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Adferfau/Adverbs
Adverbs describe and modify a verb, an adjective or another adverb. If a word answers questions such as how, how many, how much, how often, what, when, where, which, who, …
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 …
Ansoddeiriau Cymraeg/Welsh Adjectives
Recently I have been devoting as much time as possible to achieving a lifelong aim: properly learning Welsh after countless false starts. One of the many aspects of my Welsh …
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 …