niemia Tetraglot Newbie United States Joined 5463 days ago 19 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Polish, Georgian, Welsh, Arabic (Written), Japanese, Finnish
| Message 1 of 7 01 December 2010 at 7:16am | IP Logged |
I'm trying to learn Welsh and I was wondering if anyone had some good recommendations for modern Welsh books
that would be easy enough for beginning reading practice. My university only has texts in Middle Welsh or older...
Also, if anyone knows a good place to buy Welsh books in the US, that would be lovely :)
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Gosiak Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4908 days ago 241 posts - 361 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, German Studies: Norwegian, Welsh
| Message 2 of 7 02 December 2010 at 12:19am | IP Logged |
Hi
I recomend you to visit a site for Welsh learners ->
http://www.saysomethinginwelsh.com/home/
Good luck!
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Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 5793 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh
| Message 3 of 7 02 December 2010 at 9:37am | IP Logged |
Check out a Wales-based on-line bookstore like www.gwales.com to find the ISBNs, then you can check for the specific books in the US...
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niemia Tetraglot Newbie United States Joined 5463 days ago 19 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Polish, Georgian, Welsh, Arabic (Written), Japanese, Finnish
| Message 4 of 7 02 December 2010 at 12:54pm | IP Logged |
Cainntear wrote:
Check out a Wales-based on-line bookstore like
www.gwales.com to find the ISBNs, then you can check for the specific books in the
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I've actually been on this site before and it had a lot of material, but I was wondering if perhaps I could get a
recommendation for specific books... something that you read at the beginning of your Welsh studies that you
found to be accessible. The question about availability in the US was really just a ghost of a hope that I could save
on shipping...
If this is too vague of a question I'm very sorry for bothering everyone... I just thought I'd see if anyone out there
had any burning recommendations as I can't find anyone around here who speaks/has studied Welsh.
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Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5381 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes
| Message 5 of 7 02 December 2010 at 7:26pm | IP Logged |
The only Welsh book I actually own, which is part of my Potter-collection and which is internationally available, is "Harri Potter a Maen yr Athbronydd"
If you can understand this, buy this book:
"Broliai Mr a Mrs Dursley, rhif pedwar Privet Drive, eu bod nhw'n deulu cwbl normal, diolch yn fawr iawn ichi. Fyddai neb yn disgwyl iddyn nhw, o bawb, fod yn rhan o rywbeth rhyfedd neu anesboniadwy, oherwydd doedden nhw ddim yn credu yn y ffasiwn rwdl-mi-lol.
I can't understand a word, but I am studying Gaeilge (Irish).
Edited by Cabaire on 02 December 2010 at 7:27pm
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Gosiak Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4908 days ago 241 posts - 361 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, German Studies: Norwegian, Welsh
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I found recomendations for this book -> http://www.amazon.co.uk/E-Ffrindiau-Lois-
Arnold/dp/1848511051/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=12716735 46&sr=8-1
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niemia Tetraglot Newbie United States Joined 5463 days ago 19 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Polish, Georgian, Welsh, Arabic (Written), Japanese, Finnish
| Message 7 of 7 03 December 2010 at 8:35pm | IP Logged |
Gosiak wrote:
I found recomendations for this book -> http://www.amazon.co.uk/E-Ffrindiau-Lois-
Arnold/dp/1848511051/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=12716735 46&sr=8-1 |
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This looks pretty manageable... Thanks!
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