Category: Geirfa

Love you, cariad!

Sut mae, lovers! What’s the first thing people who don’t speak Welsh ask you when they hear that you speak / learn Welsh? One of the first things they always ask me is, “Can you say something in Welsh?” So I say, “What do you want me to say?” And the answer is, more often…

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Get packed!

Holiday time again! Gwyliau, here we come! To get us all in the mood for the holiday season I thought I’d share my (extended) packing list with you. Do you use a packing list for your holidays at all? I’m very good at forgetting the barest of necessities, which is absolutely no good when taking a family…

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Lliwiau, plîs!!

Sut dych chi i gyd??? Gobeithio eich bod chi’n cadw yn iawn…. Yma dyn ni’n iawn – eto. Just when I thought we’d escaped the flu this year, it caught up with us and kept the family busy for the better (or worse) part of six weeks. In the meantime, after yet another weatherly intermission of…

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Blwyddyn Blues Part II

Croeso yn ôl! Welcome back. Time to carry on with our collection of facts about the queen of Welsh language irregularities: Good old blwyddyn! This is Blwyddyn Blues Part II and – beware! – it’s going to be worse than the first one. A LOT worse. Today will be about counting years. But before we start doing…

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Blwyddyn Blues

Have you ever had the Blwyddyn Blues????   With only a few weeks into the new year ( y flwyddyn newydd) and all the good wishes for a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda  still echoing in our ears, we may as well take a closer look at the word blwyddyn. Blwyddyn is without doubt one of the most complicated words in…

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