Welsh Lesson 2 - Double Letters (Llythrenau ddwbwl)

Following on from part one, I thought some learners might have trouble with the always tricky "Double letters" that are in our alphabet, so here's a guide. Enjoy!

Category:

Education

Tags:

• welsh
• lesson
• learning
• double
• letters
• ll
• ch
• dd
• rh
• ph
• ng
• annunciation
• school

[maddyluvsjohnny17]

what is the difference between dd and th?

[elmo5242]

@maddyluvsjohnny17 In Welsh, "DD" is like the "TH" sound in "THe" while "TH" is like the th in "THistle"

[bridbug]

Great vid! I was wondering though, what's the difference between "ff" and "ph"? Is it just that they're used in different circumstances, or is there something about the pronunciation that changes?

[elmo5242]

@bridbug A Good question. There's no difference in the pronunciation at all, they're used in different places (ff is MUCH more common than ph though)

[YourTeacherLE]

Surely having a cold helps in pronouncing Welsh. :)

[elmo5242]

@YourTeacherLE LOL a good point. :)

[mondoshar2]

Thanks for doing these videos!  The way that many websites described the "ll" sound wasn't very helpful because I couldn't find the audio. This is cool!

[angelsashimi]

Wow, I'm Welsh and I suck at Welsh. Your video's realy helped me ^_^ :)

[iloveunclet1]

Thank you for the videos you've uploaded. I'm definitely using these to help myself learn Welsh. I have a question though: do you have videos on Welsh diphthongs? like "ae, ai, au, eu, ei, ew, i'w, y'w oe, ow, wy, ywy, and aw"? I've also heard that the letter "y" has four different sounds to it in the language. Is this true?

[bridbug]

@elmo5242 Mkay, that'll make it easier. I won't have to try and remember two different sounds.

[Thekern]

cool, now i know how to correctly pronounce my name haha

[datacw]

To Think I used To Know All This Fluently