CONGRATULATIONS TO ARIES, FROM HONG KONG, FOR EMERGING AS THE WINNER OF THE GREAT WELSH SHOWDOWN!
Croeso i Gaerdydd!
Translation: Welcome to Cardiff!
Upon arriving in Cardiff, our 6 bloggers were brought to attend their first ever Welsh Language lesson as part of Challenge 1. It was quite an experience for the 6 bloggers as none of them had ever spoken a word of Welsh prior to the lesson.
During the lesson, the bloggers were introduced to the basics of Welsh, including greetings, alphabets, numbers and how to buy things. Delyth, the Welsh language teacher, used games and songs to make the lesson an interactive and enjoyable one. One of the highlights of the lesson was learning the pronunciation of a particular Welsh town that is supposed to have the longest name in all of Wales, Europe, and possibly even the whole world: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (Try pronouncing it yourself)
Some photographs:
Delyth, our Welsh Language teacher, welcoming us - "Croeso!"
Having Welsh Lessons
Yuko (Japan) and Aries (HK) playing a game to test their Welsh Language Skills
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Everyone with Delyth
For this challenge, each blogger will be required to create a post and the post must include 5 Welsh words, and you as a reader can help him/her win this challenge by leaving a comment on his/her post. But do take note that only comments that include 2 Welsh words in them will be counted towards the total count of the votes. So go leave some comments now!
Diolch yn fowr lawn! Hwyl! (Translation: Thank you very much! Bye!)
Fanatic on 30 Aug 2010 at 3:43 pm #
Can’t wait to hear all about it!
Travelogged on 31 Aug 2010 at 11:00 pm #
Good luck, everyone! When I was there last fall, I tried to learn some Welsh phrases but the best I could do was Croeso Cymru. I love how Wales has all bilingual signs so you can see what a beautiful language it is — even if it’s hard to pronounce!
Rhys on 01 Sep 2010 at 8:02 am #
Da iawn chi.
Mae hi’n braf yng Nghaerdydd heddiw.
(Hopefully you’ll understand all that after your half day course, but if not: Well done you. It’s sunny in Cardiff today.
Make sure you go for a pint in the Mochyn Du (pub) or Y Fuwch Goch (bar) to practice your new found Welsh skills before leaving Caerdydd.
If you’re interested, here’s an interesting blog post about Pubs with Welsh animal names in Cardiff
Aarti Mahajan on 01 Sep 2010 at 11:41 am #
Hi…
Good luck to all the participants and especially my dear friend- Aparna ( Backpacking Ninja)………WOOOOHOOO.. Way to go… and waiting to learn WELSH from u……………
Waiting to hear update from you…….
Jaya Madhavan on 01 Sep 2010 at 5:27 pm #
Hi,
Wishing all the luck to all of you and Aparna in particular because she is my daughter and I want her to win this wonderful challenge. I know she will pcik up Welsh. Waiting to learn from her. Love you.
pallavi on 02 Sep 2010 at 9:28 am #
Awesome!! Best of luck, bloggers
pallavi on 02 Sep 2010 at 9:28 am #
Aparna – Good luck girl!!! You are amazing!!!
Geraint on 02 Sep 2010 at 3:35 pm #
TYSILIO doesn’t mean SAINTS!
It is the name OF a saint.
Lesley on 02 Sep 2010 at 4:43 pm #
Lwc dda y chi gyd !
akhil on 08 Sep 2010 at 12:06 pm #
Aries is rocking in whatever he does………anyway i will support APARNA….good luck …let the ninja rock…
http://twitter.com/Geotravel on 09 Sep 2010 at 5:27 am #
Byddwn wrth fy modd i ymweld â Chymru. Yr wyf yn awr yn fam-gu am y tro cyntaf. Byddwn wrth fy modd i gofnodi fy eiliadau yn fy mywyd newydd. Ac ai fi erioed yn teithio i Gymru fi angen i ffilm to gwellt yn cael eu hadeiladu. Diolch yn garedig.