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My Talk at Ysgol Haf (plus Q&A with Carrie Harper)

Here it is, my talk on how to create content and engage with the younger generations on social media platforms we actually use.

This is about half the talk from "Ehangu o'r gorllewin: Dysgu gwersi Wrecsam" / "Expanding from the west: Lessons from Wrexham". Those of you who have already watched Flog Dydd Gwener will know that Carrie didn't hit record on her phone (after spending 30 mins setting up her tripod) so it's a good job I was vain enough to set my phone up so we had both angles c...

How Kellogg’s got it’s logo

The obscure music knowledge I posted on the clock yesterday did terribly. Normally the way I consider a video to have done good enough is when the like are 10% of the views, but currently the video on The Cory Band is on 2553 views & only 160 likes so have this Kellogg’s video. I’ll post it eventually but idk.. I’m trying to figure out how to talk about lesser known parts of Cymru’s history that aren’t about indy in a way that won’t tank my engagement

Flog Dydd Gwener / Friday's Vlog | Ysgol Haf

S'mae pawb!

Bit of an emotional start to the weekend. Kinda came out of nowhere but I think this revelation was long overdue lol

Ysgol Haf content

Hylo pawb,

I wanted to get your opinions on the order to post Ysgol Haf content. Everything needs to go up on here before it gets put on TikTok, I don’t really have a preference for that since the convo in my page this week has been about identity, reconnection and diaspora stemming from the hiraeth content. I can easily move the discussion in the direction of Ysgol Haf. But I was wondering what order you’d like to see things in. Everything will go up over the next 2 weeks and then ...

Rhun ap Iorwerth (Leader of Plaid) on anti-English claims

From the Q&A section of Rhun's "Communicating our Message" session.

Rhun's talk was excellent and having crossed paths with Adam Price (former leader of PC) a couple of times in the last year it was really nice to get to speak to the new leader of the party.

Hello hello!

S’mae Ffrindiau Gorau!

I’m at Plaid Cymru’s Ysgol Haf (summer school) this weekend. It’s essentially a weekend to get updates about campaigning and what’s happening in the party.

Carrie Harper, county councillor for Queensway ward in Wrexham, very kindly asked me to join her talk so I can explain how tiktok works to a bunch of politicians and party members. I’ve requested the talk be recorded so I can share it with you. I may post snippets to tiktok but you guys are go...

People 1: Family | 625 Words | Dosbarth Cymraeg

Smae guys!

I've split the people category in 2 parts; part 1 is for family words and part 2 is for the miscellaneous ones.

*also apologies, it's actually DAIN not DAID for the gender neutral Northern grandparent, I didn't notice until after I'd already edited the video. But my opinion on the word is pretty much unchanged. I do still think it's too close to Daid (soft mutated Taid), but I guess this is the issue with portmanteaus right? They're always going to be a very similar to ...

The 'si' sound | Dosbarth Cymraeg

S'mae pawb!

Today we're are learning the different ways 'si' can be used in Cymraeg. It's mainly a sound used to replicate loanwords when the sound or letter loaning in doesn't occur in the language.

This is a bit of a vocab dump and I know it's a long video for a bit of a simple rule, but I was mainly hoping to give you lots of words that aren't on the 625 list so I'm not repeating things.

Mwynha! / Joia! / Enjoy!

Locations #4 | 625 Words | Dosbarth Cymraeg

Su'mai!

This is the final part of the locations category on the 625 words to get you fluent in any language list. Today's words: outer space, space, camp, park, bridge, court, office, school, university

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Other parts:

Locations #1

Locations #2

2023-07-03 18:42:48 +0000 UTC View Post

Next up on Dosbarth Cymraeg

Up next on Dosbarth Cymraeg

- Locations part 4 (June)

- The 'SI' sound (July week 1)

- 625 People part 1 (July week 2)

- 625 People part 2 (July week 3)

There probably won't be a video in the last week in July because busy aging, I'm attending Ysgol Haf (and hijacking one of Friday's talks to tell everyone about the nonsense I do on the clock app) and then recovering from that lmao

Anyway.. here are the videos I have planned for August and since I have a fe...

Locations #3 | 625 Words List | Dosbarth Cymraeg

S'mae!

Welcome to the 625 Words to Get You Fluent list, part 3 of Locations.

Words covered in this video; airport, train station, railway station, shop, market, bank, restaurant, library, theatre, hospital, church, club, bar.

I'm also using this as an opportunity to talk about a little history, some fun quirks of Cymraeg, and local geography and linguistic history (which may or may not just have been an excuse to draw more maps)

Other parts in this category:

- 2023-06-23 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Opinions please

Pawb, I'm putting the finishing touches on the script for the video on Mytholeg Cymru influences in fantasy media and the section on The Black Cauldron is massive.

This video is going to be a long one anyway just because I want to try to cover as much as possible and I'm hesitant to make it in 2 parts as it might disrupt the flow. But I'm wondering if I could get your opinions on this.

Since The Black Cauldron is the largest section of the video should I make that it's own separat...

Locations #2 | 625 Words List | Dosbarth Cymraeg

S'mae!

We are looking at another set of location words from the 625 words to get you fluent in any language list.

Today's words: road, street, village, town, city, country

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Other parts in the category:

Locations #1

Locations 3 (23/06)

Locations 4 (soon)

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Mwynha! / Joia! / Enjoy!

The Curse of Pantannas | Cornel Stori

Do. Not. Ffyc. With. The. Fae!

That's it, that's the video :)

Locations #1 | 625 Words List | Dosbarth Cymraeg

Su'mai!

Today we are back to the 625 words to get you fluent in any language list and we're going to be learning how to say location, place, building, ground, room, house, flat, farm, hotel.

Part 2 will be linked here when it's up:

The Flooding of Cwm Elan

Let's Learn about Cwm Elan and the Birmingham reservoir scheme.

Here's the part of the script I didn't noticed hadn't recorded:

The Elan reservoir was officially opened July 21st 1904 by King George VII and Queen Alexandra and first water reached Birmingham on July 28th, but was not available until September. The Claerwen dam was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1952.

Of the 67 properties in the Elan area; 26 submerged, 18 demolished or abandoned, 20 still in use and 13 of th...

Dumbass, Party of One 😢

Erm hi... well oops.... so if I hadn't been coming on here to upload another DC and noticed, was one of you gonna inform me I'm a dumbass? Apparently.. well evidently I did not in fact schedule any of last month's videos to post, I drafted them *uncontrollable sobbing* erm so anyway.. I'll post them all tonight and schedule (yes I will double- no, triple check!) the one I'm currently uploading for Saturday, hows about that?

Please feel free in future to message me that I am an idiot. Tb...

Ultimate Guide to 'Y' | Dosbarth Cymraeg

Siwmae!

Here is the ultimate guide to the letter 'Y' and all the rules you need to know about the most complicated letter in Cymraeg.

More detailed explanations:

'To Bach' âêîôûŵŷ

'Didolnod' äëïöüẅÿ

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Cantre'r Gwaelod / The Drowning of the Bottom Hundred

S'mae!

The story of Cantre'r Gwaelod is essentially a cautionary tale about drinking on the job and how unreliable your boss is, I thought with the state of the island that now is the perfect time for this story. 

As with all tales there are more variations than just the 2 I have mentioned. Cymric stories, like most folklore out there began with the oral traditions and so there will always be some differences. In the one today it was damage to the wall, in the children's vers...

Vowel Sounds | Dosbarth Cymraeg

S'mae pawb!

Today we are going to be looking at another aspect of our nemesis, the letter Y. Yep, just when you thought this pesky letter couldn't go against the phonetics of the language anymore.. turns out we're not done. We'll also look at unwritten vowel sounds occurring between 2 consecutive consonants at the end of words (think like a svarabhakti vowel butt not quite) and dropping the letter F when it follows A at the end of words.

As always, please do not hesitate to ask qu...

Ras Nos Galan / New Year's Eve Race

Smae!

Nos Galan Hapus! / Happy New Year's Eve!

Since it's New Year's Eve I thought it would be a good idea to reshare this video about one of our New Year's Eve traditions, Ras Nos Galan. This is an annual foot race held at midnight which was created as a memorial for Guto Nyth Brân, the fastest man in the world.

I hope you all have a wonderful end to 2022 and a wonderful and fulfilling 2023.

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda! Wela i chi flwyddyn nesa ☺ / Happy New Year! See you ...

The Night Before Christmas / Un Noswyl Nadolig

Nadolig Llawen! Merry Christmas!

Nadolig / Christmas | Dosbarth Cymraeg

Siwmae!!!

Christmas is only a few days away so now is the perfect time to learn some Cymraeg words for the festive season!

Apologies for how unhinged I am in this video, I have not been sleeping because of these new meds I'm on and I had been awake for far too long when I filmed this lol

Anyway... I hope you all have a wonderful rest of December however you are celebrating.

Nadolig Llawen, Gwyliau Hapus a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda i chi!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays...

📢 AMAZING ANNOUNCEMENT!!! | Eryri & Yr Wyddfa

SIWMAE!!! This is the moment we have been waiting for!!!

On 16th November 2022 we finally received the announcement that 'Snowdon' and 'Snowdonia' are being phased out and 'Eryri' and 'Yr Wyddfa' will be receiving legal protection to ensure their sole use moving forward!!!

I am very excited about this as you can tell

My video on Eryri, Yr Wyddfa and the Arthurian Legend of Rita Gawr: https://youtu.be/tqH_ccjlRI...

Plaid Cymru Conference 2022 [Bore/Morning]

I attended the Plaid Cymru Conference in Llandudno on Friday October 21st, unfortunately due to the exhaustion and pain of the day I was unable to return for the Saturday session, but I was still able to collect the relevant information on the day's proceedings. I attended motions, speeches, debates and some fringe meetings. I'm not entirely sure how to separate this all out so there may be future adjustments to formatting.

Hopefully this will shed some light on the inner workings of th...

Accented Vowels Part 3 | 'Acen Ddyrchafedig' Á & 'Acen Ddisgynedig' À

Here we go guys!

The 3rd and final part of the mini series on accented vowels

Mwynha!

Accented Vowels Part 2 | 'Didolnod' äëïöüẅÿ

Goodness me guys, what is happening in the UK right not?

Anywho, apologies for the delay, I've been having some real issues with a set of collabs I have with the government and that stole my focus. This did also end up needing to be 3 parts instead of 2 and the 3rd will be up today too.

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In this video we will be looking at the 2nd of the 4 vowel accents - 'didolnod' or diaeresis mark.

Again, a reminder that vowel accents aren't that common yn y Gymraeg. They ma...

Accented Vowels Part 1 | 'To Bach' âêîôûŵŷ

Siwmae!

Here is part 1 on accented vowels. This week we are looking at the most common accent To Bach / Little Roof also known as a circumflex in English.

Look out for part 2 at the beginning of next week for the next 3 sets of accented vowels

Mwynha

Hey guys!

I've just set up a new billing, it won't affect your payments, but you may have noticed you get charged on the first of each month instead of from the date you signed up. Moving forward new tier friends will get charged each month on the date they signed up. Again, it doesn't change any of your payment cycles, but I just thought I'd let you know in case a message pops up.

This week's Dosbarth Cymraeg on vowels and accented letters ended up being over an hour of raw footage. I think for ...

The Origins of The Red Dragon (Y Ddraig Goch) | Cornel Stori

Su'mai!

Today's Cornel Stori is the tale of Y Ddraig Goch and the prophecy that came from it. This tale involves King Vortigern (a King of the Britons from the 5th Century), the Saxon rulers of Lloegr (England), Myrddin (Merlin), and King Arthur. 

I got a little carried away at the end there, but I guess I just needed to let some feelings out. This prophecy fills me with so much hope for the future, I'll let video Leigh explain.

Further Reading;

- 'Historia Britto...