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Plîs help me not lose my teeth

I never thought I'd have to make one of these, but I'm genuinely really struggling financially right now and will swallow my pride about asking for help.

As some of you may know, the NHS has been slowly gutted by the Tories, meaning that medical interventions which were formerly free/low cost and readily available are no longer available. As a result I'm having to pay £250 out of pocket for a mouth guard to protect my teeth from tooth grinding. I fell out of the NHS system a while ago when I became estranged, so have to go private.

I suffer from a tight tempomandibular joint (the muscles in my jaw) which causes teeth grinding (bruxism) at night. Stress and anxiety also worsen this. It's gotten to the point where it can hurt to talk or eat and the tooth grinding triggers my migraines due to the pressure caused by my jaw. My gums are also very sensitive and thin due to another medical condition and the grinding is making my teeth loose and gums bleed. I have no other option other than getting a mouth guard fitted - the cheapest option of which is £250.

So I'm creating a $1 Patreon tier for anyone who can spare it to help me cover the cost of my mouth guard. If you do donate, I really, really cannot thank you enough - losing my teeth is one of my biggest fears and I need to prevent that from happening, so thank you again if you can spare anything! If you would prefer, I also have tumblr tips enabled. If you cannot donate, please consider reblogging!

Diolch mawr for reading and thank you so much to everyone who has supported me - now or in the past.

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Croeso! Welcome!

[lexiconofhope]

Medieval Welsh people: *gives a pseudo-historical figure a name that is distinctly welsh and not at all irish* this is the king of Ireland.

[vielsprachig]

Lliwiau’r Enfys

Coch a melyn a pinc a gwyrdd Porffor ac oren a glas Dyma liwiau’r enfys Lliwiau’r enfys Lliwiau’r enfys hardd Red and yellow and pink and green Purple and orange and blue These are the colours of the rainbow Colours of the rainbow Colours of the beautiful rainbow

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Learning Welsh Masterpost

So, I’m at the very beginning of my Welsh language journey, but I wanted something that I could easily reference back to or that might help someone else, too. 

Unfortunately, there’s not a whole lot out there for learning Welsh, unlike the more popular languages. I’ll update as I find more things, though :) Note that this list is geared toward people learning online in whole or as a supplement to their off line groups, not linked. 

Free Online Resources

Duolingo - What I’m currently using as my primary tool Say Something in Welsh - Tried this first, but I’m very visual, and it didn’t work for me as a primary resource The blog of one of the SSiW people BBC’s Learning Welsh websites Memrise Learn-Welsh Welsh 101 Surface Languages Welsh Learn Welsh on Reddit S4C and Dal Ati - news media? I’m a little confused about accessing stuff iLanguages Welsh Welsh Government resources

Paid Resources

Cadw Sŵn - I plan to invest in some of this when I have some cash Instant Immersion Dino Lingo - made for children Little Linguist - children’s resources Gomer - bilingual children’s books

[llyfrenfys]

Four Centuries and Four Landmarks: Events in 1567, 1607, 1763 and 1803

[Chapter extract from “What drove the development of Welsh-language LGBTQIA+ terminology 1972-2022” by Luke Blaidd ]

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Just sent my sister a playlist of Welsh-language music. Perhaps I will convert her into learning Welsh eventually. Mwhahaha!

Edit: here’s the playlist on Spotify. I don’t have it updated on YouTube, but maybe if I do update it I’ll share that. Not my only Welsh music playlist, but my favorite one. My cerddoriaeth tag has more music too.

[lexiconofhope]

Have had “wy’ ti’n dal i weld cysgodion yn y nos?” stuck in my head so often…

lyrics below, but sorry yall get a not-quite-correct google translate because i don’t have energy to translate it myself.

Wy’ ti’n dal i weld cysgodion yn y nos?

Do you still see shadows at night?

Wy' ti'n dal i grio yn dy freuddwydion?

Are you still crying in your dreams?

Wy' ti'n dal i weld cysgodion yn y nos?

Do you still see shadows at night?

A'n dal i wrando ar fy hen ganeuon

And still listen to my old songs

Llwytho'r gwn cyn ei saethu,

Load the gun before shooting it,

A phaid a gadael popeth ar dy ol,

And don't leave everything behind,

A paid a brathu,

Do not bite,

Ar y gwir sydd wastad yn dy frifo

In the truth that always hurts you

Llwytho'r gwn cyn ei saethu,

Load the gun before shooting it,

Paid a'i lenwi a bwledi gwag,

Don't fill it with empty bullets,

Ti sydd ddim yn cyfathrebu,

You who don't communicate,

Felly mae'r gwir yn dy ben yn gelwydd

So the truth in your head is a lie

Llwytho'r gwn cyn ei saethu,

Load the gun before shooting it,

A paid a rhedeg ffwrdd ar ol pob un dadl,

And don't run away after every argument,

Llwytho'r gwn cyn ei saethu,

Load the gun before shooting it,

Ti nath benderfynnu troi y 'goriad

You decided to turn the key

Wy' ti'n dal i weld cysgodion yn y nos?

Do you still see shadows at night?

Wy' ti'n dal i grio yn dy freuddwydion?

Are you still crying in your dreams?

Wy' ti'n dal i weld cysgodion yn y nos?

Do you still see shadows at night?

A'n dal i wrando ar fy hen ganeuon, fy hen ganeuon

And still listen to my old songs, my old songs

Llwytho'r gwn cyn ei saethu,

Load the gun before shooting it,

Ti'n cael dy effeithio gan yr eraill i gyd

You are affected by all the others

Llwytho'r gwn cyn ei saethu,

Load the gun before shooting it,

Ti ddim yn newid dim ar ol unrhyw ergyd

You change nothing after any shot

Llwytho'r gwn cyn ei saethu,

Load the gun before shooting it,

A phaid a'i adael ar ochr y gwely,

And don't leave it at the bedside,

Llwytho'r gwn cyn ei saethu,

Load the gun before shooting it,

A cofia anadlu'n ddwfn cyn anelu

And remember to breathe deeply before aiming

Wy' ti'n dal i weld cysgodion yn y nos?

Do you still see shadows at night?

Wy' ti'n dal i grio yn dy freuddwydion?

Are you still crying in your dreams?

Wy' ti'n dal i weld cysgodion yn y nos?

Do you still see shadows at night?

A'n dal i wrando ar fy hen ganeuon, fy hen ganeuon

And still listen to my old songs, my old songs

Wy' ti'n dal i weld cysgodion yn y nos?

Do you still see shadows at night?

Wy' ti'n dal i grio yn dy freuddwydion?

Are you still crying in your dreams?

Wy' ti'n dal i weld cysgodion yn y nos?

Do you still see shadows at night?

A'n dal i wrando ar fy hen ganeuon

And still listen to my old songs

Wy' ti'n dal i weld cysgodion yn y nos?

Do you still see shadows at night?

Wy' ti'n dal i grio yn dy freuddwydion?

Are you still crying in your dreams?

Wy' ti'n dal i weld cysgodion yn y nos?

Do you still see shadows at night?

A’n dal i wrando ar fy hen ganeuon, fy hen ganeuon

And still listen to my old songs, my old songs

[vielsprachig]

Diolch 😁 My plan was to start with Duolingo first to slowly ease into a routine of learning it. Then I want to get a textbook (I heard there is one by Gareth King that's highly recommended so I might grab that one) and I also want to check out some online resources like Say Something in Welsh. So basically a mixture of online and traditional methods! How are you studying Welsh?

Oh, I have not heard of Gareth King before, but I have a Routledge Intensive Dutch Course, which is very good. Routledge has a good reputation as far as I know. So far I have ‘Complete Welsh’ and ‘Welsh Grammar you really need to know’ from Christine Jones, which both are good, but the latter requires a fair amount of knowledge of Welsh in order to do the exercises. (So I just ignore them for know) I read the units several times, do the exercises (from Complete Welsh), and listen to the audio on CD. I also use Duolingo on a daily basis, which inspired me to write down some animal vocabulary.  I think a mix of online and traditional methods/resources is a very good way to go. 🙂 Here are some interesting sites, in case you don’t know them already: https://welearnwelsh.com https://learnwelsh.cymru http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/learning/learnwelsh/ Verb conjugation: https://www.verbix.com/languages/welsh.html Dictionary: https://geiriadur.uwtsd.ac.uk