Learn Welsh - Lesson 21 - Nasal Mutations - Y Treigladau Trwynol.

[Fourstringsaokay]

I really enjoy that you say the letter 'h' ('ay-ch' in American English) as haytch.

[eljacinto22]

Diolch yn fawr!! Your vids are getting funnier ;P

Just a couple of questions: a) is it all right to say this - Nawr, dw i'n yng ngardd John (trying to say "now I'm in John's garden') It seems a bit heavy to say "i'n yng" together....

b) Have you got an example sentence for a t>nh mutation? something like "this is my TV" or "I'm on the toilet" lol

[benlow666]

@eljacinto22 haha! Goodo! :)

No problems :) Answers for you:

a) you would use the word 'mewn' for 'in' because you're actually there. so it would be - Nawr, dwi mewn gardd John.

b) Haha, yes, a sentence could be something like...Fe es i siopa yn Nhonypandy ddoe- I went shopping in Tonypandy yesterday. :) I will be explaining more of this structure in my next lesson, when I am not full of cold! haha.

Hope that helps :)

[Onlaisneen25]

Thank you for posting this video! I Love learning and hearing Welsh. Super interesting. No need to apologize for the length (@ 8m30s ish). Rome wasn't created in a day! ^_^

Aww, I thought the black and white was an intentional effect until you apologized for it. :-D

Great vid! It's a shame there aren't more reliable, awesome Welsh-learning resources around. ^_^ Thanks again!

[benlow666]

@Onlaisneen25 Not a problem, thank you for watching, and liking it :) and then leaving a great comment! :) The black and white was kind of intentional, just as the colour version kept crashing on me :(

I am doing another video today, on another form of mutations, which is the aspirate mutations, so I will try with colour. :)

Thank you very much again for the comment! I hope you enjoy my other videos too :)

[AdamDubb]

I love your Welsh videos. :)

If you ever have children, I hope you teach them Welsh so the language doesn't end up like other Celtic languages.

[benlow666]

@AdamDubb Thank you so much mate!! :) I will of course teach them as many languages as I know at the time :) Definitely Welsh though :)

Thank you once again for watching my video! :)

[rredd7777]

Siaw mae, Ben. Mae'n dda dy weld di! I always thought the Nasal mutations were easy. The mutated forms all have your tongue in the same place as the original letter, but you just make it into a nasal. I find myself wanting to make nasal mutations on other letters too, like ch, f, ff etc. One thing I am curious about is: Why is f considered a 'weak' sound in Welsh? They say fy usually in speach turns into just 'y. Doesn't seem like it would be that easy to drop.

Hwyl fawr Ben!

[benlow666]

@rredd7777 Siwmae! That is why I did this video first, as it is the easiest to remember. But for beginners, it is important to recognise as soon as possible, so I have explained it as much as possible. :)

About the 'y, this is easy enough in speech, if the word after is has been mutated, e.g. - 'yng ngardd, as you would know that is my garden. But not if you wanted to say e.g. - 'y fideo, as this would mean 'the video' instead of 'my' video. :)