out, do it, relax over trieglo (mutation), if they understand your off and running. And I think the Forum is important for many of us in getting that attitude.
Anyway thats all a bit serious, so how am I going? Well, thanks for asking, your all so friendly! Great. The course works well. And my boy (13 years old) is doing the course too. So we are moving to a kind of Kriol Gobeith - what is Kriol Gobeith I hear you ask. Well Kriol is a when languages are mixed together - we have a Kriol in Australia of English and some Aboriginal languages, and Gobeith means hope.So Kriol Gobeith is where me and my boy - and sometimes my littlest girl try as much Cymraeg in our English as possible and hope it makes sense. (Our surname is Hope also so its also a little like saying ’ mishmash family language’)
Hwyl mawr (big fun)
Steve