I have lived in Wales for 20 years & It has always felt like home; I recently discovered that I have Welsh ancestry & so to learn to speak Welsh would be the icing on the cake!
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Although I was born in England, the son of a New Zealand father and a Scottish mother, I think maybe I was born with a draig goch fach in my heart. I have lived and worked all over the world but for the last 6 years have been blissfully settled in the incredibly beautiful Snowdonia and will hopefully spend the rest of my days there. I would love to be fluent in Welsh, as a personal challenge, as a gesture of respect to the people of Wales and to make a minuscule effort to help keep a beautiful and ancient language alive.
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I want to become a Welsh speaker so that I don’t have to speak English whenever I visit Wales.
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I want to speak Welsh, because I work in Cardiff, and talk to people from across South Wales on a fairly regular basis through work, and would love to experience more of the culture. By learning Welsh, I will proudly be doing my part to keep the language alive! (With even my knowledge so far, place names are becoming a lot easier to pronounce!)
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I want to be a Welsh speaker because I think learning languages is a fun way to keep your brain active and I liked how this course was set out. Plus I have a house in Wales and it is wonderful hearing all those people (especially children) speaking Welsh. So I thought I’d try and so far I am really enjoying it!
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I want to be a Welsh speaker because it’s a beautiful language from a beautiful place, it’s honouring my ancestors and I want to live in Wales one day.
What it will change is that as a discipline/accomplishment it will prove to me that I can still really exercise my mind and become expert at something new.
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For Challenge 9: I want to be a Welsh speaker to increase my connection with Wales. I look forward to getting a surprised smile from a Welsh speaker in Wales one day!
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Dw i eisiau dygu siarad Cymraeg achos dw i eisau siarad efo ffrindiau mewn eu mam iaith.
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I want to be a welsh speaker because my boyfriend and all his family and friends are first language welsh. I want to be able to understand what they’re saying and join in the conversations without them having to translate everything into English for me.
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Sorry this isn’t a sentence long answer but I can’t shorten what learning Welsh means to me. Two generations ago my family were fluent Welsh speakers. For various reasons my parents never learnt Welsh fluently, coupling this with my own struggles at learning any language, I never gave this side of my education the time or respect it deserved. Since moving away from Wales I’ve come to learn what a special heritage we have and one that I’ve only come to really appreciate with hindsight. It makes me sad that my daughter will grow up not learning the Welsh songs and dances I enjoyed doing at school. I want to learn Welsh to gain back what was lost to my parents to give to my daughter. If I have to sum it up into one sentence I guess it could be I want to be a Welsh speaker because… I got the hiraeth bad!!
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I want to speak Welsh so that when I’m helping my neighbours pack fleeces,. I can join in the conversation.
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… I grew up in Wales and heard my Nanna say the odd word and phrase, which made me think she may have spoken Welsh as a little girl. Now is my time! My, memory is shot, but I am still enjoying myself! [quote=“aran, post:1, topic:10504, full:true”]
What’s your WHY?
How would you finish the sentence ‘I want to be a Welsh speaker because…’?
Just ONE sentence…
I want to be a Welsh speaker because…
And what’s ONE thing you hope will happen when you are a Welsh speaker?
I shall be able to speak to my son’s girlfriend!
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I want to be a Welsh speaker because I want to connect more with my Celtic ancestors, and in gratitude to and respect for the beautiful country and lovely people who have made me feel so at home here.
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… because Wales is my home.
I tried years ago at school and gave up so now it’s time to try again!
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I want to be a welsh speaker because I need it for a job, and I hope that once I’m a welsh speaker I can raise my children to be Welsh speakers too.
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I want to be able to speak fluently with my fiancé’s family and friends, preach in welsh in the future and raise children who also know how to speak welsh and have a passion for languages as I do.
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I want to be a welsh speaker because I am a welsh woman and love have always loved our language. I also want to be able to speak it to my grandfather and nephews. I hope that once I can speak Welsh I will be able to use it in my daily life and speak it with every welsh speaker I meet.
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I want to be a Welsh speaker because I love the sound of the language and I love how magical it sounds.
The thing it has changed in my life is that it means I have far less to say and I think more carefully about speaking!!
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I want to be able to speak the language of the country where I was born, bred, live and work.
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I have lived on the Welsh border (in the Forest of Dean, 7 miles from Monmouth) for over 30 years and I travel around Wales lots in my motorhome every year. Originally, I just wanted to learn the pronunciation, because I was staying in Dolgellau and knew that I wasn’t pronouncing it correctly. But as soon as I started to dip into learning, I fell in love. The Welsh language is so beautiful, so interesting. It has already deepened my experience of travelling in Wales - last week I held conversation in Welsh with the outdoor pool lifeguard at a big campsite in Tenby. It felt fabulous!
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