Enwau Benywaidd/Feminine Nouns

For an introduction to the grammatical gender of Welsh nouns see this blog’s companion piece Enwau Gwryaidd/Masculine Nouns KEY●Most plurals are formed by adding the suffix shown after a dash●Plurals …

Stevens the anti-Welsh Secretary

Jo Stevens is an ignorant, fanatical British unionist – in other words, a typical member of Kier Starmer’s cabinet. Starmer picked her for the job of Welsh Secretary precisely because …

Enwau Gwrywaidd/Masculine Nouns

Nouns name things, whether they be concrete or abstract: from people, places, objects, qualities and ideas through to concepts and emotions. Welsh nouns are grouped into two categories according to …

Berfau Cymraeg/Welsh Verbs

Continuing an occasional series compiling a Welsh vocabulary Verbs, the words for an activity or action, come before their pronoun in Welsh and are therefore usually the first word in …

Colonial viceroy sunk

Unelected first generation Englishman Rishi Sunak has spoken: instead of calling the Welsh national park by its new official name Bannau Brycheiniog, the UK Prime Minister intends to “keep calling …

Yma O Hyd

The FAW’s excellent World Cup video Er gwaetha pawb a phopethRy’n ni yma o hyd Despite everyone and everythingWe’re still here

I’ve been everywhere

Composed in 1959 by Australian Geoff Mack (1922-2017), the first version of I’ve Been Everywhere was, naturally enough, dedicated to Australian place names. The novelty tongue-twister became a big hit …

Mutant

Recently, to the annoyance of everyone I encounter and for reasons I struggle to explain, I have developed the habit of applying the Welsh language system of initial consonant mutations …

Geiriau yn eich clust

Llongyfarchiadau i Ifor ap Glyn, sydd wedi cael ei benodi fel Bardd Cenedlaethol Cymru gan yr Academi Gymreig – y pedwerydd Bardd Cenedlaethol ar ôl Gwyneth Lewis (2005-06), Gwyn Thomas …