As some of you may know from another thread, I am a football coach and have written match analysis blogs on Wales games in Welsh in order to help learn the language. I was lucky enough to be on Ar y Marc on BBC Radio Cymru yesterday morning. It was a wonderful experience and I surprised myself by holding a ten minute conversation, 5 minutes or so of which is available here https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07qws6p
Thank you to Radio Cymru for the opportunity!
Ar y Marc is a great show made by great people
And of course, a huge diolch to SSiW for helping me learn my native language, and to Dee and Aran who helped me write my first blog a few months ago!
I was listening to Post Cyntaf in the car…and it spilled over into the beginning of Ar y Marc and I heard Dylan do his little intro about someone learning Welsh - my journey had ended but I made a mental note to go back and listen…and there you were!
Llongyfarchiadau mawr ! That was a very impressive conversation. !
And you predicted the score line and strategy correctly Sign him up, sign him up
Diolch! Haha thank you I appreciate it, yes I was happy that my initial score prediction came through but I would have liked my second prediction (2-1) to have come true instead!
Yes, i noticed your two-for-one prediction (shrewd ).
Did you go into the studio in Bangor with Dylan then?
It’s a shame because I think Aaron Ramsey and Joe Allen are fantastic in midfield - and we miss either one of them quite badly there at the moment…and of course if Aaron is back Joe will be suspended for the next game.
Da iawn @lukebwilliams10! SSiWers are ruling the airwaves in Cymru this week
I haven’t had a chance to listen, but we’ve had an email from Val Lucas letting us know that she took part in a discussion with Matt Spry and other Welsh learners who had moved to Wales on Radio Cymru. The link to have a listen is: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07qt0rb
Wow, there are so many sources of inspiration at the moment it’s amazing…we’ll be taking over the world soon - hopefully starting with the rugby World Cup!..who do you support if it’s Wales against the all blacks @Deborah-SSi ?!!
I overheard a couple speaking Welsh in the middle of Harrogate today - which is pretty random, it being in Yorkshire - so I sort of butted in by saying ‘Prynhawn da’!..they were very surprised of course and we had a chat in the street - very nice people from Denbigh.
I said I was a learner and I had used SSIW and asked if they had they heard of it - they said ‘oh yes!’ …and mentioned they had heard a few SSIWers on Radio Cymru, in learners week.
The profile seems to be rising all the time doesn’t it…a credit to you all.
da iawn Luke! Dwi wedi dechrau dysgu ers y dechrau o’r blwydwyn a llawer o fy ffrindiau pwy dwi’n ymarfer gyda yw ffans mawr o pel droed. Mae nhw’n iaith gyntaf felly…eich blogiau chi dylai helpu fi cadw i fynny gyda nhw!!
Sign him up, sign him up 
.
