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| Alexander86 Tetraglot Senior Member United Kingdom alanguagediary.blogs Joined 4972 days ago 224 posts - 323 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, Catalan Studies: Swedish | Message 17 of 27 16 September 2011 at 2:35pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks for the info, I'm from North Wales and although I've been in Cardiff for a year now it still feels like I'm new -
plus any Welsh people I meet immediately see me as a 'gog' (not in a bad way, but all the same...) Now I realise why I haven't heard much Welsh, I live in studenty east Cardiff.. haha! And with regards to the Mochyn Du, I'm not really a pub person, but I guess I could actively look for people to practise Welsh with through the university - hmm... I'll see what's coming up in the events/activities for postgrads this fall. What are your plans for Welsh? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| g-bod Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5973 days ago 1485 posts - 2002 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, German | Message 18 of 27 16 September 2011 at 3:54pm | IP Logged |
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I won't have time to embark on a new language until Christmas. I think Welsh might be an ideal language for me to do a 6 week challenge early next year though.
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| Alexander86 Tetraglot Senior Member United Kingdom alanguagediary.blogs Joined 4972 days ago 224 posts - 323 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, Catalan Studies: Swedish | Message 19 of 27 19 September 2011 at 1:23pm | IP Logged |
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OK, so a busy weekend, but I managed to procure a "Welsh in Three Months" book, and have done some study
this morning. I've been carrying on with the "Colloquial Welsh" book and have been moving through the present tense as well as learning the vocabulary that comes with that - all very interesting. It's going well, I'm remembering a lot through school and I have a lot of motivation to finally speak the language I should have learnt to speak so long go. Some phrases: Dw i ddim yn siarad Cymraeg (yet!) Mae Morgan ac Eddie fan hyn. Mae e/hi - ydy e/hi maen nhw - ydyn nhw Ti gartre heno? Mae'n bwrw glaw heddiw! Mae Gwenllian i ffwrdd heddiw. The book I'm using shows both North and South Wales Welsh, although I'm sticking to the North Wales version where I can because this is where I am from and this is where I am likely to use it etc. But it makes it a little bit more complex. The verb 'bod' is very important in Welsh! And there are quite a few forms, but then when you get the hang of those forms it does actually seem to make sense... Dw i'n dysgu Cymraeg = Dw i (yn which becomes 'n) Cymraeg = I am learning Welsh Which you can then use with any verb... Dw i'n darllen, Dw i'n edrych, Dw i'n prynu, Dw i'n deall, Dw i'n mynd All good! Edited by Alexander86 on 19 September 2011 at 1:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| akprocks Senior Member United States Joined 5277 days ago 178 posts - 258 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 20 of 27 20 September 2011 at 3:05am | IP Logged |
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You might want to try saysomethinginwelsh.com, it has an excellent, free, audio course, I know it helped me a lot when I studied Welsh. It also has a forum full of what I like to call 'Welsh Fan-boys' who will really help keep you on track.
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| Alexander86 Tetraglot Senior Member United Kingdom alanguagediary.blogs Joined 4972 days ago 224 posts - 323 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, Catalan Studies: Swedish | Message 21 of 27 20 September 2011 at 2:50pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks for the info =) I'll add it to the learning materials, although I'm happy with 'Colloquial Welsh' and 'Welsh in
Three Months' at the moment. And I need no help keeping me on track, I even did 30 minutes before breakfast this morning! Phrases: Wyt ti'n barod nawr? Wyt! Ydy hi'n braf heddiw? Nag ydy, mae hi'n ddiflas heddiw... Hwyl. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Alexander86 Tetraglot Senior Member United Kingdom alanguagediary.blogs Joined 4972 days ago 224 posts - 323 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, Catalan Studies: Swedish | Message 22 of 27 28 September 2011 at 10:00pm | IP Logged |
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Well, been away for a while and I've done lots of Catalan but no Welsh at all - so I'm
kind of half-fulfilled, right? I've improved my Catalan a lot (I was in Catalonia) and I've realised that I can not only read the newspapers in Catalan, but also start to construct sentences and watch the TV (although it is much easier to read...) So I need to concentrate on production of the language, which I will do by working through the Colloquial Catalan book I have =) I hope to make good progress!! I wonder where I will be by Christmas? In terms of Welsh, I just need to get back into it after a week of speaking and reading Spanish and Catalan - but it's OK, it's my home language and I feel good when I sit down and learn - I'm hoping for a 20 to 30 min session tomorrow. Bona nit, els meus amics! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Alexander86 Tetraglot Senior Member United Kingdom alanguagediary.blogs Joined 4972 days ago 224 posts - 323 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, Catalan Studies: Swedish | Message 23 of 27 04 October 2011 at 10:58am | IP Logged |
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Ahir vaig tenir la meva primera classe de Català. Qué bonic! Tinc moltes guanyes de aprendre català, així que va ser
molt guaï! Avui tinc una hora més i gairebé no puc esperar! Bon dia i que vagi bé! l'Àlex. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Alexander86 Tetraglot Senior Member United Kingdom alanguagediary.blogs Joined 4972 days ago 224 posts - 323 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, Catalan Studies: Swedish | Message 24 of 27 27 October 2011 at 8:47am | IP Logged |
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Wow, the Ph.D is really taking time out of my language study! I haven't done Welsh for two weeks... Although I can
not sit in on Undergraduate Catalan classes so it's not all bad news. But hopefully I'll release some time this weekend? Però el meu català va bé! Ja que puc llegir necessito parlar més i també escoltar etc. Dilluns vaig aprendre coses com "ros", "llarg", "lleig", "gros"... Hi ha que veure més Tv3! Fins després, l'Àlex. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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