Learning Cymraeg, any takers?

[Jordi Culé]

https://faw.cymru/news/learning-cymraeg-through-football/

I think they're targeting the likes of JamesWales, The Lone Gunman and the ilk?

*shiitstirring*

[tomcat]

Re: Learning Cymraeg, any takers?

https://faw.cymru/news/learning-cymr...ough-football/

I think they're targeting the likes of JamesWales, The Lone Gunman and the ilk?

*shiitstirring*

So after becoming fluent in Welsh you'll be able to have conversations with the same number of people in Wales as before as they all speak English 🤣. Much better off learning Spanish or another European language, you can then broaden your horizons

[chris lee]

Re: Learning Cymraeg, any takers?

So after becoming fluent in Welsh you'll be able to have conversations with the same number of people in Wales as before as they all speak English 🤣. Much better off learning Spanish or another European language, you can then broaden your horizons

This has always been my thinking, have always wanted to learn a language, finally work has calmed down in the last year and think I can commit an hour a day soon to a Language.

Would love to speak Welsh, but find it hard to justify the investment, especially considering as a family we holiday in Spain.

[Baloo]

Re: Learning Cymraeg, any takers?

So after becoming fluent in Welsh you'll be able to have conversations with the same number of people in Wales as before as they all speak English 🤣. Much better off learning Spanish or another European language, you can then broaden your horizons

The course is not intended to make people fluent, it’s at the introductory/hobby level. A bit like learning a bit of Spanish so you can know some of the basics whilst on holiday. It looks like it will hardly take any time so good luck to anybody who wants to give it a go,

[Grangenders]

Re: Learning Cymraeg, any takers?

I started to learn Italian on Duolingo a couple of years ago. It’s a fun way of learning that has got me to a standard where I can just about get by over there now. I wouldn’t expect to get anywhere fluent using the app but it’s a good challenge with promotion / relegation depending on how much you do!

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: Learning Cymraeg, any takers?

Welsh is a lovely language to hear but when it comes to the ability to speak it I have none whatsoever

I have taken several courses , I have given it a go but its not going to happen

Shame

I was crap at French too

And my English has its flakey moments

Isn't it

[Swiss Peter]

Re: Learning Cymraeg, any takers?

I started to learn Italian on Duolingo a couple of years ago. It’s a fun way of learning that has got me to a standard where I can just about get by over there now. I wouldn’t expect to get anywhere fluent using the app but it’s a good challenge with promotion / relegation depending on how much you do!

I think the big question with language learning is why are you doing it. I speak German, and have some French and a very small bit of Italian. I'd love to improve in those latter two languages. I have the time to throw myself into it, but you really need a compelling reason to do it to keep the motivation up. I started learning Italian a few decades ago because I spent a bit of time there and met an Italian girl. I'm a bit too old (and a bit too married :hehe:) for that to be a motivation now!

[Robin Friday's Ghost]

Re: Learning Cymraeg, any takers?

Welsh is a lovely language to hear but when it comes to the ability to speak it I have none whatsoever

I have taken several courses , I have given it a go but its not going to happen

Shame

I was crap at French too

And my English has its flakey moments

Isn't it

I have no aptitude for languages either. I took evening classes in French for a few years and was pretty good at reading and writing. I used to practice by translating newspaper articles during lunch at work. But I was hopeless at conversations which is what I actually wanted to be able to do.

I am considering learning Welsh when I've finished my current uni course, which should be next year. But I'm concerned I'll be crap at that too and just waste my time.

[Jeff Mansfield]

Re: Learning Cymraeg, any takers?

I learn with learnwelsh.cymru. Great tutors and fellow students from within and outwith Wales, all keen on Wales and its unique Welsh-language culture. Prices are reasonable and you can learn online or in a classroom. It's hard but I've learnt a lot about native Welsh culture which I didn't know about because I didn't know the language.

They arrange social get-togethers to practice with native Welsh speakers. You CAN use it even in anglicized areas like Cardiff, where there certainly are Welsh speakers.

[Divine Wright]

Re: Learning Cymraeg, any takers?

But I'm concerned I'll be crap at that too and just waste my time.

…learning anything, to whatever level, is never a waste of time. Might sound a bit soppy but it’s healthier than watching someone restore an old clock on youtube…or having a slagging match with some dullhead on a football messageboard.

The acquisition pf cutural knowledge is a wholesome pursuit

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: Learning Cymraeg, any takers?

…learning anything, to whatever level, is never a waste of time. Might sound a bit soppy but it’s healthier than watching someone restore an old clock on youtube…or having a slagging match with some dullhead on a football messageboard.

The acquisition pf cutural knowledge is a wholesome pursuit

What about listening to the first 8 Black Sabbath albums , continually over 24 hours ?

That's culture

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Re: Learning Cymraeg, any takers?

I have dabbled with a number of languages over the years and have always had the romantic notion of learning Welsh (as I did at school for a number of years). However, I consider it more rewarding in many way to learn a language where you can visit the country concerned and find people who speak no English whatsoever and so that it is the only linguistic conduit available. I would feel sorry for a Welsh-speaker waiting five minutes for me to construct a sentence very poorly when he or she speaks English as well as I do.
Not that Taunton is a hotbed of Welsh speakers anyway.....

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Re: Learning Cymraeg, any takers?

As I commented before, it's another example of the FAW becoming politicised. The relative successes of recent years have gone to their heads..

[MacAdder]

Re: Learning Cymraeg, any takers?

No point, unless you are planning to settle in Anglesey or Patagonia.

If I was younger and my missus wanted our young children to go to Welsh school to say give them the best opportunities for work in Wales then it would benefit the kids if the parents spoke Welsh and I would more than likely entertain the idea.

I would sooner learn Spanish or Italian to potentially help converse with folk in many more parts if the world.

[MacAdder]

Re: Learning Cymraeg, any takers?

As I commented before, it's another example of the FAW becoming politicised. The relative successes of recent years have gone to their heads..

Yup.