Welsh Lesson 1 - The Welsh Alphabet

[DTManno]

Excellent post! A Welsh friend directed me here, and I'm glad she did!

[chloejade96]

Da wi'n dod o Gymru ac mae'r fideo hon yn dda iawn :)

[Eddy00061]

ENGLISH!

[IziiBee]

what's the difference between ddim and dim?

is it that ddim means not and dim means no?

thank you!

[RikkuHatena]

@IziiBee I think yesxD

[funguysmall]

@IziiBee Yes that is true, ia mae huna yn wir!

[lauramayj87]

@IziiBee no it doesn't its a treiglad meddal! gosh get it right! na is no!

[calibokina]

Woo, thanks a lot for putting up this tutorial :) I'm lucky that a lot of the sounds in Welsh are similar to certain sounds in Swedish.

[CLAWZGALAW]

Interesting.

[Pedrofrombrazil]

Subbed

[pk33617]

WHAT??!?!? No Z??? outrage!!

[elmo5242]

@pk33617 Nope, S is what we use instead of "Z" (like, "Sw" instead of "Zoo". :)

[wesmatron]

@pk33617 No Q or K either!

[fewhavestrength]

hahahahaha this is fucin hilarious hahahaha and I'm Welsh ilmfco!

[BrodieandOliviax]

hahah, da iawn ti! wedi dysgu llawer;) dim ond yn jocan, galla I siarad Gymraeg yn barod... ond diolch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[elmo5242]

@BrodieandOliviax Croseo!

[ReturnMySanity]

continuing....

Like, I didn't even know that loch was a word!

Anyways, I think welsh is a beautiful language with such a deep history and I find it way more intriguing than Spanish or French (the two most common foreign languages offered to students in America).

So, thank you so very much for posting. You're a real help!

[elmo5242]

@ReturnMySanity Croseo :) 

[Praktical]

@elmo5242 Croeso*



[chloejade96]

@elmo5242 you mean croeso don't you?

[ReturnMySanity]

Dw i'n trio dysgu Cymraeg! Er...I really don't know much...yet. But I've been looking for good resources to help me learn, and I must say that I found this (as well as your second lesson) very helpful. For the life of me I could not pronounce ch or ll, but now I feel a bit more confident. Also, I was having difficulty deferring how to pronounce your other vowels as well.

I don't live in Wales or even in the United Kingdom, let alone Europe, so some of these sounds are way different.

[HyperActive1OO]

that was painful for me to watch, seriously mate its like watching and listening to a fat ugly little 5 year old learning the alphabet

[elmo5242]

@HyperActive1OO You know 5 year olds with reeeealy deep voices....

[XxKurochiixX]

im welsh, i had no clue there was an alphabet x'D shows how much i listen in class xD

[CanwllCorfe615]

How would you pronounce my user name? My mom bought me a ghost book when I was younger, and it was about canwll corfe. I was fascinated with how foreign it looked, what it translated to, and in turn made me interested in Welsh history and the language.

[lileylilian]

Well done ! an interesting lesson ! thanks

[jonezzzzy1995]

When you said Y it sounded like you just burped :s i should really learn the welsh alphabet though

[amandadarroch]

Da iawn! Cadw y gwaith lan.

[babibachdel]

PLEB!

[elmo5242]

@babibachdel Pam?

[WofflerWaffler]

Are you even Welsh? I am. :p

Plus, a month ago or something, a guy hung himself near my house. I had to ay that :). Have a nice day or night guy..Meh.

[elmo5242]

@WofflerWaffler Yep I'm Welsh and... umm sorry to hear about the guy by your house.....

[Julialovesthebeatles]

XD So funny, it sounds exactly like the dutch alphabet.

[thefriendlywolf]

A very nice, and very clear video =)

Thanks!

[9Equinox]

@elmo5242 Thank you very much for the video! Very helpful indeed :)

[eroc1234]

im not sure what you're doing to get the Ll it sounds like an English "ck" sound is this correct?

[elmo5242]

@eroc1234 No, try listening to lesson 2 and hopefully things will be clearer.

[BigAlLBL]

@eroc1234 Just a breathing out sound really. put your tongue at the top of your mouth as if you wanted to say L in English but don't then just breath out hard enough for it to make a sound.

[JoshTheNinja5]

I like what your doing but one correction tehe

We dont have a j in our alphabet, as we only use it to help make borrowed english words like Garage=Garej and Jelly=Jeli

[elmo5242]

@JoshTheNinja5 Therefore we DO have a "J" in our alphabet otherwise "Garej" could not exist, also did you not have to learn "Mi Welais Jac Y Do" at School?

[JoshTheNinja5]

@elmo5242 My point is that J is borrowed you wouldn't see it up as a letter say in a welsh classroom, and i don't think so? Unfortunately we did very little welsh until i took it as an option :)

[Webcentaur]

This is really cool, what you are doing. It honours not only you, but this entire culture.I've only read recently about Welsh history and culture.It is one of the oldest languages in Europe and one of the best in grammar and phonetics.By the way, I am Albanian and our languages derive from the same roots.In 6000 B.C we used to speak the same language :) They sound so alike and we have the same alphabet (phonetically).We must be proud of our languages and cultures :) Cheers

[synisterxdave666]

im not joking tho. dude if your welsh and can speak the language through the language your accent should come out. ble mae?

[elmo5242]

@synisterxdave666 A Good point, it's because I spend the majority of my time around English speaking Welsh people, so it's only natural that my accent has been dulled by time. it comes back when I chat to Welsh relatives though.

[UltimatzHackserz]

isnt that just a posher version of english?? UR A FRAUD!!! joke joke

[L1LTERRA]

diolch

[matthew93972]

thats engerlish

[mrsprissyful]

awsome

[Bethletvids]

aww.... sorry but I was expecting some kind of punchline here... must be the James Corden lookalike i ness !! haha

[elmo5242]

@Bethletvids Hey if Sheridan Smith asked me out due to my look-a-likiness to Smithy then I'd definitely be tempted ;) (Sorry to my GF if she's reading this ;))

[098anne]

Thank you for the lessons!!

[cheater21211]

are you even welsh. ._.

[elmo5242]

@cheater21211 Yes! Why the doubt?

[elvein1]

Great thankyou:) i really want

To

Learn this Language

[elmo5242]

@elvein1 Croeso!

[megaterra4]

Soo...I got everything except for the double L n Y. Y is it pronounced like uh in underwear? N what about LL?

[elmo5242]

@megaterra4 Yes for 'Y', and as for LL check out lesson 2

[bigsausagebaws]

that was good well done! --- could have added a scream in the middle to make people shite themself though :)

[bigsausagebaws]

that was good well done!

[AndrewJimScott]

you look welsh

[TobysYummyMummy]

Hello... My sister and I really like your videos and we're trying to learn Welsh from them, and not doing to well lol. Is there a Welsh form of saying our names? Kelly and Kirsty? Thanks xx

[leecalibur]

it was a nightmare to try an dexplain to people how to pronounce LL and CH and RH, so thanks man lol

[SnowBumRider]

'dd' i thought he was gonna burp!

[elmo5242]

@SnowBumRider LOL! I can see why you'd think that :)

[OXYGENHOO]

Like the arabic alphabet

/watch?v=ANIoxAxruys

[caanwoolley]

maybe a stupid question, but, are you teaching North or South Welsh? many thanks.

[elmo5242]

@caanwoolley North Welsh, but I'm trying to in form people about both. The Alphabet is identical in any case.

[xxlilmisslisxx]

Dwi hefyd di siarad cymraeg fy mywid i gyd a dwi dal heb cofio'r wyddor cymraeg! shocking fi'n gwybod. Dimond fyny i 'Ng' fi'n gwybod!

[AndrewJimScott]

thought you'd gone

[elmo5242]

@AndrewJimScott No such luck :D

[AndrewJimScott]

@elmo5242 that's good

[cadwen55]

does ddim J a PH yn y wyddor cymraeg.

[elmo5242]

@cadwen55 Sut ydach chi'n sillafu "Jac y do" neu "Phen Ol" ta? ;)

[globaltv]

hi, love the vids, how do you say "Pancake" in welsh? ie: pancakes for breakfast

[elmo5242]

@globaltv Diolch! Pancake is "Crempog" or "Creme" (as in the French term Creme de-la creme) "Pog" (plastic discs that were huge in the 90's)

Creme-pog = Crempog

[britlitgal]

Thanks for posting!

[johnkaighin]

rydw i wedi bod siarad cymraeg gyd o fy mowid AC dal heb dysgu yr wyddor cymraeg

[elmo5242]

@johnkaighin lol wel, amser da i dechrau! :)

[farty1000]

Hi im so glad i saw this video. i have searched for you for years and am so happy i found you. i am your long lost father, thats right its me Eddie Yates from coronation street

[cymruambyth67]

Thanks! i was born in Wales but grew up in London and am now living in Ireland, would love to learn the Welsh language..thanks for your help!.

[thomddon]

Thank you for your contribution and helping so many learn Welsh.

[elinmai84]

Da iawn wir! A dwi'n ddwy-ieithog a mae'r j yn rhan o'r alphabet fodern.

[GazMaddogJones]

Just a quick observation... you pronounce the letters well. However, there is no J in the Welsh Alphabet.

[BalletDancer313]

thats debatable :L but true:L

[GazMaddogJones]

Debatable, which aspect ?

[BalletDancer313]

theres a debate amongst welsh people and epople who speak welsh as to wether J is actually in the alphabet some say it is some say its not :$

[GazMaddogJones]

I'd Not heard that... I'd always thought that J, K, Q, V, X and and Z where English letters and not part of the Welsh Language. And they'd just been thrown in as slang by Wenglish speaks.

[arwelp]

Well, "J" is part of the alphabet now for a few words like "garej", "jam" and "jar". "K" used to be part of the alphabet until the first translation of the New Testament, around 1580, when the (English) printers didn't have enough "k"s in their typesets to be able to print it, so the decision was taken to use "c" for the sound instead - apparently the change wasn't popular at the time!

[mrbemorris]

Actually there is a J in the Welsh alphabet, I have been schooled through the medium of Welsh since I was 3 and am completely fluent in the language and I can assure you there is a J.

[GazMaddogJones]

Im first language Welsh I didnt learn to speak or read English untill I was 12. And I've not known J to be part of the Welsh Language. I agree that people throw the odd English word in when they speak Welsh, like "joke", "jumpio" or "joggio" but thats slang and being lazy. Not what I would call the correct use of the language

[mrbemorris]

The how come when I was learning the alphabet in school there was a J in it?

[princessamy132]

im welsh its my first languagee

[dalekusa]

Why did you classify this as Comedy? Should it be educational?

[fufugal]

thanx for a straight forward video.

[pingi5ra]

Thank you! You're explaining very well.

[runexown]

yeah there are some people who cant

[iostream1]

A bit of a stupid question, but are there people in Wales who only speak Welsh and not English? As in they can't?

[whd2002]

A few old, old people speak only Welsh, but they almost always respond to English sentences by speaking Welsh.

I wonder how long it would take for a person to be so immersed in a culture that they forgot their home language? Nah, nah, couldn't happen... - -?

[iostream1]

Interesting... thanks for your response, it's made me think...

[elmo5242]

It's rare but does happen, I once met someone like that when I was at school but I'm willing to bet 99.9% of Welsh speakers are bilingual.

[FantasticMrF0x]

very, very few

[bigboytoma]

omg.

[irgy709]

wonderful, thanks for the lesson!

[danniewitchery]

The way the vowels r pronounced is so close to Portuguese! Hmm... Maybe Welsh would have been easier to learn than English! XD

[unkeptcross]

mae fi ddim yn gallu siarad gumraeg yn dda on mae fi yn gwybod dipyn

speaking welsh is awesome XD

[johnosealeybopper13]

you fat bastard you fat bastard its the little kids way to learn it u fatty

[F2DGraphics]

babies in nursery are taught the alphabet like "ah ba cah etc.".......so is that really how welsh people say it???

[elmo5242]

Yep :)

[Frogspawn14]

Ruff Mate No Yout Just fucking Fat Get on a Diet U Fat Cunt

[AlexAbused]

Get a fucking life!

[viczeee4840]

oviously your the one who needs a life other wise you would have more 2 do than send abbuse 2 other people!

[mickybarton]

i am so pround to be welsh ..but once you learn it it is really easy well for me beacuse i talk welsh all the time but really keep it up xxxits great cymru am byth xxx

[runexown]

im welsh and a welsh speaker andm i gotta say if you keep learning it gets much more easy trust me

[magyarwho]

Thanks for making this video. You helped me out a lot with trying to learn Welsh.

[22poopoo]

I dunno why I'm watching this cos I'm not learning welsh, but I was wondering did you/he do it phoetically or do they/you name the tletters too like "Aye Bee Cee" instead of "ah Bu Cu"? If you know wjhat I mean?...

[elmo5242]

We really do name the letters like that.

[22poopoo]

Oh ok, fair enough. Why are those cum stains below being so horrible to you? they have no respect!

[thefartydoctor]

Although 'j' is seen in words like 'garej', I'm pretty sure that it's not in the alphabet. I really loved this video. 5*s.

[LimeeMiniDress]

This was really great.

I probably won't learn much without formal lessons, but this is a cool place to start. Thanks for postiiiiing !

[MusicIsMyThing]

Some questions on a couple letters...

Ng- is that supposed to have a k sound at the end or is it just the glottal nnnn sound?

LL- I once read that you're supposed to make your tongue touch the top of your mouth as if you were supposed to say "L" but let air pass through the sides of your tongue instead.. is this true?? If not, what is?

what's the difference between R and Ph when reading welsh??

U is pronounced how???

THANKS!!!!!!

[Entwistle54]

"nnnn" is not a glottal sound. There are no glottal nasals.

"ll" is a lateral alveolar voiceless fricative.

[MusicIsMyThing]

Ah, right, sorry my terms are a bit rusty.. I meant nnn as in velar nasal. Is this correct for the welsh Ng?

Thanks, how you described "ll" was extremely helpful!!! :)

[thallassocracy]

Fy nhad yng Nghyfraith yw Mistar John Jones.

(Of course there is a J in Welsh).

[MarsLive]

70% of LIthuanian alphabet are spealls the same :) so is very easy, i never know anything about Welsh language, but i see is the same indo european language..Albanian · Armenian · Baltic Celtic · Germanic · Greek..so mine is Baltic, and yours is Celtic famylies language, o maybe i am wrong, sorry for broken english.

[Entwistle54]

More specifically, Welsh is a Brythonic language of the Celtic family.

[mike20295]

hi i dont want to show you up or nothing but the letter 'J' is not part of the welsh alphabet, the reason i no this is because im welsh.

[fanzig0]

The reason I KNOW ( not no ) this is because I'm ( not im ) Welsh.. The reason I know this is because I can spell

[Dawnydoos]

His spelling in Welsh is probably impecccable to be fair ;)

[Dawnydoos]

Jac Codi Baw

Jam

Mi Welais Jac y Do

It's rare but it's there :)

[mike20295]

wow, how sad must you dawnydoos. I no (know) that my spelling in english might not be so good as your's the reason being im (i'm) welsh. how good is your welsh then?. ..and trust me google the welsh alphabet and you will see there's isnt the letter 'J' in the welsh alphbet.

[mike20295]

and if you dont belive me dawnydoos google the (welsh orthography).i cant wait until you realize your wrong haha, tit.

[Entwistle54]

I'm guessing that it's used only in loanwords.

[stststudder95]

this was helpful

thanks for posting :)

[Heikki1]

I have heard somewhere that welsh have some similarities to hebrew. Can this be true??

[elmo5242]

I've never heard any Hebrew, so it could be the case

[daranac2]

Heikki1, i really don't think so.

God bless you

[watnameisnttaken]

Welsh isn't a language. It's a conglomerate of letters.

[elmo5242]

Can't the same be said about any language?

[Stettina81]

I'm learning Irish right now, but I would like to learn Scottish and Welsh next! =)

[Hwntw123]

Da iawn! Ma hwn yn ddefnyddiol iawn. This is very useful!

Wyt ti di dysgu, ta iaith gyntaf?

Ignore the twpsyns. What you're doing is really valuable.

[elmo5242]

Mae Cymraeg fy iaith cyntaf.

I was brought up in Gwynedd and started this to help out a Canadian friend of mine who wanted to learn the Welsh dielect. Glad you like. Not letting the Scouse person get me down ;)

[Dexelator]

I am from Cardiff but considering i dont live there id like to learn the language =] I do know a few words or phrases like BORE DA and Diloch en Fawr or something like that =p

[harpino2793]

thank you so much, it's way easier for me to learn if I can see your mouth moving - as opposed to just reading how to make the sounds. Forget what those nasty people wrote, they haven't helped anyone. and they can't think of descriptive words with more than 4 letters!

[lufc08lufc]

ure an idiot

[elmo5242]

and I can spell, so what does that make you.

[vaivataFinn]

Thanks! I have a friend i want to impress who is Welsh, so this is helping alot!

[elmo5242]

You're welcome! Check out lesson 2 which is being uploaded as I type for extra help on those tricky letters.

[lufc08lufc]

Shut ya fucking mouth u freak seen ya sen