Welsh lesson 3 - Pronouncing Welsh words and names

In this lesson you'll learn how to pronounce Welsh words and names.
Please comment and I'd love to see some videos too!

Category:

Film & Animation

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• welsh
• lesson
• names
• places
• rhyl
• dafydd
• llanfairpg

[JamesJimmaHarding]

Welsh is a very interesting language indeed

We actually have a town here in Australia called 'Rhyll' excpet it has 2 L's at the end

[elmo5242]

@JamesJimmaHarding The Welsh word "Hyll" means "Ugly", so 'Rhyll would literally mean "The Ugly", which is a bit of an unfortunate name, still I wonder if the settlers of Rhyll were missing home and named it after Rhyl... who knows....

[mrscullenaraz]

sut ydych chi'n ynganu hyn

'llanfairpwllgwgngyllgogerychw­yrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch'

diolch yn fawr

[elmo5242]

@mrscullenaraz Be ydy'r tiwn?

[007samhill]

U sayed Rhyl wrong

[elmo5242]

@007samhill I live here, I think I know how it's pronounced ;) So many people pronounce it as "Rill", does my head in.

[deusabscondidum]

Your videos are awesome. I have wanted to learn Welsh because my family never taught me anything about Wales, but that's supposed to be our heritage. This makes it so much easier than staring at a bunch of letters and wondering what I'm supposed to be doing.

[seonidh]

@seonidh also the south of scotland also spoke brythonic cumbric in Gododdin, Rhygedd, Strathclyde all old welsh speaking kingdoms (although wernt part of wales). A prince of Gododdin (modern day Edinburgh) , Cunedda even founded the kingdom of Gwynedd and the south of scotland was known as the Hen Ogleth or old north. The links between the brythonic areas of scotland and wales are old.

[mrscullenaraz]

@elmo5242 Dim syniad, dyna pam yr wyf yn gofyn i chi. Mae fideos, ond eu bod yn rhy gyflym i mi ddal.

[calibokina]

Jimmy Carr: "I love the Welsh language, because it was obviously invented by a Dad losing at Scrabble. 'That's not a word!' 'NOW IT IS!'"

[elmo5242]

@janweltevreden Cool, since you like hjills and rain, then you'd love it here. I think you meant "Hwyl" (which is welsh for 'have fun' and used as a farewell :)

[janweltevreden]

Im dutch, and have respect for this lovely language with its sounds that are simply ghostly!. Planning to buy a cottage in the middle of nowhere and settle down in Wales 'cause i love hills n rain and dont smoke cannabis. Yeh, its gonna be cool swapping one throat desease (Dutch) for another one (Welsh!) HOYLE! (Hoyle is welsh for bye)