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Host of this episode: Marian Brosschot
Camera: Ted Cornish
Edit: Ted Cornish
Translation: Ted Cornish and Marian Brosschot
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Nothing pleases me more than people speaking their own native language. Keep doing that. Don't lose it for the sake of the world.
every language is language of colonizers. even welsh bro
@@kkuf75 Welsh is Brythonic. The language of the native Britons.
I want them to pass down this language to pakistanis
As a man of Welsh, English, Irish and Maltese descent. I absolutely love the sound of Welsh (The Native Language of the Isle of Britain). It needs to be preserved, and Promoted more!
@@JenXOfficialEDM Good to hear, Chwarae Teg.
Agreed
No thanks!
@@gazza2933 Why??
@@PHSM147 probably because he's An Anglo Supremacist who thinks its his peoples destiny to see the world speak only English. Even if its by Force!
Look up the "Welsh not" his ancestors would beat little children when they were caught speaking Welsh. Thats the reason why it declined.
It's really good to hear these people speaking Welsh and not English
A culture, ethnicity and a people is based on ancestry but equally on language and shared histories. This is where the Welsh for me are more of a people than the Irish or Scots because they actively use their language in everyday life.
I watched an Irish program No Bearla where an Irishman tried to be a uniquely Gaelophone but wasn’t able to seamlessly continue due to the population’s “lack of the Irish”. These two groups should copy the Welsh and pursue those goals of maternal language usage and reproductive strategies to ensure their unique peoples.
I think this is North Wales they speak alot of Welsh there I'm from the south we speak more English
@@bretwein3793
I thought the opposite; that celtic languages are more popular in Scotland & Ireland rather Wales.
@@occihum9115 The original person was right, Welsh is the strongest Celtic language
@@kushcloud420 Interesting, and can you you speak welsh fluently?
I'm from Ireland and I think Welsh is a beautiful language. Once I visited Bangor in north Wales and I came upon an altercation amongst a group of people. They were shouting at each other angrily but in was in Welsh and it sounded like recitations coming from Dylan Thomas. I stood listening to it in rapture. ☘☘☘
😄😄😄 Thanks for the laugh. The same thing happened to me years ago, but mine involved two mothers arguing over children. I have very little Welsh but enough to realise what the argument was about. Hilarious. One of the mothers could have been my mother.
I love the Irish. Very beautiful culture and kind people. We should all be very proud to be Celtic.
Ah you came to Bangor it is just typical to see people arguing on the streets
The Welsh should declare independence. And I have never understood why the English still own the annexed northern part of Ireland.
@@g.f.w.6402 Th English do not own Northern Irleand, Scotland or Wales you clown
I'm a linguist/polyglot and I've decided to learn Welsh to give back a bit. I'm going to study intensely then make it a habit to drive the 1.5 hours to Bangor to practise it. I'm so excited. It will be nice to show their culture and language the respect it deserves, especially as an Englishmen
What’s your advice to learning a language in 3-4 months I’m sarting with Spanish but next an African language
Too bad the royal family doesn't share that same sentiment. I think Chuck did just a lil bit better than his son William in speaking Welsh but Willyboy is horrendous. Why have such a title as Duke but no real connection to its' people or community?
Why 1.5 drive? Drive to Wrecsam! Y Tafarn Saith Seren ffordd Caer yn Wrecsam. 🏴❤️
I’m currently learning welsh, and it’s such a beautiful language, this makes me so happy to see so many people speaking it 💛
If you need a practice partner ill help (try) lol
I say the same!
@@pauldavies9360 still looking to help someone?
How are you learning? Any specific recommendations courses or apps? 🙏🏼
@@jowyjozef Duolingo, then RUclips videos and books from the series Cyfres Amdani. Look at the colour code (background around the letter A) on the cover showing the level - yellow (Mynediad/Entry), green (Sylfaen/Foundation), blue (Canolradd/Intermediate) and red (Uwch/Advanced).
I am an Englshman who started Welsh back in the 80's. i never have lived in Welsh or have any Welsh connections. After learning other languages to A level I visited Wales and heard the language spoken. Contrary to what we are told, generally, that the language has died out in Wales and no one speaks I thought , what a fib ! This is worthy of learning and promoting . I only intended to learn a few basic phrases but it snowballed into something bigger. I started two groups for learners in East Anglia and now because of COVID we meet jointly on line. I think I speak Welsh as fluent as I can get. I Let's help this ancient language survive , such diversity and culture on our dorrstep.
Thank goodness, it is a fib. I just had a lovely getaway in Blaenau Ffestiniog for a week, and everyone here is speaking Welsh
That's amazing! I've just started, so I'm a beginner. I felt terrible that I'm Welsh (born & bred in Cardiff) yet didn't know anything beyond a few greetings from school days, so I decided to start a fresh.
I will say that in all my 35 years in Cardiff I've only ever heard Welsh being spoken once during a grocery trip. Even through Cardiff has the highest number of Welsh speakers (approx 101,000) you just don't hear it much, sadly.
It does depend on which part of Wales you go to whether you're more likely to hear Welsh being spoken. Even though Cardiff has the highest numbers of 101,000, by percentage its only 28%. Whereas Gwynedd has 90,000 speaker which works out to approx 64%. So more chance of hearing Welsh than English in Gwynedd compared to Cardiff.
How hard/easy did you find it to learn?
Chwarae teg
American, with Welsh ancestry.
Can you rewrite this in welsh?
Hello from a Welsh learner from Kazakhstan! Hoffwn ymweld â Chymru un diwrnod 😌
Ни фига себе. Что же вас привело к изучению валлийского?!
@@AndreiBerezinобщий пункт в истории, колонизация. В их случаи англичане в нашем руzzzкие
@@EughhBrothereughh что за странная коннотация? Вас чем-то не устроил переход от кочевой жизни благодаря русским? Вы всегда можете вернуться в юрту и срать в поле
@@AndreiBerezin ОК, господа! Пожалуйста, проявите некоторое уважение к культурам друг друга.
Croeso i chdi ddod, os gwelwch yn dda nei di ddod i'r gogledd. Tyd draw am panad bach.
Im constantly watching videos like this lately. The welsh language is beautiful. I am originally english but my fiancé and our 3 year old daughter is welsh. My daughter goes to a welsh speaking school and comes home everyday saying something new in welsh. I love that she is learning this amazing language. I am trying to learn a bit each day to support her. I have a very long way to go though xx
Da iawn ti Laura. Pob lwc efo'r dysgu :)
WONDERFUL!!
Well done 👍
Welsh language is heroic, as well as Scottish and Irish! They have managed to survive throughout the whole history of British Empire. And now I hope more people will learn their native languages including Welsh.
It’s been a hard fight. But fortunately Welsh is on the rise with more people sending there children to Welsh medium speakers and the Welsh government investing money to get 1 million fluent speakers in Wales with in the next 20 years. 🏴
Welsh people, be proud of your language! Keep up the great work!
Diolch! I am a Bulgarian who studied at Bangor and I really love coming back to my beautiful Wales! Actually, I have just bought tickets for July, and looking forward to seeing my friends and the beautiful scenery out there!
I know that Welsh is a Celtic language but it still sounds a bit Norwegian or Swedish to me. At least the melody they're speaking with. Sounds beautiful by the way.
I hear similarities to Hebrew
@@taffyducks544 wow, didn’t think Hebrew but interesting you say that, I immediately thought Danish or Norwegian or Swedish
@@conorsmith8551 I say that also because apparently alot of people from the middle east are often intrigued when they hear it. There is, like the Irish, a legend surrounding them and the middle east. The Welsh have often claimed they originally came from the middle east. Mainly parts of Western Turkey, Assyria, and Egypt. Its eerily similar to Irish claims. Around 1200BCE, so 3000 odd years ago.
i think that's just the way some people from the North sound, i do get the similarities with the Norwegian but people from the South sound a lot more different than the North
@@taffyducks544 mad that, well there is ulster historians that claim they date back to the israelites, dal riada, look it up
Save the language. This is their heritage. Love from the 🇺🇸
Very interested in Celtic languages and Welsh is incredibly fascinating and beautiful. I’ve been learning Gàidhlig for 12 months now and am curious to pick up Welsh. Ceud mìle taing (One hundred thousand thanks) for this video!
Paid a anghofio RYGBI!!!😁🏴
Diolch! I'm sure you'll find some similarities in structure and vocabulary :)
@@tcrown3333 ydy!! rwy'n hoffi rygbi, sut wyt ti?
@@9SRR Dwi'n iawn Sophie. O pa ran o Gymru wyt ti'n dod?
@@tcrown3333 did you grow up with Welsh or learn it later on?
Welsh sounds incredible and seeing it written it looks very medieval. Super interesting to see and hear.
My mother moved to the US from Wales and she often spoke welsh with her mother. It's so nice to see the language spoken so much!!
I grew up in wales, it was my first language, I left the country when I was 10 and lived in England ever since, I'm 17 now and sadly have somehow forgotten most of the language but it still brings back good memories listening to it being spoken.
Which area of Wales?
DuoLingo Welsh has been great for me in sparking memories of the language from childhood! Might be worth checking out if you want to refresh. I was surprised how many words I remembered upon seeing/hearing them in the app, compared to if you’d asked me verbally, “How do you say [word] in Welsh?” (which I would likely forget).
Can you understand?
Dysga fe eto. Rydw i'n dwy ti ddim wedi ei golli yn llwyr!
Mynd nol i siarad gymraeg 😉
Congratulations Easy Welsh on your first video! I’m looking forward to knowing the Welsh culture! 🙌
If you have any questions I'd be more than happy to help!
Diolch! Looking forward to sharing more Welsh culture with the Easy Languages followers :)
Marian
@@galesconmarian I had recently found your Spanish based lessons and was glad to recognise you here. I was able to make sense of quite a bit thanks to you. Hope we see more soon
Simply beautiful! I'm Swedish and I'm and studying welsh simply because it's so interesting.
I'm half Walsh on my mothers side, started learning it in school and was doing good until I was moved away and I obviously never picked it up again and forgot a lot of what I learnt. I honestly believe if I haven't of moved I'd be almost fluent in it today.
Might take up learning it sometime in life again.
I went to the Eisteddfod in Pontypridd last Tuesday. It was wonderful. I have been learning Welsh for sometime but haven’t had anybody to speak with. I heared the language being spoken all around it was fantastic. I finally spoke Welsh with a man in the Yes Cymru booth and I then told him in English. He said why did you tell me again in English I understood everything you said in Welsh. Wow I was and am still really chuffed. Cymru am byth.👍
I am from USA and found this very fascinating! Thank you for sharing! I recently discovered I had several ancestors from Wales, and interested in learning the history and its culture. The language is beautiful and poetic.
As a linguist, I’m OBSESSED with the code switching. Just fabulous
Yeah! It's interesting, right? A lot of research is done at the university here in Bangor on code-switching and bilingualism. Marian (Easy Welsh)
Japanese, Welsh, and Germans seem particularly fond of English words as a kind of italics, to add a cool factor (instead of "yn anhygoel" a young person might prefer a "flippin' amazin'"). Sad that too many English mistake this for missing vocabulary, laziness, or lack of pride in Welsh. I've heard this code switching frequently even from fluent Welsh speakers.
@@DanWestonX It happens everywhere. For example, here in Catalonia, a lot of Catalan's switch to Spanish (Castellano) in order to swear, because Spanish swearwords are a lot more forceful in comparison to the fairly mild Catalan swearwords.
Even in English, we use plenty of French or other foreign language words when we want to appear more cultured, or simply if the foreign word fills a function we don't otherwise have (for example the German word "schadenfreude" has basically been fully adopted by the English language)
Welsh is the most beautiful language in the world, it's like a song to the ears. I am so happy to hear so many speaking it ♥️👍
@@Durgesuth maybe a fly has shat in your ears 🤣
@@charlotterockel-kennedy8913 Hes just an Anglo Supremacist who believes its his destiny to force the world into Using English. His savage ancestors beat Welsh children for speaking it, and it seems its something he agrees with.
@@Durgesuth 😂you could be right there
@@charlotterockel-kennedy8913 Trust someone to lower the tone.
Amen!
When I was a student at Bangor, I transferred my weekend job at Boots pharmacy and picked up so much Welsh, I loved hearing it! I can still understand lots!
No. No you cannot.
@@kevinchamberlain7928 ?
@@kevinchamberlain7928 ? Interesting comment for someone you have never met and do not know.
Oh the fun of the internet.!
I love the way Welsh really rolls off tbe tongue!❤
I'm from the South of Wales, and everyone around here just speaks English, but knowing my language is still alive and that there are people who still speak it in my country makes me very proud to be Welsh and has also given me a strong strike of motivation to learn it.
Shwmae! Are you learning Welsh now?
It's not your language, Welsh is a mix of Latin, German and English. You're a latino González. Don't flatter yourself.
@@Arena-nv2ul Welsh isn't a mix of Latin German and English.
Welsh is purely Celtic/Gaelic.
@@EriPages not as purely, but yeah it is Celtic
@@Arena-nv2ulStupidest comment I've seen thus far. 😂
MOM THEY SPEAK ELVISH! Really, I don't understand why but I'm just amazed how magnificent Welsh sounds, I'm in love! Cymru am byth(right?) from Russia)
One of Tolkien's favorite languages was welsh
I heard 20 years ago that this was a dying language. I figured after all this time there probably weren't any people who speak it anymore at all except maybe a few really old people. This is so cool to see that a lot of people even young ones still speak it!!! I've always wanted to learn Welsh but thought it might not be possible if no one spoke it anymore. I'm so glad to see it's still spoken!!! 😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️
That was 20 years ago 😉
I'm a German teacher from England living in Hong Kong and I stumbled on this video because I follow Easy German. So great to hear Welsh and people so proud of their culture and heritage! And they are all right about saying how beautiful Wales is. Diolch yn fawr! (By the way, Easy Cantonese would be great too!😆 I'm learning but it's very hard)
i studied cantonese for a semester in the 70s. conversational cantonese is pretty easy! no conjugation, every syllable is a word and compound words are straightforward with no combining forms. even learning all the specific category-related articles is pretty easy if you just think of them as prefixes.
Is Welsh language close to German؟
@@khalid-io6bq not at all
There have been two teams working on easy Cantonese! But it's a shame they couldn't go on. It'd be cool if you could find a team to do it!
I am English but have visited Wales a lot over the years & always been fascinated by this wonderful language. I'm now learning Welsh & loving it! Dw i wrth fy modd yn dysgu siarad cymraeg. Mae hi'n iaith fendigedig!
If only more English people were like you. Diolch
We are learning cymraeg with Coleg Gwent via Zoom with 40 lessons at 3 hours a week. The idea is to encourage our grandson to become a welsh speaker. The Zoom is very enjoyable and worth every penny.
Da iawn! Mwynhewch y dysgu :)
Marian (Easy Welsh)
I'm from South Africa, a land with 11 official languages, but I'm currently learning welsh/cymraeg, seems very difficult but interesting language. I hope to find better ways to learn the language please suggest I'm on Duolingo at the moment 🙏
As a descendant to some ancient Brythonic lines it is with great regret that I did not get to learn Cymraeg as a kid, I hope I am still capable to learn such an intricate language, just hope It can feel natural as it does to speak what your raised with. My family is of brythonic regions but grandparents either had to move deeper into England due to war or they died of medical conditions so if they were the ones to teach it from their parents, they didn’t get the chance.
Supporting the language is just as good as speaking it.
I love the sound of this language. Welsh is fascinating to me! Hope to one day visit such a unique and beautiful place.
Such a pleasure to hear the language. One day I'd love to learn it.
Sad… it’s the same as becoming mute…
@@Durgesuth ?
@@edj4833
Never mind 😂
@@edj4833 ignore him, he's just your average Anglo Supremacist that the Welsh, Irish and Scots have had to put up with. They see it as their destiny to make the world bow down to everything English. Thankfully not too many of them around nowadays.
@@taffyducks544 ha ha yes, hopefully they are a dying breed. I'm English too and love the fact that Welsh is still so alive in North Wales.
I'm English, and I support the preservation of the Welsh language! Such a beautiful and interesting language! Keep speaking it!
My dad, his whole family and my maternal grandmother are all Welsh and I'm partially fluent in the language but it's wonderful to hear it spoken across so many different generations. I'm currently improving my Welsh and learning some Gaelic which has been really interesting.
My goodness, what a beautiful language. I hope the people continue to encourage the use of Welsh for future generations, the world is a richer place for it
Hello from the Welsh American Channel. Just want to let you know that we Welsh Americans are also interested in what is going on in Wales and the Welsh language. Cymru am byth!
🏴 🇺🇸
I'm in Colorado but my heart is in Wales. I hope I get there some day soon ! Trying to teach myself , or rather, learn the language on my own. Not the easiest thing, but I'll not give up.
Oh, I've just come across your channel and am so excited! I'm a first generation Australian of Welsh parents and my mum made Welsh cakes and both parents sang around the house. They could only speak a little of Welsh due to the severe 'Welsh Not' policy in schools insisted on by the English government. When I visited Wales I just had to stop and listen to the beautiful sing-songy Cymru/i language all the time. I am planning to visit again when the pandemic finally calms down. Australia has land that looks a lot like Wales and when Sergeant Cook (later a Captain) explored the coast in the late 1770s, he named the land South Wales, later changed to New South Wales, as the shoreline reminded him of Wales. The other eastern states of Victoria and Tasmania look the same, but not when you come close to see the very different vegetation. By the next time I visit Wales I plan to be able to speak some Welsh.
Helo! Croeso i'r sianel :) Looking forward to creating more Easy Welsh videos!
Marian (Easy Welsh)
Lived 3 years in Bangor at the University (a forester from India), absolutely love the country and its little slate houses, pubs, hills and woods and sheep pastures.... unfortunately never got down to learning the language, except for diolch and gochhhh :) would love to go back!
My dad was Welsh - I have no idea what is 'typically Welsh' but I hope one day to go to the UK and find out. Thank you so much for this video; I am fascinated by the language, but have so few opportunities to hear it, in Australia.
I live in England and I love Wales.
Inspiring, I hope to see this kind of wide spread use of Irish one day!
I remember phoning up a hostel in North Wales asking for accomodation and was expecting to hear the "normal" English but was completely surprised when someone answered in Welsh. I was immediately transported to different lands or time zones. I kept exclaiming in English to the person how much I loved the language he was speaking but had the most wonderful miscommunications as a result. I didn't actually have enough time to see North Wales so I must return sometime in the future to finish this experience. Such friendly looking people in this video - God bless them!
I would love to be able to understand Welsh. It’s such a unique-sounding language ❤
It has been a dream all of my adult life to learn Welsh; unfortunately, it’s not so easy to do in the states.
If only there were a way to live there and learn the language I would die a happy man.
All of my mother’s father’s people were from Wales, and though we have other heritages in our family, I have always felt Welsh!
I was privileged to have a chance to visit Wales and loved every minute of it! But it did make my heart sad that I couldn’t speak the language!
Dduw bendithia Gymru!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Try at least Duolingo.
Great to see this for Welsh. I've been a subscriber of the German podcast for a while and a member of Easy German. If you want any support, reach out I'd be happy to help.
I’d been familiar with the Cymraeg language for quite a while, but ONLY in its written form, which I consider to be one of the most mysterious and mystical within the European stock. Having heard it for the first time now, I can state, without a doubt, it’s one of most beautiful and pleasant sounding languages I’d had ever encounter. 🏴
Lovely language!
Feel sorry for being unable to write it in Welsh. Hello from Ukraine 🇺🇦 ❤
im kinda surprised at the amount of people that dont know wales exists, our country is beautiful!!
Thats because its hidden behind the political entity known as the UK. Ask an American to name a Celtic nation, they'll say Ireland, ask them to name a British country, and they'll look confused as to them they think England and Britian is the same thing and Scotland and Wales were some how forced to Be British. When as we know, The Welsh are the Native British and its the English who adopted the term British.
I like Wales…. Moby Dick was my favourite….
These people should speak the Welsh language again, it's a very beautiful language, they shouldn't let it die Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷
Back in the 1980s in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, we met a group of men who were performing in a welsh choir. They were older gentlemen, but so handsome and soft-spoken. It was quite a treat!
I recall hearing a little Welsh spoken in the film _Saint Maud_ (the main actress Morfydd Clark is herself from Wales) and being utterly fascinated. I've heard some people say it sounds like speaking in tongues and I have to agree.
They used to call welsh the language of heaven apparently by welsh historian Alan Wilson
My Ancestors are are welch and moved to Canada. It is nice to hear how our launage has changed threw the years and traveling to where we are now ,
You’ll always be Welsh. It never leaves you where ever you are in the world. One day and I guarantee this, you will get a calling to come home. Even if it’s to visit.
What a beautiful language. Great to see it being preserved.
You might be happy to hear that Welsh is rising in Wales and has not featured on the languages that will go extinct in the next 100 years list.
A bonus of this video is that you can hear EXACTLY how the English Welsh accent is generated, how its sounds, tone and stress patterns come directly from Welsh
I agree. In Welsh if you were introducing yourself you’d say for example “ Alyn ydw i” which in English translates to “Alyn I am” which non Welsh speakers will say . Eg “ going the shop i am” the “I am” being what’s been brought over from Welsh
To my Italian ears, there are some similarities between Welsh and Icelandic in terms of melody, rythm and some sounds.
I don't speak either of these but I can definitely hear similarities.
And they both sound lovely to me. Even if I don't understand a single word.
As some who speaks Welsh I’ve never understood the comparison but it’s interesting to hear outsiders say it, as I’ve heard it a few times around my travels
There are quite a lot of Latin words in Welsh from when it was part of the Empire. Pont, Ffenestre, Braich are three that immediately come to mind and about a thousand more words will be similar to modern Italian
Im a very weird mix of Turkish WELSH and algerian although i speak all 3 langauges something about hearing welsh particularly from the women at the start remind me of my Nain and Taid which memories i hold dearly. I hope these proud people and their langauge and culture dont die out. Its very fascinating. Cymru y byth! ❤️🏴🇹🇷🇩🇿🤲🏽
Wow, their behaviour is so different from the Englanders. They are very reserved, polite, orderly. Reminds me a bit of the Swiss people.
Wales has never been a nation that’s invaded. It’s always been the one that’s been invaded. From the Romans, Anglos Saxon, Jutes, Normans and then the English.
I see my Welsh course on Duolingo helps a bit. I already recognise some words and phrases. I want to know at least a bit of this lovely language)) if I were to move to the UK, I would choose Wales for sure, such a nice place
I am learning Welsh and it's really hard but I really enjoy it nevertheless.
Da iawn Jo! :)
Diolch!
Ymarfer Ymarfer bob dydd. ❤️
Da iawn!
beautiful sound
Beautiful language
da iawn! I’m absolutely delighted to see the welsh language on here! Looking forward to your next video 😊
Really pleased that you are picking this up Marian! Love your own channel and grateful that you are taking this on - which will hopefully give you a wider audience!
Diolch James! This is so nice to hear. Looking forward to bringing more Easy Welsh videos out here very soon :)
I wonder where this video was filmed, the scenery is beautiful!
Did some research and finally found it: Criccieth, North Wales
Yes, you're right, this was Criccieth. We're looking forward to showing you more of the beautiful scenery here in Wales! :)
Marian (Easy Welsh)
Its somewhere in north wales, i live in mid wales and theres not much scenery lol
Cornwall…
@@Durgesuth Wales had its coastline voted 2nd best on the planet, and several of its beaches regularly feature in the top 10. Try again! I will admit Cornwall is also nice.
I'm trying to relearn welsh, I forgot most of it but have been fluent in it for the majority of my childhood.
I recognise the words, even if I don't fully understand them anymore they're still really familiar to me.
Where was this? north wales, south, or west?
Criccieth, North West Wales :)
Hope you relearn!! GOOD LUCK
I did one of those DNA tests and strangelly enough I found that I am partially Welsh, I say strange because I'm Brazilian of well documented descent of Dutch/Italian/Portuguese/Galician people so I do not know where Welsh came from. I speak every language related to my ancestors and I guess now I'm gonna learn Welsh too. It does sound very foreigner to me, the sounds but I'm watching to get used to the sounds, let's see how it goes.
That's so interesting! Well in the 1850s-1860s there were small contingents of Welsh immigration to Rio Grande do Sul and Patagonia so that could explain it.
Proud of my Welsh ancestry ❤🏴❤🏴❤
Please learn a little bit of Welsh. As the saying goes. A little bit of Welsh is better than no Welsh at all 🏴❤️
@@alynwillams4297 I want to. ♡ Someday I will visit and test out what I've learned, I need to make some welsh cakes too ♡
So cool watching this being welsh on my mum’s side, Would to love to learn this language so I could talk to my family over there!
Congratulations! I'm so happy to see you taking up the torch for Easy Welsh. Ihope that many people watching this and following videos will take the next step from just watching for amusement (which is in and of itself a good step), to actually learning it...even if it's only some phrases, again, so that they can be good tourists. Uh yeah, also, there are some negative comments in the comments section, but I suggest ignoring them, because they're outweighed by a sea of positive ones!.
I'd like to put in some requests. One video about Welsh poetry and literature, and one video about Welsh nature! If you could make it to Eryri or the sea cliffs at Sir Benfro, maybe the Welsh tourist office would even sponsor you haha. And also it might be interesting to ask people about the toponomy of Welsh places, to see if they know what the names of the places they live in mean in Welsh.
Woww! I had never heard Welsh before. It sounds very cool! 🥰🥰
I can’t wait to visit here
Such a beautiful language. Fantastic to hear it!
Not…
@@Durgesuth Just go away. You're outnumbered.🙄
@@iriscollins7583
It’s easy to be outnumbered by hillbillies on a hillbillies thread…
No loss will speak a language everyone on earth knows… not an extinct drivel drone😂👍
They should push the learning of the Welsh language, even at a basic level, in the English education system.
Its the heritage of the British Isles.
But then that would force the English to ask why they speak English if Welsh is a native Briton language. Which then they will realise English is invasive.
This is such a great topic for the first episode and your interview is so wholesome! Congrats Marian and team from Mena🥳
Thanks Mena! 😁
i wanna learn how to speak welsh, it fascinates me more each day
Really cool 👍🏼 respect from Greece
West Wales born and bred, first language fluent. However, if I visit up north I have no bloody clue xD
You know, in my case it was thanks to both Tolkien and the beautiful folk song _"Dacw nghariad"_ that I became interested in Welsh.
It's such a beautiful language, and while it may be, at least partially, the influence of Tolkien's LOTR that makes me say this, I do believe that if fairies and elves existed, they would no doubt speak Welsh. 😎
Thank you very much for the episode, and the lovely landscapes, Marian, may there be many, _many_ more!
A suggestion, if I may: making an episode with a focus on the correct pronunciation of Welsh "ll" would be _very_ much appreciated, I think. 😉
Cyfarchion o Fecsico! 💪🏴🇲🇽💪
For me it was something super similar! Tolkien plus the folk song Suo Gan which is also really beautiful!!! I totally agree that if fairies and elves existed they would speak Welsh. It's so pretty and magical! 💛
@@peachysparkles A very beautiful lullaby, that one, for sure, thanks for the recommendation!
I think Tolkien is quite often to "blame" for many folks out there falling in love with, or at least becoming interested in, Welsh, but also Icelandic and Old English. 😉
Welsh mythology actually inspired lotr
King Arthur 🏴
King aragorn
Excalibur
Anduril
Wizard Merlin - Arthur's mentor
Wizard Gandalf - Aragorn's mentor
Welsh dragon
Smaug
Brythonic
Elvish
Lord Leodegrance of Cameliard
Lord elrond of rivendell
Mordred evil sorcerer Arthur's nemesis
Sauron evil sorcerer Aragorns nemisis
Crickhowell
Crickhollow
Guinevere - Arthur's wife lord Leodegrance daughter
Arwin- Aragorn's wife lord Elrond's daughter
Tolkien studied the Mabinogion, a collection of Celtic myths and Arthurian legends from medieval Welsh manuscripts, and wove some of their themes into his works. In fact, he claimed that The Lord of the Rings was his own translation of the mythical ‘Red Book of Westmarch’ - based on the real-life Red Book of Hergest, one of the oldest and most important Welsh manuscripts.
@@welsh-cymru1588 Tolkien’s main inspiration was Beowulf. He was a professor of Anglo Saxon culture and history 🏴
Love this video, and hearing this beautiful, magical language of our forefathers!! Thank you!
This video is the embodiment of hiraeth for me. I miss hearing Welsh every day 🏴
It's wild that celtic language were spoken natively from Ireland to Turkey, but now all there are is a few areas in the British Isles, France and Spain.
We’re hanging on. It’s been a hard fight for Gaelic and Welsh but we’re still here ❤️
Very impressive. Very. Welsh is a beautiful language. It totally unacceptable there is no (widespread) teaching of second languages like French, or Spanish, at English schools. And parents have to bankrupt themselves to make sure their children get these important language skills.
One of my biggest criticism of the English education. The government always seem able to find the funds to teach immigrants English in Schools, but not to teach a second language to British children. Resulting in indigenous children being immediately put at a disadvantage. Learning another language helps the brain to cope with learning other subjects. Let's be honest, generally children are not even taught about their own language. Lose lose situation.
@@iriscollins7583 My school was quite disorganised on that - learnt spanish as main language though it was optional for GCSEs so most dodged that(one problem for us Anglos - lack of enthusiasm to learn other languages/laziness which is one reason I dislike English being dominant language globally).
Didn't help we had teachers coming and going to the point they scrapped spanish so I couldn't do spanish in A levels and no one wanted to do French(understandably given we spent yrs 7-11 learning Spanish not French). I mean I'd have Old English and Welsh be a GCSE subject for English schools given they're languages we spoke prior to Normans messing it all up.
TLDR - lack of enthusiasm is main reason English people don't learn other languages - if people were less chauvinistic vis a vis our language being dominant globally and being more confident when let's face it, us Anglos are not great at pronunciation for say French, Spanish or Russian for example(latter I found out the hard way).
I worked as a languages teacher in England for many years. I'm afraid the problem has always been lack of joined up thinking at government level. Kids need to start learning a language in primary school and many do. The problem is that they will do whatever language any of their teachers is capable of teaching and also the teachers may not even have any training in teaching that language. Second problem is that they may then go to a high school where the language taught is different so they have to start from scratch again. A huge problem is that people leaving university with a languages degree nowadays just don't want to go into teaching anymore. In former years it was common to just do a degree in languages. Nowadays university students tend to do a degree in a language combined with something like business studies, economics etc so had off to use their languages in a job not go into teaching it. You can't get all kids doing a language if there's nobody to teach them.
Next problem is the structure of exams in languages at A level makes it harder to get good grades so kids are put off doing A levels. The tasks and topics they have to cover are so complex that even native speakers struggle with parts of it. I know this because I have helped native speakers to take A levels in their own language and they find it hard.
Final problem in terms of being equal to kids learning English abroad is the out of school experience ie. the contact they have with the language outside of lessons. Languages are a skill like playing a sport or a musical instrument. You only learn them by repeated practice. Dutch, Swedish etc kids don't really learn their excellent level of English in school. It helps, but they really learn English from the multiple English language TV programmes they see, the films, the music, the online games they play in English and the predominance of English on social media. English kids might do an hour of French in school and then not hear another word of French until their next French lesson. It's an uphill battle.
@@blotski Yes, there is so much in your excellent reply! As you say, youngsters learn languages, largely through a prism of other vocational courses. There are very few dedicated teachers of languages because, I guess, there is more money elsewhere. My general view is that the intellectual level of students in the UK is abysmal, few have even a notion of what critical thinking is, and decades of remedial leftist ideology has inbred an utter contempt for memory learning which in IMHO is utterly essential in language learning. (I call UK universities marxist brainwashing compounds).And because they are not taught how to be serious students, then they go through life robbed of all sense of achievement and purpose - and however much dough they may (or may not) make.
I’m home after spending a holiday in Caernarfon and visiting surrounding areas.
Yeah I couldn’t understand a word and pronunciation is difficult to remember. It’s a language unlike any other.
Anyway, the language fascinates me hence watching this video and trying to self learn Welsh.
Wow, reading the words reminds me of some morphology of elvish.
It is truly amazing to hear how well Welsh has managed to escape the influence of English. Now, it's my opinion as non native english speaker.
It nearly.didnt. They tried to stop people speaking welsh, eso..the children in school.They got punished.
Such a wonderful community. ❤
It actually sounds a bit like Faroese! And even Islandic. With a touch of Norwegian melody.
I'm from Methyr and have a very strong Valleys accent. I think The Merthyr, Cynnon and Rhonnda have the strongest Valleys accent. The 3 strongest accents in Wales are the Valleys as in the the Central Valleys of Merthy, Cynon and two Rhondds, East Carmarthenshire around the Amman and Gwendraeth Valleys and around Snowdonia. I think the stereotypical Welsh accent doesn't exist. It seems to be a cross between Valleys and West Wales. Deep like Valleys but slow like West. The closest accent in real life I can think of is Port Talbot which I see as a mix of both. I have noticed though when I speak to English people and I slow down is that when Valleys people slow down and pronounce words properly we sound like the West Walians. We just speak 100 miles an hour and cut out half the word when talking to each other. I live all the Welsh accents. Even Newport is funny to hear. I just hate the neutral accents of Mid Wales and South Pembrokeshire.
I'm english, but love the Welsh language, it's lovely
I've known Welsh since I was 7, and am very proud to be bilingual. Cymru am byth pawb!!
We always encourage learners and its honestly a beautiful language.
Greetings, fellow elves!
J.R.R. Tolkien made the Sindar elven laguage with Cymric and Quenya with Finnish
Actually he based alot of the Lord of the rings on welsh myhtology king arthur 🏴 inspired alot of it
King Arthur
King aragorn
Anduril
Excalibur
Merlin white wizard Arthurs mentor
Gandalf white wizard Aragorns mentor
Guinevere wife of arthur
Arwin wife of aragorn
Lord leodegrance of cameliard Guinevere's Dad
Lord elrond of rivendell Arwins dad
Mordred dark sorcerer arthurs nemesis
Sauron dark sorcerer aragorns nemesis
Welsh
Elvish
Tolkien studied the Mabinogion, a collection of Celtic myths and Arthurian legends from medieval Welsh manuscripts, and wove some of their themes into his works. In fact, he claimed that The Lord of the Rings was his own translation of the mythical ‘Red Book of Westmarch’ - based on the real-life Red Book of Hergest, one of the oldest and most important Welsh manuscripts.
Definitely the people, we are very friendly and welcoming, irrelevant of what language you are able to speak.
As an English man who has lived in Wales for more than 30 years I can strongly dispute your claim that the Welsh are friendly and welcoming to all. Many Welsh people are friendly but there is a significant minority who dislike / hate the English. There is a lot of history between the two nations and attitudes have not changed for everyone.
@@peterhollingworth9195 sadly I have to agree. I love the welsh but I remember when I was a kid on holiday there we had some nasty experiences when they knew we were English. I now live in Germany and the Welsh I have met here are lovely people, maybe things have changed nowadays but I will never forget my holidays there not being nice 🤣
As a Welsh man who has moved back to Wales with an English accent I can also testify that alot of Welsh people are horrible towards English. Yet the reverse isn't true. In England I can wear a Welsh rugby shirt and people will come up and talk to me positively about Wales. If I was to wear an English rugby shirt in parts of Wales people would literally want to fight me.
Welsh people are not friendly…. More bitter and twisted to be accurate
It’s the English that give wales any prosperity…. Left to the Welsh … they would just be knitting in caves and moaning about the English
this is so fascinating!!
As someone who's fluent in welsh, lived here all their life the most typical welsh thing is laughing on stereotypes, and acting like you have crush on the sheep around the coroner (as a joke of course)
Zaun is in Wales?
What part of Wales are you from?
@@annabellewallis291 Im from Gwynedd, right on the furthest north-west peak. (one below Angelsey)