Noswaith dda,
I am relatively new to learning Welsh, and my conversational skills are not that great, I can say the basic sentences like ‘sut dych chi a pwy dych chi’ but I can’t hold a conversation. I just short circuit and can’t come up with words to say.
I also don’t have anyone to speak Welsh to, because I don’t live in Wales or in a place where there are many Welsh speakers.
Is there a way for me to practice my Welsh?
Diolch yn fawr
If you haven’t had an invitation to join the SSiW Community Chat Slack group, you can request an invite by email admin@saysomethingin.com with WSP as the subject. It’s a good place to ask questions, and you can join in the online partner and group chats there.
I would also suggest searching for the name of your nearest town/city in this forum as there are quite a few learners groups outside of Wales. If nothing comes up you could always try setting one up!
Just a slight correction - emailing with WSP gives you an invitation to join the open Welsh Speaking Practice Slack group. It’s a space where Welsh learners can contact each other and organise online chats, and there are some regular sessions set up by learners, including in different time zones, e.g. the Americas and Australia.
The SSiW Community Chat Slack group is for anyone who subscribes to SSi and is learning Welsh, e.g. individual paying subscribers, and those learning through Dysgu Cymraeg registration, or through their workplace. To get an invitation to that, just email admin@saysomethingin.com as well. That’s a more active place to join in partner and group chats led by a tutor - 6 sessions a week, Monday to Friday, at varying times. The timetable is in the Slack group - #1-start-here.