Making Sense of Welsh Mutations

Are you learning Welsh? Do you have trouble remembering which letter change to which letter in each of the three different types of mutation?
This video will explain how they actually make a lot of sense, and will help you remember them!

[@dalefortblogblogman300]

The best and clearest explanation of mutations in Welsh I've ever heard. Thank you very much.

[@phoneticsandphonologyforla5050]

Thank you and you're welcome! I'm planning on doing some similar videos for the pronunciation of the difficult Welsh letters soon, so I hope they'll be equally as clear.

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

Sutmae. Hello professor. This lesson is absolutely amazing and very helpful. Thank you for sharing. 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@owenllewellyn5692]

A great insight into the underpinnings of this fundamental aspect of Cymraeg. Dw i wedi dysgu rhywbeth newydd am fy iaith heddiw- diolch!

[@alanrossati1310]

Wow, thank you so much! I've been having trouble getting my head around the soft mutations as so far, at least from the learning materials I have access to, it seems the only way to learn about this phenomenon is by rote. You've just completely blown that misconception away and I'm extremely grateful, it makes so much more sense now! Thank you again!

[@phoneticsandphonologyforla5050]

My pleasure! I'm so glad it helped.

[@Knappa22]

The nasal mutation is practically extinct in the spoken language these days so don't worry too much about it! Soft mutation is holding up in most contexts. The aspirate mutation is only really used to denote feminine possession. The standard written language requires you to know and apply all the rules of course.

[@michaelpattison8543]

Love the explanation of voicing with the balloon!

[@TheTomPeeters]

This video is in our Dysgu Cymraeg (intermediate) course :) Thank you, the (for me) most mysterious of all mutations (m changing to f) now finally makes sense to me!

[@phoneticsandphonologyforla5050]

So great to hear this! I'm glad it's helped :)

[@jameshumphreys9715]

I'm glad you doing this video

[@FrancisCWolfe]

Please make the alveolar trill video! I can produce a weak voiced trill intervocalically but only with strong air flow. Any tips gratefully received.

[@phoneticsandphonologyforla5050]

Ok - you've inspired and motivated me to get back around to making it. I've actually got some spare time at the moment, so I'll get to work on it! x

[@phoneticsandphonologyforla5050]

I made it! Let me know how you go :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZPRiGaspM-inrM

[@FrancisCWolfe]

Thanks! Will try your "dr" technique.

[@wylldflower5628]

I've been completely stumped on translating a nickname I found in a Welsh article for my 2x great grandfather. I've found other names for him--Ehedydd Cynlais (bardic several places), and both "Tom o'r White" and "Tom o'r Lion". The new is "Twm Neti", which I can't find as a nickname for Tom, or any translation of it any of the sites I've looked on or either of my Welsh translators. I've found two words (so far) in this article which have mutation errors, so I've reviewed mutations yet none seem to make sense. Does mutation seem out of the question (which is my best guess), and have you ever come across these words, era roughly ~1870-1905. I realize this shouldn't apply, but @ 22:34 what was the G sound, when did it disappear and did it disappear in speech and language at the same time?

[@barnbersonol]

I speak Welsh and sometimes people double mutate. Bobl is heard more often than pobl so ppl assume bobl becomes the official word. So "a lot of people" is "llawer o fobl"

[@EdwardCullen667]

Omg yup guilty as charged! I always say llawer o fobl, didn’t even realise I was doing it until I read that 😅 Fi’n siwr ma lot yn neud yr un peth lawr yn y de. He says hopefully… 🤞

[@barnbersonol]

@@EdwardCullen667 Rhai pobl wastad yn gweud y nall. Mae pobl yn gweud un narall felly yn meddwl bod y nall yn air iawn yn hytrach na y llall.

[@DAILARNER]

Dyna esboniad gwych, diolch

[@a.o.2473]

Super! Thank you so much! I did not realize that 'd' and 'n' are co close until you said that. :) That disappeared sound - was it 'fricarive g', [ɣ]?

[@jameshumphreys9715]

I'm not fluent in Welsh but, I know which letters change to which If you remember C P T and remember their soft mutated are G B D The first three nasal mutation have h their counter parts don't. Her dad Her Ei Dad Tad Her dad Ei nhad

[@TheTomPeeters]

It was, according to what I read. The "g" (ɣ) sound that exists in languages like Dutch and Greek.