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WELSH LANGUAGE
Welsh is an integral part of life in Wales and you often hear Welsh language spoken – particularly in the west of the Park. For some help with pronunciation and some useful phrases read on:
How to pronounce Welsh letters
C is always pronounced like the c in cat in English
Ch pronounced like the ch in the Scottish word loch Dd pronounced like th in English for example in “them” F pronounced like v in English ­ as in van
Ll there is nothing quite like it in English – the nearest
sound is cl as in clear
Welsh greetings
Bore da Dydd da Nos da Sut mae? Diolch Croeso Da Iechyd da
English translations
Good morning Good day Good night How are you? Thank you Welcome Good
Good health
Here are translations for a few useful words which you might come across in place names in particular
Aber
Afon
Allt
Bach (fach) Mawr (fawr) Ban
Castell D w^ r
river mouth Eglwys river Eira
hill, slope, wood Ffordd small Hen large Llan peak, crest Llyn castle Mynydd water Ogof
church snow way, road old church lake mountain cave
Pen top Ty house
If you want more hints the BBC have some excellent resources in their archives www.bbc.co.uk/
wales/learning/learnwelsh