Visiting Dolgellau (Part 1) | Easy Welsh 1 

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Our language is ancient

She’s speaking south Wales Welsh!

How’s it going

Io ho iniziato oggi, come sta andando dopo 2 anni?

Try ,,now you’re talking,,,it provides vids in Welsh and/or Irish Gaelic

It’s not really the same thing because of the bretonic influence it has

@@silverspeak4813 They never claimed it's the same thing, they only said they like Celtic languages and would like to see more...

There should also be Easy channels for Welsh / Breton / Cornish / Manx / Irish / Scottish Gaelic - I am trying to learn all 6 Celtic languages, and it’s not easy to find resources for most of them! And also, for the less known Germanic languages, like Faroese / Icelandic / Gothic / Old Norse / Norn / Old English etc and Limburgish and the West-Vlaamse / Oost-Vlaamse Dutch-based languages and Luxembourgish / Low Dietsch / Ripuarian etc and the other German-based languages and Gallo / Galician / Guernsey and the 4 French-based languages spoken in Belgium and Occitan and Aranese etc and all Italian-based languages like Venetian / Sicilian / Neapolitan etc and Slovenian, they all should have an Easy yt! I am trying to learn all these languages - they are very pretty languages, so they should be included in language related videos and also on lists of recommended languages etc!

Interestingly enough, Evans and Davies aren't 'true' Welsh names, rather they're anglicized, since there is no 'v' in Welsh, the v sound in English is represented with a single 'f' in Welsh.

I'm welsh and went to Ireland last year and LOVE the language! Everytime we got in the car i was like 'lets listen to the Gaelic radio!' but SO different from Welsh

There should also be Easy channels for Welsh / Breton / Cornish / Manx / Irish / Scottish Gaelic - I am trying to learn all 6 Celtic languages, and it’s not easy to find resources for most of them! And also, for the less known Germanic languages, like Faroese / Icelandic / Gothic / Old Norse / Norn / Old English etc and Limburgish and the West-Vlaamse / Oost-Vlaamse Dutch-based languages and Luxembourgish / Low Dietsch / Ripuarian etc and the other German-based languages and Gallo / Galician / Guernsey and the 4 French-based languages spoken in Belgium and Occitan and Aranese etc and all Italian-based languages like Venetian / Sicilian / Neapolitan etc and Slovenian, they all should have an Easy yt! I am trying to learn all these languages - they are very pretty languages, so they should be included in language related videos and also on lists of recommended languages etc!

Ale Flores Duolingo was never enough

Duolingo had the thing it does and it’s really helpful. But at some point, it’s necessary to get exposure to the language in use and, eventually, even in the wild. Duolingo, as useful as it is (and it REALLY IS) can’t be all things. It’s important to have other resources, like this one.

My Mam is from Cardiff and fluent in Welsh, but I learnt Welsh from Conwy area, where I grew up, and we really struggle to converse in Welsh because of all the little nuances and differences, and when I first went to primary school I'd get told of for saying loshins and stuff 😂😂 and when I went to high school, my teacher was from Anglesey and wouldnt know what we meant by some words cos they wouldn't use it in that way or at all in Anglesey, it's so confusing 🤣🤣

@@caitlinlemon7480 falle bod dy Gymraeg yn ddyffygiol a dim byd mwy na hwnna. Bues i yng Nghaernarfon blwyddyn ddiwethaf ac galles i ddeall pawb, dim problem ac deallon nhw fi hefyd.

@@barnbersonol wow, dw i'n darganfod Cymraeg Caernarfon yn anodd iawn! Pethau fwyaf roedd i deall gyda fy mam neu athrawes, ond un neu ddau geiriau yn g wahanol, fel loshins neu fferins, a sut i dweud sentences a pethau. Ond dw i'n cytuno gyda'r dy sylwi cyntaf, Cymraeg ydy yn wahanol yn ardaloedd wahanol, ond hefyd dw i'n dydy ddim yn siarad Cymraeg cyntaf iaith, felly Cymraeg yn teimlo mwy wahanol i fy oherwydd dw i'n dysgu dialect sicr, wyt ti'n ddeall? Fel ti'n dweud, fy Gymraeg yn ddyffygiol. Mae'n gwneud synnwyr? 😂

@@caitlinlemon7480 mae siarad Cymraeg yn dda ac yn gywir dim ond angen ymarfer a hyder. Mae mantais da fi fod y ddau riant yn siarad Cymraeg. Doedd dim Saesneg o GWBL yn y ty pryd o'n ni'n tyfu lan. Dim gair.

Really,so how will my fictional character,a girl from the countryside nearby,sound......anything distinctive.......she is a teenager.

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@Fflur Efa And the Polish "siema" comes from "jak się masz?" which means "how are you?" (in a literal translation it is "how do you have yourself?")

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Its actually brythonic were a separate branch to Gaelic Celtic brythonic Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cornwall 〓〓 Brittany 🇨🇵 Celtic Gaelic Ireland 🇮🇪 Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Ilse of man 🇮🇲 There were originally just 3 Celtic groups wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 & ireland 🇮🇪 & picts who were also brythonic like us welsh , northern irish immigrants moved into northern Britain (modern day scotland) and mixed with the native brythonic picts the Scottish identity was born, basically the scottish🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 identity is like a welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 x irish 🇮🇪 x picts hybrid , lots of old brythonic names in scottish towns , the irish also settled on the isle of man 🇮🇲 , they speak a Gaelic language called manx, the anglo saxons invaded britain in 450ad and pushed us Britons (welsh) west into mordern day wales , the other Britons got split from us near the severn bridge and got pushed down into mordern cornwall they were separated by a body of water from us so the cornish identity and langauge formed over time , many didn't stay in cornwall due to fear of another saxon invasion so they got on ships until they landed in north-west france (brittany) where they settled, they were eventually conquered by the franks but kept their celtic culture and language and there is actually a small independence movement happening there , possible new nation in the future along with cornwall , be nice to see 4 independent celtic nations and a United ireland we should be proud of our cultures not many of us celts left we used to be all over europe until the Roman's and julias ceaser wiped them out it's a miracle that were still here.

Well spotted. "Heddiw" (Welsh) originates in the Latin "hodie", as does the Italian "oggi". I wouldn't be surprised if Esperanto's "hodiau" was based on the same root.

@@ftumschk ... and "avui" (Catalan) etc. Same root - never knew that until recently, it's not obvious to Welsh speakers. The 'dd' is the same sound as the 'th' in 'with', 'together', 'the' etc.

@@SionTJobbins Diddorol iawn! Diolch :)

Very late reply, but in casual-everyday-Welsh mutations are not absolutely necessary to be understood. There are so many specific rules about when to use them that it can be hard to remember so some people forget but it's not a big deal. If a mutation was absent or wrong in a government announcement/document then that would be a problem, but nobody really minds if you miss/incorrectly use a mutation in casual conversation. So yes, 'o Fangor' is the correct way of saying it but it doesn't really matter that much.

dwi'n dysgu cymraeg a dwi'n caru fideo hyn ! Diddorol a helpful iawn (:

I think some of them seem like learners, which is lovely to see.

because vikings

@@ArcaneEdits hywel DDA kicked the vikings ass

Much coming from the throat rather than tip tongue Englisssh

One of Tolkiens favorite languages is welsh

Because welsh is not a strong language, is not spoken in every situation or every single day, it is more like a secret language; the last phase before it will become a death language. (I am catalan, believe me, I know how all this process works. )

@@electricalblood5112 :(

@@electricalblood5112 but when they speak it, it doesn't sound foreign. their rhythm and accent are really like of a native. wow

@@electricalblood5112 That is a massive generalisation right there. It is true that Welsh does not play an integral role in general life in many communities in Wales, but in many others Welsh is part of everyday life. I live in northwest Wales where Welsh is far from being merely a 'secret language' and is a language I have come to use every day as much as possible since I moved to Wales. Also, this video is a wonderful mix of people who speak Welsh as a mother tongue and others who are learning/have learnt the language!

@@electricalblood5112 most of these are not native. I'm a native speaker, and I use Welsh everyday, and was educated through the medium of Welsh. So I think you're a little confused there.

No. English is Germanic. Welsh isn't.

Google it for God's sake.

Pre dates both.

they speak English, but their indigenous language is Welsh, which is a Celtic language.

They speak both.

@@uadhlagash7280 British! English is Germanic. The term Celt was invented by Edward Llwyd.

@@taffyducks544 Celtic Languages is a technical linguistic designation. This is a consensus designation and is precise in what it refers to. If you need to refer to Welsh in any other way, people would not understand what you mean and it can be confusing. "British" does not carry any linguistic technical definition. To your point, "Welsh" itself is a term invented by the Anglo-Saxons. You can call it "British" all you want, but no one else will use it that way. If you do not prefer the term "Celt" I would suggest Brythonic as a replacement term, as that is already its linguistic designation. However, you would need to create a new term to designate the larger language family that Welsh is merely a part of, which would include the Goidelic Languages (Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx). What would you propose? Hiberno-Britannic? That's a mouthful and leaves out other related languages like Gallic, Gaulish, Lepontic, etc. Celtic is as good a term as any to use, as it has historic usage for continental Celts.

How?! Sounds nothing alike!