Learn Welsh with Will - Ep1: Learn Welsh the Easy Way - Informal greetings -

[@zahraashannon5246]

I have to learn welsh because im half welsh u help me a lot thanks

[@RobSmith2016]

I'm Irish and I love the celtic languages , I believe its important to keep our languages as they are inextricably linked to our Identity. as they saying In Irish says "Tir gan tenga, Tir gan anam. Which means a country without a language is a country without a soul

[@UKFreedomFighters]

For sure mate. We need to keep all of the less spoken British languages alive! Actually statistics show that Welsh is on the increase. Wales is a lovely place so this video might help me fit in a little better next time I am there :D

[@saranordstrom7514]

That's an amazing quote, I love that. I'm interested in Welsh because it's such a strange language :) I live in Sweden and I've never heard Welsh in real life but that doesn't stop me from enjoying it :)

[@eejwelshtaff]

Sara Nordström Iaith y Nefoedd (The Language of Heaven)you should come to North Wales to stay and you will receive a warm 'Croeso' (Welcome).

[@celticdeamon567]

+Sara Nordström funny how most swedes I know love anything from our islands over to your west. And that's a lot of swedes as I live in Sweden now.

[@BC_Joshie]

amen

[@markllywelyn7941]

I'm American with Welsh ancestry and have been wanting to learn more about the culture and language. these videos are great, thanks.

[@Prostopyotr]

Im American too! Although I don’t have any Welsh background, lol. I just enjoy learning languages.

[@jenhiffertaylor7274]

I've been looking for a place to learn welsh like for ages! THANK YOU.

[@WillHuw]

Thanks for the encouragement - Whether I'll get there in the end remains to be seen, but I'll give it a try :) - Diolch i chi

[@guillemmoreno5522]

The fact people try so hard to keep their mother tongues alive is wonderful. Pretty much the same thing Occitans or Catalans fight for, though Catalan has a lot of priority in Catalonia as it's spoken by from 75 to 80% of people here (pretty much everyone if we only count teenagers and children) and almost everyone understands it.

[@UKFreedomFighters]

I'm English and as odd as this sounds, I quite like the idea of learning another British language and welsh seems cool. Sounds really hard to learn though. I feel that we as English speakers are very ignorant of foreign languages and I would like to change that about myself.

[@xenophonlaw6649]

I agree. Entirely

[@WillHuw]

Excellent idea, although Welsh isn't a foreign language, it's the original British (Brythonic), language before the Romans and Saxons invaded. In fact, the Welsh word for "Engish" is "Saison" - Literally "Saxon"

[@drspaseebo410]

Yes, Welsh is a difficult language for a native English speaker to learn, understand and speak, but determination and practice will get you to a good level. Just don't be afraid of or intimidated by some of the grammar, such as mutations, and the pronunciation of some letter sounds which do not exist in English, such as ll (double L), ch, and rh. Good luck !

[@deevaknight8237]

UKFreedomFighters I want to learn welsh, I’m English and think I’d find it hard to learn the original language of the British isles. Us English think our language was here first. I know I won’t be able to grasp it, but I’d loveeeeee to learn and be able to pronounce the words correctly

[@rag0t2010]

@@WillHuw Hello there, do you know the etymology of the "Llydaw" lake? (Also known as Llyn Llydaw)

[@andrielisilien]

"Fun to you". That is the best goodbye!!

[@achanwahn]

This how my Spanish teacher began teaching us by using common phrases! & When I was in Germany for a bit, this is how I started to pick up on Deutsch. Well done ♡ Thank you for sharing!

[@gmillerjr193]

Shared to Twitter and Thinking Long Term on Facebook. Welsh was my great grandmother's language.

[@WillHuw]

Cheers! Diolch yn fawr and thanks for watching.

[@daisyroots8926]

This video is so lovely to watch. Thankyou for making it. It reminds me of home 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@WillHuw]

My pleasure. Thanks for watching

[@SingSongThePegasus]

Cool! I'm American but I love learning new languages. Thanks! :)

[@awaytolearn1770]

Your videos are delightful! I'm an American and I love Welsh and have tried a long time to learn on my own, but mostly with books and it's so much better hearing itxD...thanks for making these!

[@Edhelka]

I love your videos. I've been learning with Say Something in Welsh which I think is a similar idea - to learn as a kid would learn, without worrying about grammar.

[@123macbookair]

Why am i watching this? I'm fluent in welsh

[@owainchapman8054]

Same

[@elanmaria4242]

Same

[@thingsnstuff1396]

Same😂

[@crowlatay]

I'm not. I'm Welsh, but was born and raised in the U.S. and don't even have a Welsh accent. But I really want to learn.

[@broganharley393]

+TheGreatSheikh same

[@donnaduffield3806]

Thank u will, I'll b speckling Welsh to the children in school in no time. 😊

[@Jubiliana]

This is great! I'm really happy to found it. I wanted to learn welsh for a long time, but in my country it's rather hard to find a decent self-teach course, not even speaking about a normal course. Thank you for your amazing job

[@GenX1968]

You rock! I'm from Tampa, Florida with a Cuban, American Indian, English background...have always wanted to go to Wales...and England...I lived in Germany from 94-97 and went to a lot of places, but not England....so love and like your teachings...love and light. ~Eyda

[@klaramiller-fuhren3369]

Thank you so much Will. Diolch. It s fun to learn with you the easy way

[@WillHuw]

Diolch i chi. Thanks for watching :)

[@xMASSHYSTERIA]

Wonderful video, great to see you taking the time to learn Welsh. However, there is a difference in South Walian and North Walian. I am from South Wales, so always say 'Shwmae.' It's good that you have put that in the video, because I don't think many realise the differences between North and South. :)

[@justinhansen1328]

I didn't

[@seaofpines7]

I would love to see you do some "Welsh read aloud" videos with text displayed on the screen. Perhaps a popular book in Welsh like Harry Potter. As a language learner, I find reading to be a great way to build vocab and pronunciation fast. Just a thought and thanks for the great videos.

[@pendaofmercia7892]

Oh wow you’re in North Wales, I knew the accent was familiar. I grew up on Anglesey.

[@WillHuw]

Yes. it's quite different to South Wallian isn't it?

[@LordJasonKing]

Thanks mate. Love from Cardiff

[@sjonesxoxo]

My dad is Welsh, me and my brother were born and brought up in Wales until I was about 7, but then we moved away to Norfolk in England, where my mum is from. I love the Welsh language and all of my family in Wales speak it fluently to each other so I would love to be able to join in conversation. Thanks for the video - will be sure to try and slip these into conversations with my bemused friends haha.

[@tonyd9331]

Just found your clips on you tube, I was born in London, my Nan was born in Pontyprid I love visiting Porthcawl and want to learn a few Welsh words. Thanks for a great introduction to Welsh 5*.

[@WillHuw]

Croeso - Glad to help :)

[@ryanf.2097]

Thanks Will! My dad's side is Welsh!

[@AgusB-ARG]

your channel is very useful and you are great at teaching. keep up the good vibes! greetings from Argentina!

[@MsSbunny1]

Thank you sooo much for this. I’m going to learn.

[@WillHuw]

You are so welcome!

[@pendaofmercia7892]

Wish I was 10 again, became pretty fluent in 3 months at “Welsh school” in Llangefni.

[@WillHuw]

I'll do an episode on pronunciation a bit later on - That should help :)

[@skylarsmoonshadow6200]

I love this! Thanks Will! Keep it up it is loads of fun and very easy the way you teach!

[@TheGreatGalleymo]

I agree with you spud. I always strugle with Welsh place names so hopefully this will help loads....Diolch Will :o)

[@SteveAubrey1762]

I'm glad to have found this channel. My ancestors came from Wales, so I want to learn all I can about Wales. MiF

[@owlblocksdavid4955]

I'm interested in learning even though I don't know if I have welsh ancestry (probably somewhere back, considering a lot of my ancestry was English), although I know I have some Irish ancestry... But the language has interested me, even though I've only heard a little bit.

[@TalentSpotter83]

Da iawn Will! Keep it up. Welsh is a pain to learn due to the mutations etc but sounds great when spoken. Look forward to see your other videos. I'm a fluent speaker and grew up speaking both English and Welsh so I'm lucky. But my dad learnt to speak it and he speaks perfect Welsh. There was a programme on S4C recently - Hwb/Galw Acw with Welsh speakers learning with the help of Ioan Talfryn. So to be doing it on your own is an achievement :-).

[@LauraOnDuty]

I think learning a little Welsh can be useful for enhancing my employability someday. :)

[@WillHuw]

It can't do any harm :)

[@whistlewitch]

Just starting your program in anticipation of a trip to North Wales Sep 2016. Have to love a language that says "fun" for goodbye - and that's been my experience in my 3 trips to South Wales. Really enjoying your videos, you're a great presenter! Thanks for the "ll" pronunciation tip, that really helps.

[@Alakazam_.]

My ancestors came from pembrookshire. I would love to visit one day and learn some of the language.

[@kennethfrawley]

Sir, love the vid and the approach. Very, very well done! Cheers!

[@RichardBligdon]

Excellent videos,Will!Diolch!I just started(seriously,this time,lol)learning Welsh,and,have subscribed,and am using your videos and the old BBC Wales videos..

[@owain75]

As a brand new welsh learner I will be following you as you.progress. keep the videos coming. Diolch yn fawr...

[@genticles9981]

brilliant. ive been meaning to learn welsh for a while but never got around to it. ive always thought a british person should speak welsh as well for increased communication, and so i plan to do so.

[@thatsall1100]

I love Will !

[@Lycorisred]

You've got my attention, and I will watch the rest of your videos.

[@MysteriousLabyrinth]

Brilliant great idea!

[@WillLikesMinecraft]

I love this!!!!!! My Grandfather is Welsh :) Thanks Will (It feels like im talking to my self XD)

[@Fishdogpigsquirrel]

are you your own grandpa?

[@jessicaamsp170]

I'm from Wales and you actually are really really good!

[@johnbellamy3406]

I am moving to Wales this year and this looks like it will be very helpful. Thanks!

[@xfrog3167]

I love the welsh language I am Australian and want too learn Welsh. Good enough to go over there and talk to the locals some day. "S'may" hello "Situwyti" How are you? good start.

[@sitting7511]

Lovely video! keep up the excellent work!

[@jonathanowen3778]

I don't yet speak Welsh but I'm looking to start. I'm actually Cornish but there are more resources to learn Welsh, the two languages are very similar. Diolch for the video and hwyl fawr for now! :-)

[@WillHuw]

Yes I read that Welsh, Cornish and Breton share 80% of the same vocabulary (although the spellings differ) :)

[@WillHuw]

Brett Godefroi Most British people are unaware that the original "British" language is actually Welsh. English is a more recent (German) import. This is reflected in the Welsh word for English (Sais), which literally means "Saxon" Whenever the Romans refered to the British language, it was Welsh they were talking about. Welsh is a Brythonic language which is where the word "Britain" (and indeed Breton) come from. It's nice to know our own REAL language.

[@jonathanowen3778]

I was completely unaware!! That's another reason to learn Welsh then. :-)

[@scifigeek14]

Will Huw I just did a whole report on the history of the welsh language. it was super interesting. This is cool video cause now I wanna learn some phrases and pronunciation and stuff.

[@charlieb.8518]

+Will Huw I have looked at several language tress on line, and all of them show Irish, Gaelic, Welch, and Cornish as branches of the Celtic language. So they must be somewhat related. I also understand that the Celts arrived in the British Isles long before the Angles and Saxons. So would not all four of those languages be considered as there before English? Is it not also true that the Pics, were there before the Celts. Also, isn't it true that one knows for sure what the ancient prehistoric Britons spoke before the arrival of the Picks and Celts?

[@littleloops]

I like the Fact you use North and South Welsh, I'm from South Wales and speak a little bit of Welsh (Dwi'n siarad ychydig/Timid Bach) but would like to learn more. For goodbye we say Hwyl and Hwyl fawr which means goodbye :)

[@TheBullOfLewisham]

Thank you Sir ....

[@WillHuw]

Most welcome

[@communicationbreakdown256]

ta ta, nailed it!!!

[@jandunn169]

Duo lingo helps with the sentence patterns. But you are more fun!!!

[@WillHuw]

Da iawn. Mwynhewch!

[@HeatherDeweyPettet]

I hope eventually you made videos in which you are trying to converse with fluent Welsh speakers. I think it would be good to see you getting better and better at speaking Welsh, but mostly I would love to see actual conversations, no matter how simple. Something a traveler would say, like asking for directions or ordering in a restaurant, or something like that. At least, that's the sort of things I remember when I took a foreign language in college.

[@Pandoora0]

Thank you!!

[@WillHuw]

Croeso. Thanks for watching :)

[@erikasagario]

Glad I found your video. I studied another course, paid even for it, but ran into difficulties with them when I criticized them. Hopefully your toes are not that long

[@WillHuw]

I'm happy with constructive criticism. I'm not, after all, an expert of any kind just a learner like everyone else :)

[@erikasagario]

Thanks for your answer. I just started your course so no reason to criticize, Only that I consider it well done: no irritating music, but well spoken phrases. I furthermore appreciate that the Welsh text is displayed. So here is the ideal combination to learn a language: hearing and seeing the speaker and reading the text!

[@parthemum]

I come from Hong Kong and will be going to the Uni in North Wales in this Sep, I found that your channel is so useful, it let me know more about Welsh! =]

[@04nbod]

This is great. Being from Wirral the usual Welsh lessons are based on south Wales and that is hard to get my accent around. North Welsh accents are a lot closer.

[@tobym43]

good video will. look forward to the next lesson :)

[@cylt5113]

At last! Someone who is speaking some sense. Nice videos and its all completely free! How about getting a frind to join you for some converstions in later videos. Good job Will.

[@rgcamgb1452]

Ok thank you, starting now.

[@WillHuw]

All the best

[@Henllan]

Great idea. I spent 8 weeks (1 day per week) in Denbigh college learning Welsh and I regret my brain collapsed and devolved into cabbage. I utterly failed to grasp the "course" and failed to learn any Welsh (well, I did learn some but it is long since forgotten and the material we were taught is not used in day to day "talk" as you have demonstrated). Good luck with the series, I think it is a brilliant idea :o)

[@osianparry5874]

As a Welsh man that is great Welsh and your name will Huw is a very Welsh name.

[@Hubbblesgirl]

Thanks for uploading this video, I don't know why but it made my day :)

[@Nice-music585]

Thanks for this...you made a dream come true hehe...i do have one question, how often to welsh people speak welsh? i mean is it in every days life?

[@WillHuw]

Yes there are still people in Wales for whom Welsh is their first language. There are TV and Radio channels in Welsh and the yearly National Eisteddfod (a huge cultural festival), is conducted entirely in Welsh.

[@jaylenrosser7369]

Thank you I am able to speak welsh

[@Rachel_M_]

Thanks will have subbed

[@WillHuw]

Glad to have you on board Owain75

[@SL1504]

You can also say “ Hwyl fawr” which also roughly translates to good bye

[@WillHuw]

Diolch am wylio :)

[@iiScarFaceGaming]

Does everything differ from north to south? My dad's side of the family come from South Wales.. My Grandparents never bothered to teach me Welsh before they died but I would like to learn and go over there to meet my Great Aunts

[@ahmadaljundi5986]

لغة رائعة جداً.

[@off-roadrcaddict4572]

Thats great. Hwyl

[@heliotropezzz333]

Formal is for groups and informal is for friends, but what if you have a group of friends? Is that still informal?

[@WillHuw]

As I understand it, The informal use is only with individuals. All groups would be "chi"

[@heliotropezzz333]

Thank you :-)

[@melvyncole]

If it's like the bit of Greek I know, formal and plural are the same. So a group of friends would be plural

[@iandouglas451]

did you master welsh in the end will? my problem is place names.

[@WillHuw]

Still learning - Dal i dysgu 🙂

[@MightyYoungSir]

solid

[@WillHuw]

Cheers. Thanks for watching :)

[@joebaumgart1146]

I'm American no Welsh blood at all. I don't know any Welsh people. I've never been to Wales. I just want to learn an interesting language.

[@WillHuw]

Cheers! Diolch am wylio (Thanks for watching) :)

[@laurenhowells9036]

I am quatre Welsh and I would like to speak welsh

[@SamAveyRobinson]

Can you do a video for how to say Why, what, where and how?

[@Callpoll]

thnx I will use this in my vids

[@littleloops]

What you're doing is good :) just though that might help and I've noticed you use hwyl fawr in one of your other videos

[@marconatrix]

Sorry, I shouldn't really have posted here. I'd been looking at various sites that offered gee-whiz language learning systems, and my patience had run out. What you're doing is fine, keep it up, every little helps. Can't remember the Welsh version off hand, but there's a proverb that says it's easy to throw a mountain into the sea, just so long as you do it stone by stone. Pob hwyl!

[@MrChatternatter]

Yes there are differences. For example if we wanted to say "Go out", up here we would say "mynd allan" but I gather that down there it would be "mynd mas". etc.

[@tomjames9674]

Never understood why the original British language isn't taught throughout Britain. I'd love to have learnt Welsh growing up. Born in The Midlands so spent a lot of time in Wales but never got round to learning any (other than the words you see all over the road like croeso and araf) Tried Duolingo but think I'm better hearing a person speaking rather than the quite robotic voice you get on an app (I tried some duolingo phrases on a Welsh friend and apparently said something about wanting to f**k dragons so I gave up😂)

[@WillHuw]

😂😂

[@UnskilledGod]

I live and was born in Wales, and I have heard some people speak in this language, although unfortunately, some of them do not use it properly. I am aware it is a Celtic language, but it sounds as if it has Inuit and Ural-Altaic influences, some of the 'L' pronounciation being similar to Mongolian, also with some of the back of the throat pronounciations.

[@UnskilledGod]

***** Can you provide evidences for this, please?

[@UnskilledGod]

***** How is there Slavic influences in Welsh? Interesting. I think I see and here links with Polish, but no, not Russian.

[@sonofalbasteelman3842]

***** You're not the first person to say that. I have heard quite a few people, including the late Welsh actor Richard Burton, say that Welsh is like Hebrew.

[@UnskilledGod]

Holychosen Nationrobber They are nothing to do with Khazars. Khazars were only Judaic by faith. Jews are Semites. People such as yourself are employed by Zionists and Elitists to spread disinformation. It is a well known fact Khazars came from Eastern Ukraine, the area under Russian influence, and this is what the West and their Elitists / Zionist puppets are after. They influence Rightist movements to take the blade to innocent people, for territorial gain.

[@UnskilledGod]

Holychosen Nationrobber I am glad I can humour you.

[@james-and-his-stuff]

exalent vid

[@nutter715854]

I was always taught to say 'Da bo' for goodbye, but that may just be a South Walian thing!

[@WillHuw]

Cheers for that. I know that there are a number of differences between North & South such as "Mynd mas" instead of Mynd allan", "Nawr" instead of "Rwan" etc. It's good to hear what they are as I'm not familiar with most of them.

[@devito501]

How did you get on learning welsh , I’m a Scotsman but want to learn some welsh

[@artrocks8392]

Interesting approach to learning the language. Did it work? Did it speed up/slow down/hinder your learning at all?

[@MrChatternatter]

Yes, I seem to be slowly progressing even though I am not having formal lessons at present.

[@lukeroberts2287]

I am from north wales and if we wanna say hi or hello we say helo said as if it is elo

[@pinkmagicali]

Can someone tell me the grammatical word order rules please? For example if I say Ali dwi i which part is the “I” and which part is the “am”. Does the verb come before or after the subject?

[@WillHuw]

Ali dw i = Ali am I

[@TheMeejahChannel]

Cheers. I don't know a lot, but what I do know, I'm happy to share :)

[@alcyonependragon2035]

I'm watching these just to shut Cecily Herondale up..

[@pikachuuu831]

I was wondering if someone would make a reference to TID, hehe.

[@kindredscarlet]

Yo same !

[@rgcamgb1452]

I've start by trying to memorise the pronunciation of the Welsh alphabet so that I can hopefully pronounce Welsh language when I see it even if I don't know the meaning. So now during the day I try to keep repeating the words I'm learning here in my thinking . I did notice that the name Will Huw transposed Huw Will ,the Welsh for fun 😄

[@WillHuw]

Huw Will - I see what you did there :)

[@davidlloydgriffitify]

The different between north wales and south wales is like Geordies and scousers It a different accent but can de understood throughout wales

[@WillHuw]

Brett Godefroi Sorry I don't allow spiteful impotent little trolls on my channel - You're banned - Well done.

[@66LordLoss66]

+Will Huw That was unnecessary. I understand that you don't want someone insulting people for poor reasons, but I've been trying to find videos where he has commented on for ages in an attempt to get through to him. Now, he won't learn anything and thinks all Welsh people are intolerant and oppressive, (by his logic).

[@kia-jolloyddoritos5241]

My Sisters name is Kia-Jo Lloyd

[@ILoveLanguages]

I love this video! Can you help me translate this to Welsh? There are very limited sources online. Thanks in advance! :) Hello! my name is John. Nice to meet you! How are you? :) ( also i want to know how they are pronounced)

[@leemorgan8478]

I want too .

[@WillHuw]

Cheers Ian - or should that be Diolch :)

[@marconatrix]

The point about kids learning their native language is that they do it every waking hour for maybe 7 - 10 years, they have to in order to communicate, they really have no choice. Few adults have that amount of time or commitment for a second language, and anyway it would be incredibly inefficient. Grammar and so on are simply ways to take short-cuts, rather than having to deduce everything for yourself. Who anyway would want to spend enough hours with you every day as they would with a child?

[@robertjones3569]

s'mae - comes from 'sut mae hi?' which means 'how is it?'. Or more literally 'How is she?'