#learning welsh

[official-wales]

Is there an official Welsh word of the year? Like the Oxford word of the year (but better).

only for you anon

[broganwen]

Nothing can prepare you for welsh plurals

Apple? Afal. Apples? Afalau. Two Apples? Dau Afal. Many apples? Llawer o afalau.

Ah okay so you add '-au' to the end unless there's a number since obviously 'two' is plural so you don't need to mark it. But 'many'? Nah you have to mark it then... that's learnable.

A school? Ysgol. Schools? Ysgolion.

Ah... okay sometimes the plural ending it '-ion' not '-au'.

A cat? Cath. Cats? Cathod.

Ah so '-od' is also an ending...

A star? Seren. Stars? Sêr.

A carrot? Moronen. Carrots? Moron

Ah so sometimes the plural is shorter and removes an '-en'... (typically with nouns that are more commonly said in plural)

A dog? Ci. Dogs? Cŵn.

A leek? Cenhinen. Leeks: Cennin

What the hell are we doing now guys?

[butterflytetra]

Question for Welsh speakers/learners on this platform:

I have been using Duolingo to try to learn the language for around 2 months now, and I think I am making ok progress.

But I was wondering if there were any better apps more tailored for Welsh specifically, which would help me with grammar and such.

I do not have the option to go to a physical class, as I do not actually live in Wales.

Any ideas are appreciated!

[lalunebat]

Learning all the important things in Welsh

[lauratheghost]

One thing I've noticed about trying to learn Welsh that is different from my past experience in learning french/German- is the lack of media available in the language (at least for me in the US)

Lots of the shows and movies are only on channels that are not available here (or are very expensive to subscribe to)

And Duolingo doesn't have the "stories" option for Welsh, unfortunately.

So I've been feeling very much like yes, I can understand a robot speaking it, but still have no experience listening to real people speak the language...

However! I just found a reddit post with a huge list of Welsh musicians and made a giant playlist to listen to 🥰😊

I'm actually so excited about this, you have no idea 😅

[aelleaaellea]

Is it really so hard to have a language learning app (that ISNT duolingo) which lets me learn German starting at B2/C1 instead of forcing me to start from the basics

[goferu]

I have slowly been working on something exciting for perhaps me and only me but I'm gonna share a little about it.

I have been compiling the Welsh Common names of as many butterflies as I can. Focusing on common butterflies in Wales and then looking at the meanings and origins of these common names.

So far I have 41 common names for butterfly species. So if you're Welsh or a welsh learner and want to know your favourite common welsh butterfly species in welsh, then feel free to ask me. (it's easiest if you give me Scientific names than English common names but I can work with both)

[itchylimpet]

Learners of Welsh*, what's your favourite word so far?

Mine's a tie between:

Esgidiau - I like the way it rolls, and

Morfil - it's exactly the kind of name a dignified middle aged whale would have and I think that's perfect

* I'm specifying learners because I like how my favourites have been changing as I learn new words, but I'm still up for hearing cool favourite words from everyone