Learn Welsh (Cymraeg)

WELSH CONVERSATION GROUPS

The Welsh Society of Western New England has merged our Welsh Conversation sessions with the Madog Center for Welsh Studies | Cyfarwyddwr, Canolfan Madog ar gyfer Astudiaethau Cymreig at the University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College, Rio Grande, OH.

Host: Dan Rowbotham, Director.

Welsh Conversation Sessions are NOT Welsh classes.

These conversation sessions are for people who are currently learning Welsh (or who have learned some Welsh) through classes somewhere in person or online.

There are separate sessions appropriate for beginner, foundation, intermediate, and highest level Welsh speakers.

Everyone joins the call for 7:30 PM ET and we go around to say shw'mae/su'mae to everyone and confirm levels and place people and then we go into breakout rooms for each level. We try to keep the Breakout rooms to about 5 people maximum.

• Mynediad (Beginners) get a full tutor.

• Sylfaen (Foundation) gets a floating tutor

• Canolradd (Intermediate) gets check-ins

• Uwch (Highest) has proficient speakers running those sessions.

A monthly plan for themes and activities is sent out on the first Monday of the month, and any reminders of other events. 

We then e-mail every Wednesday morning (around 10:30 AM ET) with the Zoom link, theme reminder and again, any announcements/reminders.

All levels meet at 7:30 PM ET on Wednesdays on Zoom. 

Here's the form to register... Canolfan Madog: Sgwrsio – Fill in form

Online Resources for Learning Welsh

Below is a video from our 2019 St. David’s Day Luncheon in which Diane Owen of the Washington DC Welsh Society provides wonderful insights into using a variety of resources to learn the Welsh language. To view and print out her handouts click here.

Say Something in Welsh

This online community of learners offers three different levels of audio courses with the intent of helping all learners to speak and understand Welsh easily and naturally. It avoids wasting time on complicated grammar rules and reading/writing. Based on the latest research in language learning, the course provides downloadable MP3 files for free. The entire introductory course of 25 lessons, the practice sessions and vocabulary units are all entirely free of charge. Give it a go and you'll be speaking Welsh in no time!

Duolingo

Free interactive, game-style lessons include a variety of speaking, listening, translation, and multiple choice challenges.

Cymdeithas Madog

The Welsh Studies Institute in North America Inc. dedicated to helping North Americans learn, use and enjoy the Welsh language. It takes its name from Madog ab Owain Gwynedd, a Welsh prince who (legend says) sailed to America in the 12th century. A monthly Cwrs Cymraeg (conversation); Cwrs Rith (a 3 session/one weekend course); a week’s summer residential course. Click on logo for information.

Quizlet

Learner-created flashcards in a variety of languages. Search "Welsh" for word lists in Cymraeg.

Childhood Stories has one of the largest collections of Welsh English dual language short stories, plus many wordlists with many example sentences as well.

University of Wales Trinity St. David

This online dictionary has been available for several years and offers both English-Welsh and Welsh-English translations.

Parallel Cymru

This digital magazine presents free bilingual articles and resources in a way that may be helpful to those trying to learn the Welsh language

We Learn Welsh

An informal, entertaining, visually attractive blog with a variety of interesting content related to Welsh words, grammar, idioms, and more - from the perspective of an enthusiastic Canada-born Welsh-learner who has lived in Wales for several years now.