Last Week in Welsh
In Welsh, or Cymraeg (said: Kum-Raig) "w" is a vowel roughly equivalent to "oo" and "dd" is a consonant that sounds like "th" in the word "these" (in the IPA it would represented as eth, if that means anything to you.)
I have learned enough Welsh this week to say, with feeling, that I don't like ironing.
I also have learned the Welsh for "I'm tired." So, when my teachers ask me, at 8 in the fucking morning, how I'm feeling, I can answer, "I'm tired, thank you. How are you?"
Would you like to learn these sentences? Oh, I knew that you would!
I don't like ironing: dw i ddim yn hoffi smwddio. (Said: dwee thim in hoffey smoothio.)
I'm tired, thank you. How are you?: dw i'n wedi blino, diolch. Sut dych chi? (Said: dween wehdee bleeno, deeoch (said like German "ch"). Shut (rhymes with "put") deech chee?)
Also, one of the teachers taught in Indianola for a spell. I'm not sure if he taught at Simpson or not, but I do believe he taught Welsh wherever he was.
This Week in Welsh was brought to you by the letters "W" and "DD". Thank you for reading This Week in Welsh. Nos Da!
