Thread: Heddiw dda i chi o Gymru (Good day to you from Wales)

croeso MrPeters, of Welsh descent as well, you are in the right place to learn the art, and the right age too. It is a big learning curve, but worth the effort. There are a lot of top members here only too willing to help.

Originally Posted by MrPeters

Well Mick,dw'in byw yn de Gymru so mae llawer o pobol ac ffrindiau yn siarad Cymraeg. If your Welsh is feeling rusty can always have a chat with me( im not fluent but i try!).As useless as Welsh is , its such a beautiful language and one that will hopefully never die out!

Diolch yn fawr fi ffrind. I might have to take you up on that. The bolded part is the only thing you said I wholeheartedly dis-agree with. The language of a people gives them identity and a sense of belonging, of place. For me it is my heritage (that is sadly lacking through lack of fluency) and family history. It gives me a sense of identity in this world, a knowledge of where my people have come from. Where they've been (Patagonia comes to mind here as well) etc. So to me Welsh is far from a useless language. All language is useful and it is always sad to hear the figures of the ones that are dying out...Ok I didn't mean to rant. I'm good now.


Mick

Originally Posted by Grazor

croeso MrPeters, of Welsh descent as well, you are in the right place to learn the art, and the right age too. It is a big learning curve, but worth the effort. There are a lot of top members here only too willing to help.

Diolch yn fawr i chi Mr Grazor! Awesome to see yet another Welsh person on these forums! Well I'm at the prime age to take on such a learning task, i don't think of it as a learning curve but more of a learning hill, it's a small hill but very steep; either way i think of it i know it will be a great challenge! But that's part of the art, that's part of the beauty and to be honest, it will bring me close to my razor so it's win win win!

Originally Posted by MickR

Diolch yn fawr fi ffrind. I might have to take you up on that. The bolded part is the only thing you said I wholeheartedly dis-agree with. The language of a people gives them identity and a sense of belonging, of place. For me it is my heritage (that is sadly lacking through lack of fluency) and family history. It gives me a sense of identity in this world, a knowledge of where my people have come from. Where they've been (Patagonia comes to mind here as well) etc. So to me Welsh is far from a useless language. All language is useful and it is always sad to hear the figures of the ones that are dying out...Ok I didn't mean to rant. I'm good now.



Mick

Yeah, was a slightly teen-age comment, in all honesty (going to contradict myself) i do agree, it gives an individual identity, it also gives a nation identity, when i think of Welsh so many poems and Welsh folk songs come to mind, everyone as beautiful as the next. Honestly i do think Welsh is the most beautiful language in the world,( I think Elvish in Tolkiens books was based off Welsh aswell) hence why i wish i was fluent in it, and i'm gutted im not but there's always time to learn! We're still very patriotic in Wales but the language has certainly dulled down, i only wish it was more perhaps pressed upon us. Speaking Welsh makes me feel closer to my ancestors, and ESPECIALLY singing in Welsh. Rant over too, Welsh is beautiful, end of , Ma'en Gymraeg yn hardd.

Originally Posted by MrPeters

Yeah, was a slightly teen-age comment, in all honesty (going to contradict myself) i do agree, it gives an individual identity, it also gives a nation identity, when i think of Welsh so many poems and Welsh folk songs come to mind, everyone as beautiful as the next. Honestly i do think Welsh is the most beautiful language in the world,( I think Elvish in Tolkiens books was based off Welsh aswell) hence why i wish i was fluent in it, and i'm gutted im not but there's always time to learn! We're still very patriotic in Wales but the language has certainly dulled down, i only wish it was more perhaps pressed upon us. Speaking Welsh makes me feel closer to my ancestors, and ESPECIALLY singing in Welsh. Rant over too, Welsh is beautiful, end of , Ma'en Gymraeg yn hardd.

Sindarin Elvish was partly based on Welsh, Quenya Elvish was based on other languages...I did know which. It's on the Omniglot Website anyway. And yes, as much as I live in Awstralia, I'm a patriotic Cymro.


Mick

Cymru am byth.

Cymru am Byth fi Brawd!


Mick

All that and then some!

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!

Yeaahhhh! That's what I'm talking about, love a bit of patriotism!