I want to be a Welsh speaker because that is a language of a country I used to live for a short time ( tho I thought I would stay for ever). I have started learning it with SSIW and I want to finish the course just because I have liked the language, the sound of it and the way it is taught ( tho 20 or 30 min wiuld be just perfect amount of learning time).
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âŚi think itâs a beautiful language
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Generally I love languages and learning different ones, and Welsh has always interested me. I live in England but Wales has become my destination of choice for summer holidays so it made sense to learn the language as I would if I was going to visit any country that had its own language. I think itâs respectful. I had the opportunity to try speaking a bit of Welsh when I was there a few weeks ago and the response I got made it all worthwhile 
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Iâm sorry, this isnât the right place to ask this, but I donât where is. I desperately need to find the button to pause my next challenge. Its English half-term next week and I will be inundated with grandchildren! Iâve paused once before but canât see where to click! Help!!! Diolch.
Tagging @Deborah-SSi and @Kinetic whoâll be able to sort you out 
@isobel-gliddon there isnât actually a button to pause the emails, so youâre not missing anything 
Instead you need to contact admin@saysomethingin.com and request the pause, but as Aran has flagged your message here, Iâve done it for you now. Youâre on pause at Week 13.
There is a button to âunpauseâ though, so youâll be able to do that when youâre ready. Enjoy the time with your grandchildren!
I want to be a Welsh speaker because my motherâs family came from North Wales and my Taid and Nain spoke Welsh to each other all their lives.
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I want to be a Welsh speaker because Iâd like to know what my grandchildren are saying! 
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I have lost my original sentence. I want to speak Welsh because I am Welsh; have spent most of my working life in Wales and want to assuage the guilt (isnât that so very Welsh!) of not bothering to learn it before. Also I am hoping it will help my 74 yr old brain from deteriorating as fast as it so obviously is.
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âŚI would like to speak to my new welsh speaking friends in Aberystwyth and surprise them! Also for my work, I would like to be able to speak welsh so that welsh speakers donât have to switch to English when I join in the conversation.
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âŚIâd like the sound of it and, unusually, for me Iâm prepared to learn to actually speak it, rather than stopping at being happy at an advanced-reading level.
I fear, though, that Iâll never be able to tell people that I wouldnât mind being a librarian. Seriously, have you looked at the word? Sut mae gen i pronounce it?! Impossible.
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An idea that others have suggested with difficult to pronounce words is to keep practising the last syllable, and when youâre happy with that, add the second from last syllable to it, and so on until youâve got the whole word - good luck!
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Hmmm⌠Have you thought about being a cook instead? 
Seriously, though, you will get there. I remember spending about 6 weeks trying to say the word âardderchogâ, but I got there in the end.
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Haha. Thank you. Mae ddrwg gen i, medra i ddim coginioâŚThe second dream career path in my childhood was âdofwr llewâ. (Btw, an old German word for lion is Leu⌠I love language connections!)
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My sentence was âI think that I still need to learn how to speak Welsh a little more slowlyâ
I wanted to use words and phrases that I have recently learned and put them together. I recorded it twice to be sure I got it. Hope it is right.
I wanted to learn Welsh because my father wanted me to when I was young. I didnât. We never spoke Welsh in the house except once in a while when he had too much beer to drink. Then his Welsh was fluent!! Now that Iâm 77, I realize how important it is for my grandchildren to know about where their family came from and what their language sounds likeâŚ. I am really enjoying these sessions and it is becoming easier and easier not to use the pause button. All the best from this Welshman from Colorado Springs, CO
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It would greatly enhance my sense of âbelongingâ to the country in which I spent most of my childhood and some of my adolescence (when I wasnât away at boarding school in England) and it would be a way of expressing belated gratitude to the amazing Welsh ladies (my father was Anglo-Scottish) who made such an enormous contribution to my later life and who fascinated me with their conversations in Cymraeg at my Nainâs home in Amlwch. (Sorry about the long âone sentenceâ, but that is but one small part of my motivation).
As for hopes, I would love to be able to hold an unhesitating conversation with one of the reception staff at our favourite hotel in Anglesey, who has been such a patient listener and motivator.
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We had a cat from Nantyglo (Blaenau Gwent, not Pennsylvania) once, it had six toes on each paw. Make of that what you will!
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⌠I love Wales and I want to feel more at home there - not just a tourist, but someone whoâs respectful of the language & culture. Also my 1st language Welsh friend is always laughing with the waiters when we go for a curry, and I just know theyâre taking it out of the foreignerâŚ! (First comment deeply meant, second true but facetious).
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I want to be a Welsh speaker because I think its important to preserve and promote Welsh culture, and by learning the language I will be doing my bit to achieve that. One thing that I hope will happen when I am a Welsh speaker is the ability to converse with people in work confidently.
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I want to be a Welsh speaker because I live in Wales and feel like I should make an effort to learn, also because itâs fun to learn something new.
One thing I hope will happen is that I can learn alongside and help my son when he learns Welsh in school.
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