i'm used to scottish dialects so i'm fairly good at the ll sound. right now i'm getting my pronunciation from welsh kids tv (igy tigy bip a bob is amazing!) and from the welsh BBc website which is... slighty wierd but useful

lol the opinion of their ancient tongue is from a Steve Hughes sketch, i thought it was great! in the most affectionate way, of course

that's so cool! don't think i'll ever be fluent, but i hope i can get the gist of conversations in welsh. is it your first language, or did you learn it after english? i heard you have to learn it in school if you live in wales

Oh, I would like to learn Welsh...but living in Hungary I don't have opportunity to learn it.
It's such a beautiful language!!!

Well Because i am Fluent i have been Told i have a Very strong Welsh accent!

Siarad Yn Fuan
Speak soon.

LucyEllen

Hey, LucyElen, can you tell me, because I was wandering for some time, are there any Welsh people who refuse to speak English?

Polish with English accent sounds bad. Like one would speak with mouth full of food or something like that
Finnish is beautiful. I like it's sound, though I don't understand ANYTHING

CYMRU AM BYTH

I can SPEAK WELSH aswell, i no LucyElen, SHES ONE OV MY BM!

I am a welsh speaker in the welshest part of wales where it is expected that everyone has some welsh knowlage.I am also aware of people who struggle to speak english

I'm welsh aswell. And i know that not much people speak it, but people in patagonia are! My Nain and Taid (Gran and Granpa) are friends with a fanily there, and they are planning on getting patagonia to speak welsh, Start with them, then their friends then THEIR friends and so on! It has been a great success!
I speak fluent welsh aswell LucyElen and i speak better welsh than english actually!
I hope you'll enjoy yourself in our wet, yet peaceful country:D
xx
Cymru Am Byth!
Dwin siarad cymraeg yn well na saesneg ac mae fy nheulu i gyd yn siarad cymraeg!
Cymraeg yw'r gorau!
xxx

im not fluent, but ive been learning and speaking since a young age.
im proud to be able to speak welsh (:

I Speak fluen Welsh! Rydw i wedi bod yn dysgu Cymraeg ers on i'n pedwar
(I've been learning Welsh since I was 4 )
My first language is English, but I've been going to a welsh school since I was 4 (obv) I'm doing my GCSE's this year in welsh (except English). In our school Welsh is a mandatory subject but in English schools it is usually an option I think.
Not Everyone in Wales can speak Welsh. Very little can. It is THE hardest language to learn and can not be picked up over night. (Spanish is 10 times easyer) I.e There are at lease 5 different ways of saying yes and no, depending on the sentence It is a Celtic language in is not only used in Wales. It's also been found in some parts of America and Spain And yes the hardest letters to pronaunce are 'll, dd, ch, rh, th...'
Just in case u were wondering... Welsh alphabet: A, B, C, Ch, D, Dd, E, F, Ff, G, Ng, H, I, J, L, Ll, M, N, O, P, Ph, R, Rh, S, T, Th, U, W, Y!
It is a dying language and I think almost everyone (with a brain) in Wales is trying to hold on to it by the skin of their teeth
And there are some people that have Welsh as their first Language, but they learn English as it is needed... Seeing as most people speak it  :L
P.S There are vowels in Welsh (A, E, I, O, U, W, (h))
Sorry this is so long... There'a a lot to be said :L If you need anything else just ask xxx hope this helps :L xx

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