I am just starting to learn Welsh so please excuse me if this is ridiculous but how do you pronounce rhwyfaint? I know from sad experience in Gàidhlig Albannach that google translate is often rubbish but it was all I could find on line. It has it sounding like I would expect but with the ‘f’ coming out as an ‘m’ Opinions please.
Welcome and croeso to learning welsh!
The welsh ‘f’ is pronounced like the english ‘v’ as in ‘vase’, for example.
Since you are on the forum for “Say Something in Welsh”, I’ll assume that you are familiar with the associated audio course, and if not, you should really try it! 
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rhywfaint is pronounced “rhoo vine-t”.
Welsh phonetics seem to appear scary to many people at first, but don’t worry - they’re actually considerably easier than the Gaelics!
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If Irish Gaelic is anything like the Scottish variety, I’d agree with that. A friend once left his Gaelic book on our photocopier at work and I took a look! I was fascinated to work out that afon in Welsh is the same as in Gaelic, but spelled with some combination of m with h and i - or maybe I’ve mis-remembered? 
I know I thought it seemed based on what the letter mutates from!
Thanks to you and to everyone else who has reponded. I’m delighted to say that is exactly what I thought it should be but Google translate makes a terrible mess of it.
I know what people mean about the Gelic spelling. It all stems from the fact that it was a written language a long time before English and lacks certain letters so combinations are used to achiewve some sounds. e.g. bh always makes v. You need to be careful though because mh also makes v sometimes. Other times it just disappears! I’m very early in the process but Welsh seems a lot easier so far. I am using the audio system and I’m up to lesson 4.
Thanks again
Gordon
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rhywfaint is pronounced “rhoo vine-t”.
It’s probably a regional thing but I make the “rhyw” prefix rhyme with my name “Huw” as pronounced in Welsh.
To help my non-Welsh friends pronounce my name, I ask them to forget “Hugh” completely and say the English word “hill”. I then ask them to imagine they have a speech defect in which they pronounce “ll” as “w”. It’s amazing how many people can say “hill” perfectly but can’t avoid slipping a y after the H when they say my name. 
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