Gwyneth Angharad | Y Siapanwr a Ddysgodd Cymraeg / The Japanese man who Learnt Welsh @GwynethAngharad | Uploaded January 2021 | Updated October 2024, 13 minutes ago.
(Translation below)
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)!!
(Translation below)
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)!!
