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I believe this line should be written “Fory, dw i’n mynd i Kazakhstan, ond dw i ddim yn siarad Kazak.” Unless “Kazakhstan” is “The Kazakhstan”, you don’t need the “'r” after “mynd i” (someone correct me if this is a quirk that I haven’t come across yet). You do definitely need the “yn” before “siarad”, however. “Yn” goes with most verbs, and “dw i’n” in the negative is “dw i ddim yn”.
I’ve also heard in the lessons, “Mae e’n” becoming “Mae fe’n”, in other words the “e” becomes “fe” after “Mae”…which in my humble opinion is a lot easier to say… 
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Mae fe is more of a southernism (I believe in the north they would say fo), but yes, it does make it so much easier to say “Mae e…” in speech!
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I will trust you, I wrote that after 3 hours of study, it was an experiment and nobody learning Welsh should trust one word of what I wrote.
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“Mae e” is the standard, there’s nothing wrong with it.
You will tend to hear “ma’ fe” in the South, but also, of course, “mae e”, if you see what I mean.
(I remember hearing my father saying “Mae e,” for “It is” once to someone before I had really started learning Welsh, and it really bringing home to me the different word order in Welsh!
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My missus often says ‘Ydy, mae o’ for ‘Yes, it is’ (rather than just ‘ydy’) for emphasis.
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You’re welcome.
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