I've been looking into Welsh lately (learning the grammar and whatnot, but not seriously learning how to speak it). One of the first things I came across was the word 'yn'. I was never able to find an actual translation of the word, and it appears at first glance to be simply a word to mark of the verb phrase.

So, my question is, what is the literal meaning of 'yn'? If there is no literal meaning, what is its grammatical function?

(Note: I can handle linguistic terminology, if you choose to use it)

I am currently living in Wales and i speak English, What language should i learn possibly Spanish or French ? Welsh would not really benefit me so im ruling that out.

Hi, i am in yr 11 and am doing my welsh GCSE, i have to do a speaking exam and have to learn a whole essay off by heart, does anyone have any tips that could help me?

I want to be able to hear Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Welsh, Dutch, Italian, and Polish by ear and know what language I am hearing.
I can already differentiate English (of course), Spanish, German, Russian, and French.
How do I go about doing this??

Political Correctness Lives: British authorities threatened Iain Turnbull, 63, with a fine (equivalent of ,530) in August because he refused to complete the mandatory census earlier this year. Turnbull, from Wales, was protesting that the government, intending to be progressively “inclusive,” made available census questionnaires and instructions in such languages as Urdu, Punjabi and Tagalog — but not Welsh (one of Britain’s native languages, spoken by a half-million citizens

Translate these to welsh:
1.Teachers (plural)
2.Teacher (Male)
3.teacher (Female)
4.They were

I had a dream last night, I don't remember much of it but I do remember distinctly that the words "Cwn Annwn" were written on a white piece of paper and I was like, 'hold on thats Welsh-ish spelling'. What does this mean? I'm trying to learn Welsh, as I'd love to come to Wales someday so all I know is how to pronounce the letters and words and the basics like "good morning" bore da. This phrase has never crossed my path in my studies.

I'm English but my ancestors are Welsh, and I think learning Welsh is a pretty cool idea Only that BBC's "The Big Welsh Challenge" doesn't really enter grammar and sentence structure as much as basic phrases. Can someone help?
P.S. I live in France...

I'm applying to Bangor University in Wales and all of the e-mails I get are in Welsh and have to be put into google translate and translated into english.

what is this in welsh?

'my name is phoebe. i live in (blah blah). I go to (blah blah) school. i walk to school every day. I like English, history and welsh. but i don't like P.E and maths. my favorite subject is sociology. I eat chips for dinner every day. I don't like school dinners. I love going to the cinema and the swimming pool'

&DO NOT USE A TRANSLATING THINGY MA BOBBY

thank you xoxo
thanks connor, but do you know like a more basic version, so my teacher doesn't know i'm cheatin? x
ahh, thanks 'beyonce' :L:Lxx
Mannn, thanks Joe, I wrote out Connor's, then I wrote out Beyonce's and then yours..haha, my books really messy :L:Lx

Suddenly I've become compelled to learn dead languages.
I want to learn Irish, Latin, Greek and Welsh.
OK anyone who is going to give me comments saying they aren't dead: THEY ARE - GET OVER IT.
Being dead doesn't make them insignificant. Like Kurt Cobain.

The free-er the better and I'd like to learn them online if possible.

I already speak English (Fluently) and French and German (not so fluently but enough to get by)

I know the tiniest bit of Latin. Maybe one word of welsh and a small bit of Irish.

Thanks!
Au Revoir (Bon Nuit) Merci!
Slan!
My bad greek isn't dead. A language being taught doesn't mean it isn't dead. Latin is taught. Latin is dead. Irish is taught. Unfortunatley English is the main language of Ireland. There isn't a country in the world that speaks Irish. It's sadly, dead. Same for Welsh. Whilst this is a great shame it's also a fact. Now stfu and answer my question.
Thanks

I have been trying to move to Europe for years and one country that looks promising is Wales. I know that an employer has to show that they can't find an EU member to do the work so they hire in areas where there is a shortage of workers.

What areas should I be looking at for my skill set?

I have over 10 years in construction including stonework, woodwork, landscaping, as well as more modern technology like solar and wind power.

I am a trained arborist with 4 years in the field.

I have 12+ years driving a verity of heavy machinery including front end loaders, backhoes, forklifts as well as trucks and moving vans all in very cramped areas.

6+ years in childcare and teaching gymnastics with certification.

I don't need to be rich I just need enough to live off on. An employer that has a hard time keeping workers would be just fine. I am also looking into the possibility of being an au pair so I can learn to speak welsh better and make some connections.

so my friend has a cousin who has a dog and well its a corgi (ugly dog in my opinion, i didnt tell her that) and she and i share a locker so she puts up pictures every were of him and she says hes her dog and i have shetland sheep dog so when i put pics up of her she takes them down and says my dog is ugly and she wishes i would sell him or take him to a pound and just get a welsh corgi she even called my dog a bast ard and tore pics of her and i tore her pics but then she apoligized and did it again and so my question is should i talk to her or take her stuff out and throw it on the floor coz it is my locker and when my old dog (poodle) died she said oh well get a corgi poodles are fake and ugly and i said that the corgi wasnt even hers and she said it is coz her couzin said it is and i said ur 15 act mature sorry kinda dumb question

*This is just for a story I'm currently writing. I'm not going to name a child this.*

Alys (AH-lis) - means noble
Aneira (an-AY-ra) - means snow
Crystyn (cris-teen) - means Christian
Eirlys (AIR-lees) - means snowdrop
Enfys (en-vis) - means rainbow
Esyllt (ay-seelt) - means fair
Hafwen (hav-wen) - means white summer
Iseult (ee-SAYLT) - means beautiful
Lilwen (LIL-wen) - means white lily (possibly Lili for short)
Rhoslyn (Rhos-lin) - means rose hill
Seirian (say-REE-an) - means sparkling
Seren (seh-ren) - means star

Please rate them all for me out of 10 if you can, but if not just name your favourites. x
P.S. I apologise to any Welsh people if I got any of these pronunciations or meanings wrong. I'm Irish so I'm not fully familiar with Welsh phonetics. I'm learning though.

Hey guys.

Me and my family, (me, my father, my father's 5 brothers and sisters, and their daughters and sons) are making a website.

We want to all know the password, and then when our family does something different, we can just upload a blog with pictures.
We all live in different parts of the world, so it will be a good way to keep in touch!

We are the Evans family. We were thinking of something like, www.TheEvansClan.com or something, but names like that are already taken. Something like TheEvansTribe or something.
We want something unique.
So basically we want a cool domain name
Thanks alot everyone!! x

Ps: We are from Wales, so we do all speak Welsh.

PANCAKES.

Firstly, who likes Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales?

Who likes the Prince for Wales idea?

Do you think that Prince Charles should learn Welsh? Or at least Prince William?

I'm British, I was born and raised in Wales (but I have an english accent) I now live in USA and I go to middle school, every girl in school thinks that my British accent is sexy, and they love it when I speak Welsh.
Why do American girls love British accents?
Next year I'm going to High School, so I'm scared what will happen there?

(I don't want a relationship, so how do I tell these girls to back off?)
By the way, I'm not actually english and I don'n have a cockney accent and say ''ello guvna'' I don't think anybody's said that in Britain for like 200 years.
Problem is I've been out with loads of the girls already and they're not my type, the only girl that I want doesn't really notice me!! But every other girl does! God must hate me sooo much!!! Lol

Can anyone recommend any pretty welsh girls names? Please add pronunciations! Thanks

Rather, I get the concept, but how am I supposed to make the sound? For those who don't know the terms, you might still know what it is if you speak Welsh or Icelandic or something. It's when you don't vibrate your vocal cords while making an "n," "m," or "ng" sound.

When I try to do this, it sort of sounds like I'm making an h-sound at the same time as a normal nasal consonant. Is that right?

P.S.: This question is more in the field of linguistics than regarding any -specific- language. Is there an area in the physical or social sciences somewhere for this kind of question, or is it fine where it is?

who was it between and who started and any other backround information?? please!!

if have a paragraph to write and i have to be a woman name Mrs. Aronold Welsh.

here husband was killed by Britain officials because of a land claim
and she is part owner of a wig store.

which way would she vote. would she vote for the battle or not?

anything else you want to add THANKS

I'm English first language
Welsh second language
Spanish third
Japanese fourth

how about you?

My friend told me that Welsh and Irish are not Indo-European. I can actually understand that because they don't sound or look anything like Indo-European languages. And we all know that Welsh and Irish are not related to English, which is an Indo-European language. While the Anglo-Saxons arrived in Britain, the original Celtic Britons could not understand anything of what they said, and that shows that Celtic languages and Anglo-Saxon language are not in the same family. I know that Welsh and Irish belong to the Celtic language family, but are they related to other languages?
I find Welsh and Irish among the most beautiful languages in the world, and there is no wonder why Tolkien based the elven languages on Welsh, Irish and Finnish. I think Finnish looks a lot like Celtic languages. Is there any relationship between Welsh, Irish and Finnish?

im south african living in d uk for just over 2 years now.i live near Liverpool and my partner is scouser.so ive picked up bits of scouse.now when ppl talk 2 me they dont know where im from.Have been told i sound Welsh,Polish,Slovakian,Australian...everything but south afrcan!

Does anyone know the meaning for this name?
I am getting conflicting information.
What I think and hope it means is White Raven.
I think it also is:
Welsh, and the feminine version of Bronwyn.
Can anybody correct me or confirm?
Does anyone speak welsh?
thx
when I was online I found a site that says Bronwyn is the masculine version, and Branwen is the feminine....

http://medievalscotland.org/problem/names/branwen.shtml

http://www.behindthename.com/name/branwen

or
why do some people say it means white breasted? Is htere more than one meaning?? thx
which spelling means White RAven?
thx
Please back up your info/details with source, (just curious)

who was it between and who started and any other backround information?? please!!

if have a paragraph to write and i have to be a woman name Mrs. Aronold Welsh.

here husband was killed by Britain officials because of a land claim
and she is part owner of a wig store.

which way would she vote. would she vote for the battle or not?

anything else you want to add THANKS

I'm 14 and i learn all them languages, im fluent in english, welsh and german. The thing is, am i weird? because some boys at my school are saying im sad and stuff like that...

should more not be done in countrys like wales scotland and northern ireland to separate themselves national from england... the uk i fink is great but in northern ireland it does not have its own flag or national anthem or language same for i fink wales and scotland... scotland doesnt play enopugh bagpipes and talk scot gaelic and wales dont tlj enuf welsh there is too much english influence in the uk..

Wales is a country in it's own right, not just part of the UK, and we even have our own language here, how cool is that......well yahoo don't seem to think so, they keep deleting me whenever I ask if anyone here can speak welsh, so I'm using this question as a test to see if they delete me again.

Are there five native languages in the UK? English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish and Shetlantic, or is Welsh, Scottish,Irish maybe Shetlantic the Gaelic languages really the same? lol i got a feeling i may insult some people in saying that.
I feel that i should know the answer really as i live in England, but i just haven't listened to the languages together to see for myself how they differ etc, even though i go to north Wales almost every year to see my auntie (she doesn't speak Welsh) and i listen to Celtic Woman songs i have never thought to compare them, i don't think i have even heard Scottish or Shetlantic.
Please be nice to me

I'm 13 and i learn all them languages, im fluent in english, welsh and german. The thing is, am i weird? because some boys at my school are saying im sad and stuff like that...

Are there five native languages in the UK? English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish and Shetlantic, or is Welsh, Scottish,Irish maybe Shetlantic the Gaelic languages really the same? lol i got a feeling i may insult some people in saying that.
I feel that i should know the answer really as i live in England, but i just haven't listened to the languages together to see for myself how they differ etc, even though i go to north Wales almost every year to see my auntie (she doesn't speak Welsh) and i listen to Celtic Woman songs i have never thought to compare them, i don't think i have even heard Scottish or Shetlantic.
Please be nice to me
wow so there are more native UK languages. good golly lol

Hang on, Irish is still around, that's not extinct
are you saying that Irish, (Republic of Ireland) does not count??
oh yeah, well don't they speak the same langauge (Irish) all over Ireland
Northern Ireland is part of the UK
hehe okay, that's true

This is a serious question.Today, i asked my friend what race she would like to be if she weren't white.She replied by saying that she would like to be white, because she would be considered attractive by the boys at her school and she would like to know what being super light would be like.
My friend is about the same complexion as soulja boy.She then started to talk about the cherokee, french, scottish, welsh and irish blood she has.She later said that she use to be lighter skinned, but got darker because of the sun.Is this self hatred?

btw my friend is 16.

This is a serious question! Mature people only!
an error haha, i meant what race she would like to be if she weren't black.
You don't know soulja boy! LOL
Lil miss stfu and the racist guy you're sick animalisitic pig.

I am doing a graded skit for my Honors English class. The play is "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare. I know the setting is in Athens, Greece. Please list videos, tips, etc. for me so I can speak in either a (listed in significance):
1.) Greek
2.) Welsh/Irish
3.) English
4.) Italian
5.) Any other European accent!

Thanks SO much! I will try to choose a best answer if I get around to it!

How does one say in Welsh: This isn't my husband?
If you could also provide the pronunciation I would be much obliged

who was it between and who started and any other backround information?? please!!

if have a paragraph to write and i have to be a woman name Mrs. Aronold Welsh.

here husband was killed by Britain officials because of a land claim
and she is part owner of a wig store.

which way would she vote. would she vote for the battle or not?

anything else you want to add THANKS