Welsh is our first language, it is spoken in the home, work, shops and in leisure. The Welsh language is one of the oldest languages in Europe. Why not have some fun and learn a bit while on holiday here!
Some useful phrases
- croeso – welcome
- bore da – good morning
- pnawn da – good afternoon
- nos da – good evening
- ga i banad – can I have a cup of tea
- ga i goffi – can I have coffee
- ceffyl – horse
- ci – dog
- dafad – sheep
- chwarae – play
- castell – castle
- bendigedig – fantastic
- diolch yn fawr – thank you
- hwyl fawr -good bye
Things to do
- mynydd – mountain
- afon – river
- lan y mor – beach
- cae – field
- cerdded – walk
- llwybr – path
- dringo – climbing
- fflio – flying
- hwylio – sailing
- pysgota – fishing
- cwch – boat
- ffermio- farming
Food/Bwyd
- llefrith – milk
- siwgr – sugar
- pysgod – fish
- cig – meat
- bara – bread
- menyn – butter
- wy – egg
- fferins -sweets
- hufen ia – ice cream
- afal – apple
- tatws – potatoes
- moron – carrots
Popular Welsh childrens names
Boys/Bechgyn Girls/Genod
1 Rhys 1 Megan
2 Dylan 2 Bethan
3 Tomos 3 Beca
4 Ieuan 4 Ffion
5 Dafydd 5 Lowri
Place Names
Many place names begin with LLAN, which means a place with a church eg: Llanbedr, Llanystumdwy or begin with ABER, which means the mouth of the river eg: Aberdaron, Abersoch or with CAER , known for a roman fort eg: Caernarfon, Caergybi.
The longest place name is;
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
