This thread is aimed to gather and put the links here of all potentially helpful posts which will guide you through stuff you can do on this forum but you were in trouble to figure out how. I imagine this as list of links to such posts which carry you directly where needed. Subject of table/list is navigation, posting, photos, videos and similar. Let’s begin …
Forum stuff
Befor all helpful content in this table of content all who didn’t do that (or are new to the forum) you maybe should read this:
Varous forum things
- Always having important threads in your view
- Emotions, codings and more
- Dancing dragons emotions list The list of well known emotions from “old forum”.
- Sending personal message (PM)
- Searching for a person or a thread
- How to quote (Quote replies and quotes)
- How to link a post to another post/thread and how to post links
- Edit or delete - that’s the question! or How to edit posts
- How to access Members list
- Member’s profile - settings and “findings” Part 1
- Member’s profile - settings and “findings” Part 2
Spam inbox messages (or any of such kinds for that matter
Photos
Very interesting and useful threads on this forum - almost MUST READ - before posting
- Links to all interesting and WAY USEFUL threads
- SSiW Learners and Meeting places map(s)
- Level 1 Listening Practices Transcripts and translations
"Secrets revealed or what you can monitor on the forum" series of posts
which will show you what data you can access and what you can view on this forum, which maybe you were not aware of.
- The upper (red) bar
- [Categories/Topics part of the main Welsh category page]
18 - Category list and its data on the main Welsh Category page
- Walkthrough the topic/thread
For “SSi Growth Club” members and those who would like to become yet
- The SSi Growth Club Thread. - If not a member yet MUST READ first!
- How to download Growth Club content to computer
Some other useful stuff (not related to this forum
This much for now. I’ll add links inhere when I find something what isn’t here yet and will also separate list into more categories if needed. If you find some post which should be in this list, let me know and I’ll put it inhere.
Great thank you
I will just humbly say Thank you for mentioning this thread/index in newsletter. And of course if there’s something you encounter cruising throught the forum and you think it should be included in here, please do give me a note (with the link to that particular post of course) so I can put it in this index
Thank you in advance.
Hwyl
Tatjana
I’ve added some stuff here and this for I’m bumping the topic/index as it isn’t pinned (yet).
So, I’ve been mostly unemployed and bored this week, so I decided to try to do something (hopefully) helpful for new learners.
Having obtained permission from Aran and Tatjana, I would like to collect here some links to the most useful forum threads, so our newcomers can have a look here instead of going through all the numerous threads on the forum. I would be very grateful for any help. Maybe someone remembers a good discussion related to some particular grammar/vocabulary issues? I will be adding new links when new interesting threads appear (or when I get to the old ones)
Skype and other forms of speaking practice
A thread for people looking for skype partners and for finding best approaches to skype sessions
Dictionaries, spellcheckers and vocabulary lists
http://www.gweiadur.com
http://geiriadur.bangor.ac.uk
http://www.termiaduraddysg.org/?lang=en Terms and words for mathematics, music and other various study fields
http://www.geiriadur.net/ -Online dictionary provided by University of Wales
http://welsh-dictionary.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html - Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru
A list of Welsh idioms
Welsh pronunciation dictionary
Links to Welsh-English online dictionaries
Online spellchecker and grammar checker
Craig’s list of Welsh names for wildlife
TV, Radio
S4C TV-shows available worldwide
Dal Ati on youtube
Now you’re talking - a series of programs for learners of Welsh
A thread about radio Cymru and other good resources for listening comprehension
A youtube channel with various Welsh videos
ITV archive of videos in Welsh
Podcasts
Interesting podcasts for learners - a selection of podcasts on iTunes presented in one common thread.
Apps
Books and reading
www.gwales.com - books in Welsh
www.ylolfa.com - books available, including the ebooks
www.readlang.com - a website with a selection of articles with words translated
Bilingual reading
Reading tips - lots of books are mentioned
What to read at the beginner/elementary level - some websites selling books in Welsh are mentioned
Novels for learners
Discussion about what you reed (and what you recommend) NOTE! It’s not the discussion abotu should you read or not though
Weekly reading practice
Parallel Cymru’s Guide to Welsh focused books in Kindle and iBook’s store
Reading - Magazines and blogs
Subscription to the print version of the Golwg magazine
Parallel Cymru online bilingual magazine for all levels of Welsh Learners
Pronunciation
Pronunciation issues
Bad accents
Grammar
Different forms of the past tense
Grammar books
A thread about online grammar check
Equivalence of tenses in English and Welsh - in compound sentences
Learning problems
A discussion about problems and challenges of learning Welsh and foreign languages in general
A recent thread about fear of speaking Welsh
How to get motivated again
Learning new vocabulary
A really inspirational and useful tip (quoted in linked post)
Which lessons to do for revision
Northern or Southern
North v South
What to learn north or south
Northern vs Southern
Topics of general interest
Welsh etymology
Welsh poetry
Working memory test
Welsh onomatopoeia
Welsh music
Typing Welsh Symbols - codes
Wow Stella, da iawn!
This came at just the perfect time for me, and I am sure countless others. Do you read minds? Nah… Or else we would not need to say anything–just think in Welsh. Of course ‘in my mind’ I have a convincing accent, have marvellous discussions, and… Oh, but miss the personal touch and the joy of true conversation and friendship. You are offering one of the keys to that for us–diolch yn fawr!
Diolch yn fawr for your kind words, Marilyn! I’m glad it will be of some help.
Oh, that’s something that I’m very familiar with:) I speak Welsh, English, Italian and French splendidly if my mind! Whereas in real life I have something that could be described as “the most perfect accent without the slightest English”
Would you find it helpful to see something else in this index? Links to apps, maybe? If you think of something, write it here and I’m sure I can find the discussions related to what you need. I love categorizing:) I was a librarian in my early twenties.
@Stella: May I suggest the following two dictionaries?
Added, thank you very much!
Brilliantly helpful, Stella, diolch o galon!
@stella I’ve added your post into upper index despite it’s in the same topic. Go and have alook if you like it and if it’s useful. So @aran would you inspect it too, please. I always like to know what “head” of your family thinks.
Diolch yn fawr iawn!
Thanks a lot, Tatjana!
@stella I’ve seen threads about Welsh etymology, poetry etc, in your list, but not the one about Welsh music. So you might want to add this too.
the link you can copy instead of going there to copy it
http://forum.saysomethingin.com/t/welsh-music/941
Done:)
Growth Club thread added to (my) the index.