Learn Welsh Fast Podcast

Today it's the rolling letter R, and the number 29, in both decimal and vigesimal. Five R words used in context in a short story. The short story is already up on the quiz today as a listening practice exercise. It has the transcript, further grammar explanation too and a test on it, including most of the other R words in the story. You can also learn how to build the sentences, flashcards, au...

Today's letter is ph which is the aspirate mutation of p and the only way we ever see this letter in Welsh. So yesterday's important p words are useful to repeat and learn the ph letter. The number is 28. I apologise for the less organised episode tonight. This accompanies the website https://learnwelshfast.com. Top tips and learning resources to simplify the Welsh language. 🌍 Web Lesson:...

I'll have a P please Bob (80s/90s quiz show Blockbusters saying) and today's number is 27, given in the two systems as usual. A few more greeting phrases and mash-ups. with question type words like pa and pwy. Each word gets used in context in the short story. A bit about different word types and a bit about Wrexham AFC. Quiz today with listening exercise was yesterday's podcast words....

Letter N today, all the usual intro words, 5 n words including ein, and four ways of saying 26. I look at how pronouns are used together with the possessive pronoun. I also explain a bit more about the daily listening practice on the website. Quiz today with listening exercise was yesterday's podcast words. https://learnwelshfast.com/daily-quiz/290425/ This accompanies the website https://lear...

So onto letter m, with words like ambell and mewn. Each word gets used in context, 5 words for each letter sounds. The number 25 now, both alternative forms of the decimal and the vigesimal. A bit about mae. A bit about the word choices. And then out of time... Quiz today with listening exercise was yesterday's podcast words. https://learnwelshfast.com/daily-quiz/280425/ This accompanies the w...

Letter Ll today, so this is the hard one. And the number 24, both masculine (in a manly voice) and feminine (in a girly voice). Decimal and vigesimal. Another little story to use the ll words, oh and I say that long place name. The story will be a test tomorrow on the daily quiz listening practice. It's not Llinos in Pobol Y Cwm - it's Sioned, haha. This accompanies the website https://lea...

Now we're on letter L and the number 23. All the usual welcome words, decimal and vigesimal numbers, 5 example words with l. I talk about up and down and verb nouns and other things. I didn't talk about Wrexham winning which I watched before recording (that was my filler material - Calyniad Gwych Wrecsam! ~ Great Result Wrexham!)Check out Daily Quiz tomorrow (not yet though - not made it)...

Now it's the controversial letter j and the number 22. I go through the usual welcome words, decimal and vigesimal numbers, 5 example words with j, all loan words, and they will feature in the new listening practice lesson on the daily quiz on the website tomorrow. Check out Daily Quiz. It improves every day lately.https://learnwelshfast.com/daily-quiz/250425/ This accompanies the website http...

So we're up to the letter h and the number 21. As it happens the number twenty one in vigesimal Welsh is the first time we see the h-prothesis which causes certain words that start with a vowel to get a 'h' added on the front. Oh forgot to say cwtsh is also a 'hug' of course. I also mention the quiz today which focuses on adjectives that sometimes go before the noun. https://le...

Today's episode is the letter ng, with five example words for the ng sound. Number 20 now in numbers, and I give you both decimal and vigesimal. Words like anghofio are compound words that have mutated other words like cofio. Today's quiz helps with mutations and there's lots of helpful links, videos and an interactive quiz to test out what you know. https://learnwelshfast.com/daily-qu...

This episode is for the letter g, with five example words for the g sound. We're up to 19 in numbers, and I give you both decimal and vigesimal (masculine and feminine). We cover some introduction words as usual too. A few more example sentences for the g words before I run out of time. Check out the daily-quiz on the website. This accompanies the website https://learnwelshfast.com. Top tips a...

Yeah yeah yeah I know I said nineteen. Oops. here's the number eighteen and the letter Ff. I give you five new words for ff, lots of usage, several more numbers, some on purpose, some not. Nain Ponciau pops up again, and Rhosllannerchrugog. It's where I first saw the ff on the road signs, ffordd this, ffordd that. This accompanies the website https://learnwelshfast.com. Top tips and learni...

The letter today then is F, the number 17 and the word his him or she. 5 words for him, he that we've come across. The word 'fel' is also useful. A little bit on 'yn' used as a particle. I give you the decimal and the masculine and feminine of the vigesimal number seventeen. Make sure you check out the quiz on the website as well as the web lesson. The quiz has become an even b...

The letter today then is Dd, a digraph, heard in the English word 'the' as a sound. And the number 16. Words for Dd include dydd, blwyddyn and others. A bit more on numbers, plurals, inflections and what not. This accompanies the website https://learnwelshfast.com. Top tips and learning resources to simplify the Welsh language. 🌍 Web Lesson: https://learnwelshfast.com/2024/11/12/lesson-2-...

So the letter of the day is D and the number 15. Words for D include dylai, draw, dros, dod and dau. I mention the patterns in important verb conjugations like dylwn / dylet / dylai and hoffwn / hoffet / hoffai and gallwn / gallet / gallai. I mention the link up between the YouTube infographics, the daily quiz and the podcast topics. 15 in decimal and vigesimal. This accompanies the website https:...

Today is the letter Ch and the number 14. 5 example ch words, more greetings and introduction words. A bit about Scotland, a bit about Liverpool, a bit about Skid Row. Oh and quite a bit about numbers. This accompanies the website https://learnwelshfast.com. Top tips and learning resources to simplify the Welsh language. 🌍 Web Lesson: https://learnwelshfast.com/2024/11/12/lesson-2-14-the-welsh-co...

Today is the letter C and the number 13. Looking at words cael, ci, Cymraeg, Cymru and cymryd. Recapping some numbers (except un deg dwy - feminine 12 which I blanked on). I mention the irregular verbs quickly. I talk about tenses and 'bod' in the examples. I have been replacing the AI dragon pictures on the website with more meaningful visuals. See the homepage updates. This accompanies t...

Today is the letter B and the number 12. 5 example b words, dyma / yma, dyna / yna. I cover recent mistakes I've made like using a diphthong in English as an example for a monopthong Welsh long E sound, a slight misunderstanding with the Welsh long A sound because common English example 'father' is not the same sound, and over thinking things by mutating Llythyren after 'Y'. I've learned a lot. Th...

This episode is looking at the consonants now we have done the vowels. I look at the letter names, the digraphs, the sounds, differences in English and Welsh, the new sounds for English speakers. Thanks for the listens, likes, subscribes and comments. This accompanies the website https://learnwelshfast.com. Top tips and learning resources to simplify the Welsh language. 🌍 Web Lesson: https://lear...

Today's episode include the word afternoon and the number ten, a recap of some welcome words. Then we look at all the one letter words in Welsh. This accompanies the website https://learnwelshfast.com/ Top tips and learning resources to simplify the Welsh language. 🌍 Web Lesson: https://learnwelshfast.com/2024/11/12/lesson-2-10-welsh-1-letter-words/ 🌍 Website: [Learn Welsh Fast](https://lear...

This episode has an announcement. I made a boo-boo. Llythyren shouldn't mutate after 'y', so the titles have changed. Today's number is 9, the letter y, three sounds, first two different for North and South. Intro words, numbers 0 - 10 and 100 with alternate versions, the three y sound phrase 'hyd yn hyn' (so far / until now). Apologies for the sound quality tonight, tempor...

Ok there's 3 sounds for 'w' and two are vowel sounds, one is the consonant sound like in English. 15 new example words this time then with examples and topics spiralling off as usual. Keep an eye out for the support videos which I post on lessons on the website, usually days after the podcast release or just subscribe on YouTube. This accompanies the website https://learnwelshfast.com. Top tips an...

Lots more Welsh covered in this episode including 'unwaith', 'dyma', 'saith', 'yng Ngogledd Cymru / yn Ne Cymru', the letter u short and long sounds, other new words , usage and topics spinning off again. Number words that drop their last letter when counting nouns - Six Cats for instance... bad jokes...tumbleweed... This accompanies the website https://learnwelshfast.com. Top tips and learning re...

Today's letter is the letter O and today's number is the number 6. We also have 10 new words using O and I give examples of their use. I cover all the numbers we've done too. There are also examples of using different words for night, evening, eve too. And a bit of adjective placement. Plus I recover long E sound from the other day. This accompanies the website https://learnwelshfast.com. Top tips...

This episode I cover the two main sounds of the letter 'I'. I also teach you some new words like 'yn ôl' and all the colours of the balls in snooker. I tell you the numbers for 0, 5 and 7 to add to your 1 to 4. 10 new words to show you letter 'i' in use. Also we introduce conjugation of regular verbs which have a root/stem (base form) of the verb which we use to conjugate and make sentences about...