An interesting interview I did with Carwyn Graves: author, public speaker and gardener from Wales. Author of the bestselling Apples of Wales (2018) and Welsh Food Stories (out now!), the first book in English to tell the tale of Wales' traditional foods and their value for our future. Want to watch me interview him in English? It's over on my other channel as part of my video interview series, The Story Anew - youtu.be/q5edcm713d4
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Cyfweliad diddorol iawn nes i efo Carwyn Graves (www.carwyngraves.com) - awdur, garddwr a ieithgi o Gaerdydd. Awdur Afalau Cymru (2018) a rhan o’r grwp fu’n gyfrifol am sefydlu’r casgliad cenedlaethol o afalau Cymreig yng Ngardd Fotaneg Cymru a nawr Welsh Food Stories (2022), sef y llyfr cynta yn olrhain a dathlu bwydydd cynhenid Cymru, a'u gwerth i'n dyfodol.
An interesting interview I did with Carwyn Graves: author, public speaker and gardener from Wales. Author of the bestselling Apples of Wales (2018) and Welsh Food Stories (out now!), the first book in English to tell the tale of Wales' traditional foods and their value for our future. Want to watch me interview him in English? It's over on my other channel as part of my video interview series, The Story Anew - youtu.be/q5edcm713d4
An interesting interview I did with Carwyn Graves: author, public speaker and gardener from Wales. Author of the bestselling Apples of Wales (2018) and Welsh Food Stories (out now!), the first book in English to tell the tale of Wales' traditional foods and their value for our future. Want to watch me interview him in English? It's over on my other channel as part of my video interview series, The Story Anew - youtu.be/q5edcm713d4
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An interesting interview I did with Carwyn Graves: author, public speaker and gardener from Wales. Author of the bestselling Apples of Wales (2018) and Welsh Food Stories (out now!), the first book in English to tell the tale of Wales' traditional foods and their value for our future. Want to watch me interview him in English? It's over on my other channel as part of my video interview series, The Story Anew - youtu.be/q5edcm713d4
Pictures from a little walking trip from Craflwyn to Dinas Emrys. Starting from the car park at 53.01968955712932, -4.089338602418711
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A beautiful place to walk - 10 minutes from the centre of Llanberis!
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Beth ydy'r Eisteddfod? Os nad ydych yn gwybod - lle 'dach chi 'di bod? Dim ond gŵyl ddiwylliant mwyaf Ewrop ydy o, a dathliad anferth o ddiwylliant a iaith Gymraeg! Ewch i S4C (yn fyw ar BBC iPlayer) i weld clipiau drwy'r wythnos (Awst 5-12) neu dewch draw os ydych yn agos i Boduan (rhwng Pwllheli a Nefyn)... dyma fideos bach gymerais i ddoe!
Conjugating the preposition "ar" in two ways you may not have expected....
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Here we'll look at how to mutate possessives so that you can talk about your cat, his brother, or her cat.
Here's the pattern (Make sure you have a nice mutation table handy):
My = Fy (nasal) i
Your (inf) = Dy (soft) di
His = Ei (soft) e/o
Her = Ei (aspirate) hi
Our = Ein (none) ni
Your (for) = Eich (none) chi
Their = Eu (none) nhw
Here's me walking in Mynytho, a small village on the Lleyn Peninsula. Start by Ysgol Foel Gron and then walk up the "foel" (small hill") behind it. There are also lots of beautiful paths you can take around the village. (The Vlog is in Welsh and unfortunately I filmed most of it in Portrait mode - oops!)
At the end of the video I gave two instructions... scroll right down to find out if you understood them correctly!
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Answers: 1) Ewch i lawr y lôn, trowch i'r chwith a cerddwch am ddau funud = Go down the road, turn left and walk for two minutes
2) Croesa'r lôn, tro i'r dde a rhed lawr y lôn am bum munud = Cross the road, turn right and run down the road for five minutes
*Lôn means "lane" in South Wales, but in the North we just use it for "road" in general... "ffordd" is the preferred word for "road" in the South, but I would translate this more as "way"
Yesterday, I was lucky enough to go to Bardsey Island (bardsey.org/visit) while back in Wales. This is what I did! The video is in Welsh - if you have any questions about visiting feel free to comment and I'll try to respond!
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Sgwrs efo Aran Jones, cyd-sylfaennydd SaySomethinginWelsh.com, am sut y ddysgodd o'r Gymraeg, a sut daeth o i fyny gyda'r syniad a methodoleg ar gyfer SSIW. I gyd yn Gymraeg!
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Dysgodd Takeshi Koike i siarad Cymraeg pan aeth o i fyw yng Nghymru (Llanebdr Pont Steffan) yn 1992. Ar ôl disgyn mewn cariad gyda'r iaith, penderfynnodd o ddysgu'r Gymraeg! Mae o'n ddarlithydd ym mhrifysgol Daito Bunka, Tokyo, ac yn ogystal a dysgu ieithyddiaeth Saesneg, mae o'n cynnig cwrs Cymraeg!
Gan fy mod i wedi byw yn Siapan rhwng 2010 ac 2011 ac wedi dysgu dipyn bach o Siapaneg fy hun, 'roedd yn rhaid i mi gysylltu hefo fo i ddarganfod mwy. 'Roedd Takeshi yn hapus i roi cyfweliad i mi.. AC yr wythnos ar ôl ffilmio'r cyfweliad yma, mi ges i ymuno â'i wers Gymraeg (dros Zoom, wrth gwrs) i gyflwyno fy hun, siarad dipyn bach o Gymraeg, sôn am Gymru a codi cywilydd ar fy hun wrth geisio atgyfodi fy hen sgiliau Siapaneg...
ENGLISH: Takeshi Koike learnt to speak Welsh when he went to live in Wales (Lampeter) in 1992. After falling in love with the language, he decided to learn Welsh. He is a lecturer in Tokyo's Daito Bunka University, where he teaches not only English Linguistics but also Welsh!
As I lived in Japan between 2010 and 2011 and had learnt a bit of Japanese myself, I just had to get in touch with him to find out more. Takeshi was happy to give me an interview... AND the week after filming this, I joined one of his Welsh lessons (over Zoom, of course) to introduce myself, speak a bit of Welsh, talk about Wales and embarrass myself by trying to resurrect my old Japanese skills (as you see at the start of this video)!!
As a Welsh teacher, I am happy to say that I have always had at least 5-6 Welsh students per week at any given time, with new people showing interest almost every week.
In this video I talk about the top 5 types of people who come to learn Welsh... and WHY they do.
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(Hello! In this vlog, I talk about WHO is learning Welsh (with me) - what sort of people want to learn Welsh? Where do they come from? And why do they want to learn?)
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(Hello, everyone! I've decided to create a "vlog" as a little experiment. Unfortunately, as I spend most of my time teaching Welsh to beginners, the only chance I have to speak Welsh fluently these days is on the phone with my father once a week - so it's time for me to start speaking more! In this video I introduce a little about my history and who I am. It's all in Welsh!)
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Looking at North West Wales Welsh (that's what I am!!) we'll explore a few ways that you can respond to this.
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Welcome back! I've decided to try something a bit different...
In this video, I will read you the poem Hon by T H Parry Williams (words + translation below). After that, I'll pick a few small linguistic points that you can take home with you (don't worry, most Welsh speakers don't use a lot of the words you'll see in this poem on a regular basis).
Actual poem: 00:46 - 02:16
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Right! So here's the poem:
Hon
Beth yw’r ots gennyf i am Gymru? Damwain a hap
Yw fy mod yn ei libart yn byw. Nid yw hon ar fap
Yn ddim byd ond cilcyn o ddaear mewn cilfach gefn,
Ac yn dipyn o boendod i’r rhai sy’n credu mewn trefn.
A phwy sy’n trigo’n y fangre, dwedwch i mi.
Dim ond gwehilion o boblach? Peidiwch, da chwi
 chlegar am uned a chenedl a gwlad o hyd;
Mae digon o’r rhain, heb Gymru, i’w cael yn y byd.
Rwyf wedi alaru ers talm ar glywed grwn
Y Cymry bondigrybwyll, yn cadw swn.
Mi af am dro, i osgoi eu lleferydd a’i llên,
Yn ôl i’m cynefin gynt, a’m dychymyg yn drên.
A dyma fi yno. Diolch am fod ar goll
Ymhell o gyffro geiriau’r eithafwyr oll.
Dyma’r Wyddfa a’i chriw; dyma lymder a moelni’r tir;
Dyma’r llyn a’r afon a’r clogwyn; ac, ar fy ngwir,
Dacw’r ty lle’m ganed. Ond wele, rhwng llawr a ne’
Mae lleisiau a drychiolaeth ar hyd y lle.
Rwy’n dechrau simsanu braidd; ac meddaf i chwi,
Mae rhyw ysictod fel petai’n dod drosof i;
Ac mi glywaf grafangau Cymru’n dirdynnu fy mron.
Duw a’m gwaredo, ni allaf ddianc rhag hon.
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What does it mean? Here's an English translation - I found it online and edited it a bit to my own interpretation
This (well, it's a feminine "this" which doesn't really translate into the inanimate world of English, because the earth/country is feminine!)
What do I care of Wales? It is by accident and chance
That I am in her countryside living. On a map this is
Nothing but a lump of land in a hidden nook,
And a bit of a nuisance to those who believe in order.
And who dwells in this district? tell me.
Who but the dregs of people? I beg you, don't
Babble on about unity and nation and countries all the time:
There are enough of those aside from Wales, to find in this world.
I have put up for so long with all this groaning.
The Welsh, high and mighty, making their noise.
I'll go for a walk, to avoid their speeches and literature,
Back to former environment, with my imagination a train (running wildly).
And here I am, there. Thank goodness for being lost
Far from the excitement of those extremists' words.
Here's Snowdon and her crew; this is the sharpness and the baldness of the land;
This is the lake and the river and the cliff; and - upon my word -
There's is the house where I was born. But look, between Earth and heaven
There are voices and spectres all over the place.
I'm starting to waver a little, and I'll say to you,
There is some weariness washing over me;
And I hear Wales' claws tormenting my chest.
God save me, I cannot escape from this/her.
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Be 'dych chi'n feddwl? 'Tydi barddoniaeth yn swnio'n well yn y Gymraeg? ;)
What do you think? I could certainly 'clean up' the English translation a bit to make it sound better, but I think poetry in Welsh just has a certain something that English lacks... even though I do love Shakespeare!!
The Welsh are obsessed with poetry - every year, at the National Eisteddfod, you can hear tons of people practicing what we call "adrodd" - poetry recital. The grand "finale" of the Eisteddfod is the ceremonial crowning of the Bard, and we also have regional Eisteddfods all over the country, all the time. My grandfather was a published poet (Dic Goodman) and I've written plenty of the stuff myself (maybe I'll share later...)!!
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Grammar tables from the video (from Gareth King - Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar)
nes i (I did)
nest ti (you did)
naeth e/hi (he/she did)
naethon ni (we did)
naethoch chi (you formal/plural did)
naethon nhw (they did)
roeddwn i
roeddet ti
roedd e/hi
roedden ni
roeddech chi
roedden nhw
*Roedd is the imperfective, so I should have also included "Bues i" as the preterite but in Pen Llyn we often use them interchangeably (and incorrectly, perhaps)
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Gwyneth Angharad is from North Wales, and currently teaches both Welsh and English via Skype or in Prague.
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If you're curious, it means:
Saint Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near the rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio (of the) red cave.
The locals just call it Llanfair P. G.
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Have a look at this table : http://www.learningobservatory.com/uploads/publications/1933.pdf to learn which mutations apply to which letters
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Take-home sentences from this lesson:
Llyfais y llwy yn Llanberis = I licked the spoon in Llanberis
Gwell nofio mewn llyn na pwll = Better to swim in a lake than a pool