Yes, brysia wella, Catrin. I hope that you are feeling better now.
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Word(s) of the Day 01/02/2019
Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus to you all!!!
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Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus Catrin a phawb.
My granddaughter: Southampton born and bred, went to her Southampton Girls Brigade meeting last night, which turned out to be St Davids Day themed. She forgot to tell them that she is part-Welsh, probably as it just seemed natural to her 
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…and for the Antipodes it was the first day of autumn and even the daisies died! The last poor thing hung on with one mate…
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Word(s) of the Day 04/03/2019
Twyll = too-eell (Welsh ‘ll’ sound) - deception/fraud/deceit
Twyllo = too-eell-llo - to deceive/cheat/mislead/swindle
Twyllodrus = too-eell-odd-riss - deceitful/misleading/deceptive
Please note that twyll (above) is not to be confused with tywyll meaning dark. Twyll is a one syllable word with the ooee double vowel sound in the middle, whereas tywyll is a two syllable word pronounced like this - tuh-weell.
For a cheat use the word twyll and add ‘wraig’ or ‘wr’ for a male or female cheat -
Twyllwraig
Twyllwr
But the Welsh Twyllwraig or Twyllwr isn’t used as commonly as the English a cheat , to describe someone who has affairs outside an otherwise monogamous relationship. In this context you are likely to have the individual called a derogatory name, followed by a sentence to explaining why their being called this name. Though there may well be some regional words for cheat in common use in various parts of Wales.
The Welsh word for adultery is godineb = god-in-ebb adulterous is godinebus = god-in-ebb-us and the word for adulterer is godinebwr = god-in-ebb-wr, though it’s not a word you will hear in common use, especially in speech.
As in English, you’re more likely to hear the word affair used in informal speech, but with a Welsh lilt to the pronunciation, like this affêr - like the English but with a longer ‘e’ sound and a rolled ‘r’.
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But never, never put on a Sam Gamgee voice and just ignore the missing ‘g’. Someone is bound to get hurt… 
Word(s) of the Day 06/03/2019
A little bit of politics for you today…
Gwleidyddiaeth = goo-lay-duth-yah-eth - politics
Gwleidyddol = goo-lay-duth-all - political
Y Blaid Werdd = er bla-eed werth - The Green Party
Y Blaid Lafur = er bla-eed lav-ear - The Labour Party
Llafur = llav=ear - Labour
Y Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol = er democrat-yaeed hreeth-vridd-all - The Liberal Democrats
Y Blaid Geidwadol = er bla-eed gaid-wadd-all - The Conservative Party
Y Ceidwadwyr = er kayd-wadd-weer - The Conservatives
Y Toriaid = er torr-ee-eyed - The Tories
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In the current political climate I thought the above might be useful, but I would kindly like to request that any political discussion is kept off the forum… diolch… 
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You haven’t told us what the Welsh for “Plaid Cymru” is. 
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Ha ha Geraint. I’m glad you asked, I was too frightened. 
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Think you’ll find it’s Y Blaid.
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Word(s) of the day 08/03/2019
Diwrnod Rhyngwaldol y Merched - International Women’s Day (northern)
Diwrnod Rhyngwladol Menywod International Women’s Day (southern)
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May I put in a request, @CatrinLliarJones? I am not sure if this is quite in the spirit of Gair y Diwrnod, but I am really struggling with the difference in the vowel sounds in the past/future pair of mynd/dod/gweud. That is to say aeth / eith, naeth / neith etc.
It would really help to hear them used more or less side by side, if that were possible at some point in the future. (I know you have much more important things on your mind right now!)
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I’m so very sorry for my absence and lateness in replying! Been stuck in a bit of a perfect storm here and it seems I’m not always as adept at multitasking as I’d like to be.
I’ll get my head round this and try to post some recordings on this thread tomorrow, which will hopefully help with your vowel sounds. 
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Please don’t apologise. My mental blocks are NOT your priority right now.
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Word(s) of the Day 01/04/2019
As requested by @Catriona here’s an attempt at clarifying the following…
Mynd = mind (with short i sound like Mindy or mint) - to go
As in English (went), there are short forms of mynd for use with past and future tense. But their sounds are similar so can cause confusion. Therefore I’m going to attempt to clarify the challenging vowel sounds in this post.
I went - es i = ehss ee (es sounds a little like airs)
You went - es ti = ehss tee
She went - aeth hi = eyeth hee
He went - aeth o = eyeth o (like eyes but with a th on the end rather than an s)
We went - aethon ni = eye-thon nee
You went - aethoch chi = eye-thoch chee (Welsh ch sound)
They went - aethon nhw = eye-thon noo
I will go - af i = ahv ee
You will go - ei di = ey dee
She will go - eith hi = eh-ith hee
He will go - eith o = eh-ith o
We will go - awn ni = ah-oon ee
You will go - ewch chi = eh-ooch ch-ee
They will go - Ân nhw ahn noo
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Word(s) of the day 01/04/2019
Gwneud = goon-aid (sometimes pronounced without the ‘oo’ - gneud = gn-aid) - to do
As in English (did), there are short forms of gwneud for use with past and future tense. But their sounds are similar so can cause confusion. Therefore I’m going to attempt to clarify the challenging vowel sounds in this post.
I did - nes i = nehs ee (nes sounds like nairs)
You did - nes ti = nehs tee
She did - nath hi = nah-th hee (nath sounds like narth)
He did - nath o = nah-th o
We did - nathon ni = na-thon nee
You did - nathoch chi = na-thoch chee (Welsh ch sound)
They did - nathon nhw = na-thon noo
I will do - na i = nah ee
You will do - nei di = nay dee
She will do - neith hi = nay-th hee
He will do - neith o = nay-th o
We will do - nawn ni = noun nee
You will do - newch chi = neh-ooch chee (Welsh ch sound)
They will do - na nhw = nah noo
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If you would like the above in sentences, then please let me know, with sentence suggestions and I will include them in a post tomorrow.
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