'I want to be a Welsh speaker because...'

mike-richardson · October 21, 2019, 7:57pm

Dwyn moyn siarad cyraeg acos…
Some of my family are welsh speakers and i wish to recapture a side of my adopted culture (from age 4) that i couldnt do from that age due to my geographical position.

judy-evans-1 · October 23, 2019, 5:32am

My son and fiancé speak Welsh to each other all the time. They are getting married next year - a welsh language wedding. I want to be able to communicate a little with the many welsh speaking guests, in Welsh.
Also I understand that learning a learning a language helps keep dementia at bay! Seriously.

I have tried to learn welsh in the past. My children went to welsh school, but have always assumed it is beyond me. Not this time

eviledna · October 23, 2019, 7:41am

I’ve lived in England for the past 40 years and feel as homesick now as I did at the beginning. Doing this course has made me feel as though I’ve got a bit of Wales in my life again.

joshuawinn · October 23, 2019, 2:20pm

…because I love the language and want to have some connection to my peoples.

robin-mcgregor · October 25, 2019, 1:43pm

…because, after talking to my Catalan sister in law about minority cultures (she’s from Barcelona so you get it), I realised I will never know Welsh people properly without learning their language - and all the Welsh people I know are fantastic - and it’s opened my world to so much more.

heathergiles · October 26, 2019, 12:38pm

I want to be a Welsh speaker because I live and work in Wales and would like to join in the conversations in Welsh at work

dru · October 27, 2019, 11:07pm

@robin-mcgregor that is so true! Getting to know someone’s language is such an important part of getting to know their world.

sabinemans · October 28, 2019, 10:15am

Because Welsh is a beautiful language of a beautiful country… I’m looking forward to being able to order food and drink in Welsh upon my next visit to Wales!

elliefish · October 28, 2019, 11:29am

Because I’ve always wanted to be fluent in a second language, and now I live in Wales, it makes sense for it to be Welsh. Because my children are fluent in Welsh and otherwise they’ll be able to talk about me, in front of me, without me knowing… Because I have to teach Welsh as part of my job, and the better I can speak it, the better I can teach it. And anyway, it’s fun.

rhiannon-thomas · October 30, 2019, 1:38pm

Say Something in Welsh popped up on my Facebook page, inspired me to sign up and I’ve been hooked ever since. Until that point, I hadn’t intended to learn Welsh. Thank goodness for marketing! Now I want to be a Welsh speaker as I have many friends and colleagues who speak Welsh - I want to be able to speak with them in their first language.

bryan-4 · October 31, 2019, 12:24pm

I love living in Wales and need to speak the language of the country I am living in.
Also I started learning at the same time as my wife and she has made so much better progress than me. I am really disappointed at my progress but now I am studying with Ssiw I already feel a massive improvement with my speaking skills.
diolch yn fawr am ddarllen

lisa-vickers · October 31, 2019, 5:39pm

I was born in Caerdydd and lived in Wales until I was five and half. My welsh-speaking grandparents spoke to me in Welsh. Then my parents moved to the Midlands for work reasons and no one spoke to me in Welsh any more, not even when I stayed during the school holidays with my grandparents. I’ve come back to live in Wales now and I am determined to make up for the loss of my Welsh. It isn’t all gone - my family were big singers when together and I can sing lots of Welsh songs in Welsh. I’m glad to say that now I know what some of them mean!

neil-pyper · November 1, 2019, 3:53pm

Yes - this definitely strikes a chord! Wales is beautiful - I have always thought that. Learning Welsh has unlocked a cultural heritage that amplifies that beauty, at least for me!

welsh-dragon · November 1, 2019, 8:39pm

I want to be a welsh speaker so I can speak with my dad’s side of the family in there first language. And to make sure that the welsh language continues.

nicole-lozeau · November 2, 2019, 9:32pm

I want to be a Welsh speaker so that I can speak to my partner and his family. Also, so I can join in on conversations on nights out to Weatherspoons!

rachel-woollam · November 3, 2019, 11:14pm

I am Welsh and even though I now live in England I’d love to ‘siarad Cymraeg’ when I go home to see my mum and sister (neither of whom siarad Cymraeg either).

I hope I can speak with my old Textiles teacher and her husband in Welsh next time I visit them.

MikeH · November 4, 2019, 10:48am

I want to be a Welsh speaker because I am proud of my heritage and feel the need to be able to speak my native language

shaun-bartlett · November 4, 2019, 6:04pm

Because my partner and her family speak and I want to know what they’re saying about me:grinning:

karen-rice · November 4, 2019, 8:36pm

…because my ancestors spoke and wrote the language, and since the Cymry worked so very hard to preserve Cymraeg I can work a little to learn it. Okay it’s a lot more than “a little”to learn it, but I’m doing it!

jo-12 · November 4, 2019, 10:25pm

I want to be a Welsh speaker because I spent most of the happiest days of my life playing on the beaches of North Wales, exploring the mountains, and rambling the coastlines and I want to feel as connected as possible to this land.