Learn Welsh in the Garden Lesson 1: Greetings and introductions / Dysgu Cymraeg yn yr ardd Gwers 1 

Thank you so much for including good quality captions - it's really helpful.

You and me both! Helo!

Bore da Liz, fire away I'm sure MR J will join in eventually :D. Thank you Liz that's what I hope to do is make Welsh a fun an accessible option for gardeners across Wales :)

Bore da George :D Diolch yn fawr that's great to hear! I must admit I am no 'Welsh teacher' as such but am glad that the teaching technique is useful :)

Thank you Tony :D it's a privilege to have you here! Great tips in your latest video about rat control around the compost :) Rat in Welsh is Llygoden Fawr (literally Big Mouse) or in my part of Wales we say Llygoden Ffyrnig (Vicious Mouse) :P

My pleasure! I'm glad you like them :D Croeso mawr!

Pob hwyl yn dysgu Cymraeg ac yn tyfu llysiau :D

Haha that's absolutely made my day :D Hardcore gardening there! If you can say Jalapeno the proper Spanish way you will be half way there with the Welsh Cat sounds :P

Haha thanks! I love it. Keep up the great videos. 🙂

You got this Cheryl :D keep laughing and the learning will come easily :D

Well may I join you in the avid gardener and plant nerd club? Ditto! Of course It's really heartening to see how much interest there is to learn my native language :) Of course, but I fear by the time we reach lesson 900, you will be far more fluent than I :P Pob lwc!

@@adamynyrardd I don't know...I've watched that video of a weathercaster saying a 58 letter Welsh town and I feel like maybe I might need 1000 lessons....but so glad to connect with another gardener/plant nerd. Last night I was out until 2 a.m. planting trees in the cool dark so their roots don't dry out.....no one but another plant nerd would understand.

Croeso mawr Andy :) Rwy'n falch o allu helpu ychydig bach :D

Croeso mawr i chi :) mae gymaint o eiriau llysiau yn Gymraeg yn dod o'r Lladin :)

Croeso Anne :D Of course I'm exactly the same haha!

You are so welcome! Rhonwyn and thank you for your kind command 😁

Haha diolch yn fawr Franny :D

Awesome, thank you, diolch yn fawr Catrina :D

Thank you Stephanie that's the ultimate compliment! haha I hope you kept your motorbike within national speed limits whilst practicing! Yes, definitely there are so many similarities. Thank you :) That's a really interesting and good point about the C changing to a g it's down to a grammatical rule that's called 'mutation' whereby we change consonants of words depending on the prepositions before them so the words am, ar, at, gan, tros, trwy, wrth, dan, heb, hyd, o, i, all trigger a soft mutation whereby c becomes g, t becomes d and p becomes b. But don't worry about that yet :) we will explain it all moving forward, think of the words for now :)

Bore da Jenny and diolch yn fawr iawn for your lovely comment :D Good luck with dysgu Cymraeg I'm sure you will do great and one day we will write only in Welsh :D

I hope these videos will help you along the way and don't be afraid to give whatever Welsh you have a go :)

Tapadh leibh Mark! Im so glad you're interested in learning our language and supporting the celtic languages as well! Gke mhaith, gwych!

Shwmae Becky :) thank you for your kind message :) Dal ati, like most languages it does come easier with time :) Rwy'n hapus i helpu :D

Diolch yn fawr Sasha :)

Oh wow! Tack sa mycket Shadowe! I love Sweden we have visited Stockholm but I would love to see rural Sweden someday!

Maybe you've already learnt that, but if someone is still out there learning, try these tips: - say words with r, but replace the r's with d (because that's about where your tongue should be) - say many d's very fast, dddddddd - in fact when saying r your tongue isn't pushing as hard against the palate(?) as in d, but lighter, because you have to be able to push some air between them, the sound happens in the very front of your mouth, so you don't blow air like in Welsh ll or ch or such, but only very little to get the tongue's tip moving a bit - then you can try to imitate an old car or something starting with d, drn drn drn or add a very short vowel for example dren dren or d'rn - try words that start with dr, like drown I think they use at least some of these in speaking therapy here in Finland if a child can't say rolling r, but personally I find r more difficult to say with d, but again it's probably because of the location of the tongue why they use it. So when the tongue is in the right place try many other words, too. You might find them easier to say. It may be easier at first if you open your mouth widely in horizontal way, but not vertical (sorry, not sure how to describe that in English), little bit as if you were grinning like this 😬 Hope that helps. Hwyl fawr!

I'm so glad! Diolch 😊

Dia dhuit Ailein agus cen choi a bhfuil tu? Ta cupla focail Gaeilge agam! Diolch yn fawr :) Dw i'n hoffi mefus hefyd :)

@@adamynyrardd Go breá go raibh maith agat. Sut dych chi? I'm enjoying you videos. Diolch yn fawr

My pleasure! Pleser pur :) I'm glad that you enjoyed it!

Tack sa mycket! Diolch o galon Astrid!

Thank you very much that's so very kind of you :D I must admit I don't know where they came from, I just spoke and out came the 'motorbike noises' and 'cat spitting' I hope it helps however :D

Thank you very much Theresa :) that's absolutely fantastic to hear. I'm glad that I have brought some Cymraeg into your day :D Pob hwyl :)

Thank you very much :D

Croeso mawr Jay :)

Haha! Yes me too, He certainly wouldn't be impressed today :P Diolch yn fawr :)

Shwmae Sara :) Croeso! That's fantastic news, thank you for your kind message I can't wait to hear how you progress with your 'dysgu Cymraeg' :)

Thank you for your kind comment :D Diolch yn fawr

Croeso mawr Jen, good luck!

Arbennig Caroline pob lwc :D I'm glad this may be able to help you a little bit as well. The National Centre for learning Welsh has some great online resources that could help you :)

Diolch yn fawr iawn ichi Meredith a phob hwyl yn dysgu Cymraeg :)

Thanks so much for your lovely comment :D I hope Cambridge is a touch warmer than Wales is today! Cofion cynnes, Adam

Diolch yn fawr Michele :D that's really kind of you :D Good luck with remembering the words. Of course I will definitely create more videos :)

Wonderful! You can do it, dal ati 😊

Glad you enjoyed it :)

Bore da :) thank you very much, definitely I have a copy of the RHS Latin for Gardeners book and what a fun and easy to follow book it is as well - you just can't beat etymology! My Latin pronounciation leaves much to be desired but I love how Latin names are so descriptive just like Welsh. Pob lwc :)

Diolch yn fawr :) It is absolutely that, Tyfu = Grow, Twnel = Tunnel, so it's 'Y Twnel Tyfu' The Grow tunnel :)

Croeso mawr :)

Diolch yn fowr iti Barry :) haha! Mae'r Saesneg yn cael dod mas bob hyn a hyn (os yn gyndyn) Diolch yn fowr iawn i ti, a gobeithio dy fod yn ymdopi'n ok rhwng popeth (y)

Diolch yn fawr Dave :) Yes of course, I will be creating general gardening videos as well, the learning Welsh videos is just one element :) Time is my biggest enemy at the moment but I will try my best :D

Gracias, diolch o galon Eduardo am sylw caredig iawn :) Pob hwyl yn dysgu!

Well that's very interesting! I think a lot of the similarities derive from Latin as Latin had quite an influence on Welsh vocabulary! 😊

Croeso Jen :)

Brilliant diolch iti 😀 pwy un gwed 😂?

@@adamynyrardd matthew 😉 hen ffrind o’r ysgol!

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Helo Shaun, diolch yn fawr iawn iti am gysylltu ac am dy neges :D mae dy Gymraeg yn ardderchog! Waw mae hynny'n dibyn o glod, diolch o galon i ti am fod mor garedig! Pob hwyl yn parhau i ddysgu a defnyddio dy Gymraeg yn yr Unol Dalaethau.

Diolch o galon Debbie, am garedig! Does dim ots, mae Caint yn rhan o'r hen 'Gymru' felly acen Gymreig yw hi yn y pendraw ;).

@@adamynyrardd Wrth cwrs!👍😁

Diolch Liza :D Pob hwyl yn dysgu Cymraeg!!

Croeso Denise, arbennig! Mae SSIW yn gwrs ardderchog, pob hwyl yn dysgu Cymraeg!

Hyfryd Steven. Dw i'n hoffi 'Pabi Califfornia' mae'n brydferth iawn!

Arbennig Katie :) Croeso i'r ardd :) dwi'n caru garddio hefyd, does dim byd gwell!

Diolch o galon Rose am eich neges hyfryd. Rwy'n falch eich bod yn joio'n fawr iawn :) Mae SSIW yn gwrs arbennig, wir! Daliwch ati, mae'ch Cymraeg yn wych!

Diolch yn fawr Margaret :D

Diolch yn fawr iawn i chi :) Ich rede auch Deutsch :D Rwy'n gobeithio'n wir na fyddwch chi'n anghofio'ch Cyrmaeg, mae gymaint yn defnyddio'r Gymraeg ar y we erbyn hyn, gobeithio fydd hynny o help i chi :)

Helo, Shwmae Simon :) ydych chi'n hoffi garddio? Ydych chi'n tyfu planhigion? Arbennig, mae Morgannwg yn rhan hyfryd o Gymru :)

Bore da Andrew, rwy'n siŵr y bydd modd eich annog i arddio :D Diolch yn fawr iawn, croeso mawr!

Shwmae Lillian, arbennig rydych chi'n tyfu tipyn o bethau :D pob lwc yn tyfu sweet potatoes, mae nhw'n gallu bod yn anodd (difficult)

Croeso mawr Rhiannon :) waw am fideo arbennig, mae wir wedi codi fy nghalon gweld dy ardd, yn enwedig clywed am y 'rhiwbob' yn cysgu a'r chillean mint! Neu Mintys Tisle' Dal ati, mae nhw'n hyfryd! Byddwn wrth fy modd yn rhannu dy fideos ar fy mlog ar wefan adamynyrardd.cymru yn y dyfodol (Future) os wyt ti'n hapus?

@@adamynyrardd Oh waw! Diolch Adam! Mintys Tsile - cwl! Wrth gwrs, gallech chi rhannu fy mideos os chi'n moyn. :)

Croeso mawr :) Australia, I bet the weather is beautiful at the moment. It's great to hear about your Welsh ancestors, I am only a short drive away from Swansea as well :) small world! Rhiwabon is a lovely village near Wrecsam as well!

Croeso mawr Kimberly :)

Diolch o galon Laura how very kind of you :) I'm really glad that you found the video useful :) Of course I'm sure we will be able to have a fluent Welsh gardening conversation in no time :D Daliwch ati!

Croeso mawr Chrisopher a diolch am eich sylw. Pob hwyl yn ailgychwyn defnyddio eich Cymraeg. Yn bendant, fe wnaf yn sicr edrych ar wneud hynny yn y dyfodol :)

Croeso mawr 😀

Gwers whoops.

Croeso mowr 😁