Today's Welsh word.
By Sharon Elton
@sharonelton (28882)
Lichfield, England
October 30, 2024 6:49am CST
Today's Welsh word is:-
Shwmae
This is one way of saying hello in Welsh, and is pronounced shoo-mai
I was listening to Wynne Evans radio show from 15 October on BBC Radio Wales on the BBC Sounds app last night. He said it was shwmae day. A day to appreciate and use the Welsh language.
In the show he was asking people to phone in and tell him where they'd heard the Welsh language outside of Wales, and how much Welsh they knew. Someone phoned in and said they'd heard the Welsh language in Japan, someone else in South Africa and the Middle East!
He also got people to phone in and message him and say shwmae!
So, shwmae everyone, and cewch ddiwrnod da. (Have a nice day.)
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@sharonelton (28882)
• Lichfield, England
31 Oct
Thank you very much. Well, I've told you how to pronounce shwmae. But I have trouble with pronunciation too sometimes. Like sometimes Y is pronounced U and U is pronounced E! The Welsh for Wales, Cymru, is pronounced kum-ree!
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@JudyEv (340205)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Nov
@sharonelton Unless you know some of the tricks, you'd have no hope of pronouncing some Welsh words.
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@sharonelton (28882)
• Lichfield, England
2 Nov
@JudyEv Thanks for the encouragement!
I hope to learn some of the tricks!
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@celticeagle (167015)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Oct
Thank you for sharing a bit of the Welsh language with us. Have nice day.
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@sharonelton (28882)
• Lichfield, England
2 Nov
@celticeagle Thank you very much.
I hope you are well.
Have a nice day.
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@sharonelton (28882)
• Lichfield, England
31 Oct
It's my pleasure! You'll be fluent in no time at this rate!
I did have a nice day, thank you very much. I hope you did too.
Nos da!
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@sharonelton (28882)
• Lichfield, England
31 Oct
Thank you very much. I did thank you. I hope you did too. finish
I hope you are well.
Nos da!
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@sharonelton (28882)
• Lichfield, England
30 Oct
You're welcome.
Cewch ddiwrnod da.
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