I'M LEARNING WELSH! | Learning a language with Duo Lingo. Dw i'n dysgu Cymraeg! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Shwmae! I've been learning Welsh since March so here's a video of me speaking Welsh and talking all about it!
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Edited on Final Cut Pro.
I'm Hannah, a 27-year old living in London creating lifestyle and travel content. I'm originally from Sweden but moved to London in 2018 after graduating from Aberystwyth University in 2015.

[@LoganAlbright73]

I'm learning Welsh as well, so I'm pleased to see other people studying the language. We can all stick together and endure the questions about why we're bothering to learn a language no one speaks (and everyone who does speak it also speaks English). Stay strong and keep learning! Llongyfarchiadau am eich gwaith!

[@pamelarangel7104]

It's such a beautiful language! I've been learning over a month now.

[@gandolfthorstefn1780]

Welsh like all Celtic languages has some cool ideas behind it. Like Irish it doesn't have a word for have. My brother is more like THE brother is with(gyda) me. No need for indefinite articles such as a or an. The Celtic Languages are geared for sound euphony using a mutation system and the language is so phonetic that after using the IPA(international phonetic alphabet) for it's pronunciation I eventually discarded it because the Welsh orthography was a much better adaptation than the IPA. I love the Welsh language even though it's a challenge and people do speak Welsh, in fact 500,000 Speakers in Wales alone.

[@jonamilone3457]

Just found your video! Wow! Your pronunciation is incredible in this video i thought you were genuinely Welsh at first! I’m first language Welsh born and raised in West Wales and it’s so lovely to see people learning the language! Cadw ati (keep at it)!

[@TheGiraffesLife]

Diolch yn fawr! I’m definitely going to pick it up again now that so many Welshies have complimented my skill! 🥺🙏🏼 thanks for watching!!

[@watkin2814]

Excellent introduction. without reading the subs, i understood pretty much all of what you said. I live in north-east wales, where its predominantly english speaking. I’ve been learning since last July, using Duolingo and a series of Welsh lessons originally from the early 90’s on ikky lee’s dysgu Cymraeg channel. Only now it’s starting to come together for me. I hope to get involved with other welsh speakers near me. What made me want to learn welsh was a few reasons and I’m glad I decided to give it a go. Hope you keep learning, well done

[@wooddragon55]

You are a total bad ass! I have visited the land of my father's father's twice. Have been studying the language for more that 7 years. I hope you are still at it. Thank you for the share. I really appreciate you sharing all your feelings about the language and I would love to correspond if your still on the Cymraeg..

[@MoreGeorgiaPontin]

I’ve always wanted to learn Welsh! I love the language so much!

[@TheGiraffesLife]

It’s really fun! Highly recommend!

[@gxemma]

Diolch yn fawr iawn

[@fabulouschild2005]

It's a great language to learn, but her grammar rules are tough to master

[@owainwilliams2237]

Fair play, you know a huge amount already, and weirdly I'm a Welsh speaker who's learning Swedish :D Tack så mycket för videon!

[@chessmad26]

Your accent is great! I'm Welsh, and looking forward to seeing you're next video on your progress!

[@Ffalabalam]

Vad bra!! Det låter skitbra när du pratar mitt språk. Jag älskar Sverige och det svenska språket också😍Ha det bra!

[@user-zs4gf6ro9m]

Yes! I also confuse Welsh and German😤 they sound similar in some way Your channel is cool, good luck🥰💕

[@fabulouschild2005]

Your pronunciation is brilliant! Dw i'n dysgu Cymraeg hefyd! ❤️❤️ And you know Swedish? I've been using Duo to learn Swedish lol

[@KatrinaSM]

GET IT SISTER!!!! wow. wowowow. this goes to show what you can learn when you commit to something - so proud of you!!! I am trying to learn Danish recently in preparation for my *hopefully happening* trip to Denmark next year!!

[@KatrinaSM]

also 1k subbies LET'S GOOOOOO. I'm also using DuoLingo!! since getting our dog tho, I've lost my streak (sad) lol I didn't even know there was a website!!! thank you so much for making this video - so helpful and fascinating

[@TheGiraffesLife]

Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!! Oooh that sounds so good!!

[@mtbrik]

Yeay !!! Go you …. I’m in day 48 of Welsh and have loadsa Welsh relatives, but I live in Scotland. I have the same thoughts on the speaking out load and also the different spellings of the same words :-/ Thanks for the vid. You are an inspiration :-) Please do a part two . Diolch !

[@rubiewilhelm8637]

I'm currently learning welsh too, it's so interesting lol. I absolutely love it.

[@TheGiraffesLife]

It’s so much fun! Very difficult though haha

[@ilovegreen0150]

Greetings from Australia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@orangew3988]

Omg that is so funny, I lived in Wales six years and when anyone asks me if I speak Welsh my response is always 'safle bws' 😂😂😂 Honestly though i totally relate, Wales is my home I think, even though I wasn't born there. I'm planning on moving back in the next few years. I've not started learning Welsh, beyond a few kids songs on KZbin, and I've actually spent the last year throwing myself into learning German, after 7 years of schooling but not particularly getting to a high level. But I've been looking a lot of history lately, and Welsh is basically the ancestor to the brythonic language which was spoken in my area of England too! Which I feel gives me a reason to reach out to Welsh, rather than my imposter syndrome I felt about learning the language when I lived there. Anyway, it's great to see someone on KZbin learning Welsh, there doesn't seem to be that many people doing it! Maybe in a years time I'll give it a proper go?

[@TheGiraffesLife]

Ah that's so cool! Yeah, safle bws is all you need really haha! Hopefully more people will join learning Welsh, such a fun language!

[@eni6896]

So the Northern Welsh is more used but Duolingo has more Southern Welsh? Asking bcs I also started it and I found another app to help me and I had to choose the area. Diolch! Also seeing so many compliments for you, who just learnt from Duolingo, is very encouraging!

[@kevtkw3369]

I am a welshman learning welsh and this nearly brought a tear to my hearing the welsh language spoken beautifully by a swedish person. So heartwarming to see another national genuinely have a passion for the welsh language and so so proud of the effort you have put in and what you have learnt already. Diolch yn fawr, daliwch ati gyda'r gwaith da!!!

[@gandolfthorstefn1780]

Dw I dysgu Cymraeg ac yn mwynhau Bob dydd. It is such an interesting language that I had to cut back my learning time from 4 hours a day to 2 because other things were neglected. Everyday I wake up and listen to BBC Cymru and especially Bore Sul.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Godidog.👍

[@rennyprasusanti7740]

Shw mae Hannah... Fw enw i yw Renny... Dw i'n dod o Indonesia y dw i'n dysgu cymraeg oherwydd welsh is so difficult how to pronounce 😆 and This is so fun.. Neis i cwrdd gydati..

[@TheGiraffesLife]

Su'mae! Yes, Welsh is sooo difficult to pronounce haha! Pob lwc with the welsh!

[@bujin1977]

@@TheGiraffesLife I have been trying to learn Swedish through Duolingo recently - I'd love to move there one day. But dear god it's impossible to pronounce some of the words!

[@LifeWithLeighh]

'That no one uses' no true, the number of welsh speakers is constantly increasing. A lot of people, especially in the north, use it every day

[@TheGiraffesLife]

of course people use it but unless you live in wales which i don't I'm never going to use it

[@Evesfc0]

IM IN THE NORTH :/ Uhhhhhh

[@ivy_rl5209]

@@Evesfc0 lle ti'n byw

[@gitaryddcymraeg8816]

@@TheGiraffesLife @LifeWithLeigh Welsh is also one of the main languages in Patagonia. They even have a Welsh dragon on one of their flags.

[@TheGiraffesLife]

@@gitaryddcymraeg8816 this is true! great film with the same name starring Matthew Rhys!

[@tee_gee_wales]

Shwmae! Dw i’n dysgu yin cymraeg hefyd! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤

[@laurenaustin5992]

i am welsh and i come from north and duolingo teaches you more of south wales' way of talking, but you're doing great

[@GreenGlassScarab]

You can access the "web" version on a phone too. It also has Duolingo Events for Welsh practice (on zoom)

[@TheGiraffesLife]

Ooooh I didn’t know this. Is it through the app? Defo gonna pick this up if there’s zoom!

[@Bernaren60]

Mae'r cynhadleddau ZOOM Duolingo yn Gymraeg wedi gorffen😢

[@GreenGlassScarab]

​@@Bernaren60 Gwnaeth hi symud i wefan "WelshClass" dot Wales - gwefan y creawdwr wreiddiol o Duolingo Welsh

[@daisyomg4004]

Omg im welsh and my mum actually lived in aber with me when i was born! Same as her mum and my two nans

[@izzynixon]

Your accent is bang on!

[@slayyyterstan]

im welsh and I love the fact that people from other countries are learning our language

[@gandolfthorstefn1780]

Diolch o Awstralia.👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@JohnBrute]

Tbf, your Welsh intro wasn't bad at all (I'm a fluent Welsh speaker, living in USA.) Don't worry too much about the mutations, you'll still be understood. I think the mutations are very daunting to learners, but seriously, don't worry about them, you'll start to get a feel for when mutations are necessary, and when they're not. I'm curious: how much Duolingo do you do a day to reach the level you've reached? Also, is it only Duolingo you've used to learn so far? Thanks for shining a light on my language, it always warms my heart whenever I learn of someone who is making the effort to learn Welsh. Diolch o galon, a pob lwc efo dy siwrne dysgu Cymraeg!

[@TheGiraffesLife]

Diolch! Yeah, I figured it's kinda like learning German with all the die/der/das that in the end you'll still be understood. When I did this video I was probably doing maybe like 15-30 minutes a day? Now I've kinda fallen off the wagon but wanting to take it up again! Yeah, just doing duolingo as it's free. Looked into doing an evening course in London but it was a bit pricey for a language I might not really be using yet so I'm sticking to the app for now. Hoping to be able to get to Wales on a road trip in the next two years and would be nice to be able to order food in the more remote areas in Welsh! :) Thanks for watching!!

[@jonalex2823]

I’m a first language welsh speaker and live in London too, I’d be happy to try and help you out with it if the offer still stands. Dal ati ac cadw’r iaeth yn byw!

[@qiph]

yep I'm learning too I think it's worth it especially as I came back to Wales after 33 years "yn LLundain"

[@inretrospect7513]

You speak welsh so well!!! - A welsh person.

[@TheGiraffesLife]

Diolch!! That means a lot!! I need to pick it back up!

[@robw7676]

I've just started Duolingo for Welsh. I'm English. Never lived in Wales. JRR Tolkien inspired me to try learning it. He described Welsh as "something ancient that had to be preserved and passed on" and said that "Welsh is of this soil, this island; the senior language of the men of Britain, and Welsh is beautiful"

[@ADAMCHANCELLORGUITAR]

How have you got on?

[@gxemma]

Hi! I'm a welsh person, and would like to say that duolingo is wrong sometimes. :)

[@Ieuan_s]

Hey I’m welsh and some of the stuff ur saying I cannot understand lol 😂 actually keep doing it coz ur quite good 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@ThepPixel]

Bus stop is actually Safle bws Sav-leh bws :)

[@lordfoogthe2st]

Duolingo is awesome for making the welsh language grow because, not everyone stays using the duolingo app for learning welsh but more people want to learn it

[@cipherx6334]

Duolingo and Say Something in Welsh (SSiW) you get everything covered.

[@BritainToBrisbane]

I wonder if you’re still learning Welsh? I don’t speak Welsh but it sounded pretty convincing to me 😂. I’ve been learning French for 4 years and I still sound terrible. My understanding and reading of the language is fine but speaking fucks me up every time and I get really flustered and end up babbling in a broken mix of English and French!

[@sumotofu]

American learner here, would love to see an update if you're still learning!

[@leahavea6313]

How long did it take to get to this point

[@kerrybrown1559]

I was telling a welsh speaking colleague about the duo lingo obsession with Owen and his pannas. She had no idea what it meant and has always said parsnips 😜. I did check if she does say cennin & she does. 🤓

[@KDbooks]

Shwmae 🙂 Mae dy gymraeg yn berffaith! Wyt ti'n dal i ddysgu?

[@Pepmins]

Dwi'n siarad cymraeg ac yn byw yn Nghymru! Mae'n iaith caled ond da iawn pawb!

[@TipsyMcStumble82]

That's awesome that you speak English, Swedish, AND Welsh. I did a 23 and Me a while back and found out that I'm half Welsh! 👍 (Btw, Sparvöga by Marie Frederiksson is a great Swedish song)

[@Fatelovesirony960]

Im an American but I'm Brit citizen. Me mum side from Devon, although we are Saxon , I suppose there is a heavy admixture. Im compelled to learn Kernowek and Cymraeg

[@HDTomo]

As a north Welsh 2nd generation immigrant from England I was born here and I still cant speak it much. Da iawn for impressing the welshies. After German I'm definitely gonna try Welsh on duolingo

[@theveganpolyglot9746]

Nice work. Are you still at it?

[@jameshumphreys9715]

Dau ddeg is 20 decimal Deuddeg is 12 vigesimal, which is used for time Ugain is 20 Vigesimal Un deg dau decimal

[@yimveerasak3543]

Impressive. I'm still at the beginner level in duolingo 😂

[@Elaxmai]

This is so cool!! Cause I speak welsh fluently since I got Born in gwynedd! And yeah. Mae hyn yn mor cool!! Oherwydd dwin siarad cymraeg yn dda(?) oherwydd wnes i gael eu eni yn gwynedd! Ag ia!!

[@Bernaren60]

Dach chi eich hun mor cool hefyd. Le yng Ngwynedd caethoch chi eich geni?

[@applejaxthreedee8465]

I live in Montana USA and I am also learning Welsh with Duolingo

[@91besty91]

Da iawn!

[@strawberrimxcha]

I’m Welsh, my first language is English and I can speak some Welsh but I’m not fluent… I’m learning Swedish and I know more Swedish than Welsh which is weird since I’ve been living in wales for 25 years and I’ve only spent 3 weeks in Sweden 😂💗🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇸🇪

[@craigholly5362]

some people use welsh in argentina

[@jwsoaresjones1560]

Croeso from the Chubut River valley

[@daovo7997]

I am on the way......learning Welsh now because am not Welsh people...and I have to study some Welsh classes

[@Evesfc0]

I was born in north Wales so I have no welsh accent :) AHHH but I’m fluent so it’s not that bad

[@ThepPixel]

Lol what part of North Wales are you from? Must be from Wrexham way because I live on Anglesey and have a strong Welsh accent and so does everyone else around here who speak welsh.

[@SimonWells-qk3tz]

Dw i'n dysgu cymraeg hefyd. Mae hi'n iaith fendigedig. Dw I wrth fy modd!

[@bluebubble19]

Mae dy cymraeg yn arbennig o dda! Diolch am ddysgu’r iaith, bydd croeso mawr i ti yng Nghymru ar ôl Cofid! Jag lär mig svenska, what a coincidence!

[@TheGiraffesLife]

Diolch!! I’m really enjoying it!

[@iagoismaelparish3718]

@@TheGiraffesLife you even have a bit of a north wales accent, it's quite impressive tbh

[@TheGiraffesLife]

@@iagoismaelparish3718 Oooh thank you! That's cool to hear!

[@ivy_rl5209]

@@iagoismaelparish3718 her accent is more South Wales

[@alunrhysmorgan]

Gwych!

[@NobleDistortion]

You're accent is really good

[@TheMabDarogan]

I enjoyed watching this but please don’t say not much Welsh people speak Cymraeg. It gets a lot of us quite mad when you say that cause the only reason being is the English killed Welsh people for speaking Cymraeg back awhile ago and less than 100 years ago they had been beating kids for speaking welsh. 1/3 of people speak welsh in wales and it’s going up so anyone else reading this don’t say this please cause it gets us very mad.

[@TheGiraffesLife]

Oh yeah! That was more for comedic value which apparently wasn't very appreciated. It was more like I won't reusing this language anywhere but in Wales so it was more like not many people outside of Wales speak it unless they're from Cymru. Sorry! I love your language and country though!

[@Evesfc0]

I know I was born in north Wales ;)

[@TheMabDarogan]

@@Evesfc0 nice I was born and still living in west wales, love it here. Feel bad for the South Wales lot cause I hate towns and cities and the welsh is not as common down there

[@scottval321]

did you ever become fluent?

[@aetherwolves]

I lived in wales for 5 years and all I remember is ty bach os gwelwch yn dda can't even remember the first part of the sentence 😂 primary school didn't teach much...

[@brookhinton8768]

I think gar I fynd i, not sure cos it’s been years but I’m relearning Welsh 😂😂

[@thewolfamongus5366]

Are you still learning Welsh?

[@phgillon2614]

A language is a manner of thinking and solving problems too a certain way as well as explaining some countries specialities from artisanat to folks wisdom: hence why, in 2100 there will be STILL around 3000 languages and dozens of international ones (as underlined scientifically in 2020). I speak Mexican Spanish which I prefer to mainland Spanish and learned a lot in 11 years in Southern California in the mid 80's, 90's and 2004-2008). And also English / American, but that's because I spent over 12 years in the US and now 20 years in the UK. English is useful and will continue for its benefits in some first degree languages ​​and affires, but not as before! Now, and I'm not talking politically but diplomatically in many ways, about the fact that Trump was elected in the United States for four years and millions of Trumpist extremists are still here as well as Brexit (although I understand why Britain has done it) with its diplomatic confinement, English will henceforth be replaced, in some transactions of international trade and educational / cultural diplomatic cooperation by Spanish, Russian, Hindi, French, Portuguese , Russian, Polish and more. ALSO Welsh is experiencing incredible growth in Wales and internationally: 884,300 (29.2% of the population of Wales, 2021 and globally it has seen, as we know now, a 44% increase from 2020, with Welsh beating Hindi, Japanese, French and Turkish. Erbyn hyn, rydw i'n cyfieithu ar-lein yn Gymraeg am barch gan fy mod i'n ddysgwr newydd o langage Cymru ac yn ei addoli am ei wersi hanes pwerus, ei lore a'i oleuadau dwfn anhygoel ymysg pethau eraill. Yn ogystal, mae poblogaethau'r byd wedi cael llond bol bod rhai cwmnïau mawr Americanaidd fel Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook a llawer o rai eraill yn osgoi trethi, er enghraifft trwy Iwerddon neu Lwcsembwrg, tra na all cymaint o gwmnïau eraill a'r mwyafrif o bobl yn y byd gael hyn moethus hyll! O ganlyniad, rydym eisoes yn gweld nad yw rhyngwladol, mwy a mwy o bobl, ers tua 2018/2019, yn dewis Saesneg fel "lingua franca atgyrch y 90au / 2000au cynnar"; Mae Sbaeneg, Rwseg, Pwyleg, Portiwgaleg, Eidaleg, Arabeg neu hyd yn oed Hebraeg, Hindi ac ati ... yn cynyddu'n annileadwy mewn rhai canrannau! Anaml iawn y bûm yn anghywir yn y rhagfynegiadau hyn er 1991 .. rhodd ydyw, dim mwy, dim llai. Enghraifft o fyfyrwyr yn Lloegr yn gwneud y Gymraeg kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmW2Y6t7jc5res0

[@yaboicheetos5413]

da iawn

[@EmrystheCelt]

yeh you already speak more welsh than most welsh people sadly.

[@edwardthomas6956]

Try to be a bit more positive, we already feel the Duolingo feelings about Welsh - it is not very interesting doing all these practice sentences but their very difficulty makes Welsh intriguing

[@youtubeguest1657]

Welsh is the last language I want to learn on duolingo

[@becky2235]

Sut dych chi? dw i'n dysgu Cymraeg

[@chwilhogyn]

Gwych fyswn ni wrth fy modd dysgu Swedeg!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@asifmuniruniverse7732]

How affective for me?

[@Bernaren60]

S'mae, sut mae eich Cymraeg rŵan? Dw i'n dysgu Cymraeg hefyd. Dw i isio cysylltu â Chymro sy'n gallu siarad Cymraeg.