Colloquial Welsh
eBook - ePub

Colloquial Welsh

The Complete Course for Beginners

  1. 328 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Colloquial Welsh

The Complete Course for Beginners

About this book

Colloquial Welsh provides a step-by-step course in Welsh as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Welsh in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Key features include:

• progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills

• structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar

• an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises

• realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios

• useful vocabulary lists throughout the text

• additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Welsh will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Welsh.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781138960398
eBook ISBN
9781317304685
Welsh-English Glossary
Nouns are masculine unless indicated (f); plural forms are given in brackets where appropriate.
Verbs are given in their basic VN form; some unpredictable stems (see Lesson 5) are given in brackets.
The alphabetical order is according to the Welsh alphabet as given on page 1.
A
a (ac before vowels)
and
a (ag before vowels)
with
Abertawe
Swansea
absennol
absent
achos
because
achub
save
adeg (-au) (f)
time, occasion
adeilad (-au)
building
adeiladwr (adeiladwyr)
builder
aderyn (adar)
bird
adnabod
recognise
adre
(to) home
adrodd
report (vb)
addas
suitable
addewid
promise (n)
addo (addaw-)
promise
addysg (f)
education
aelod (-au...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Map
  8. Alphabet
  9. 1a. Cwrdd â phobol: Meeting people
  10. 1b. Enwi pobol a pethau: Naming people and things
  11. 2a. Dod i nabod pobol: Getting to know people
  12. 2b. Dw i ddim yn deall: I don’t understand
  13. 3. Mynd allan: Going out
  14. 4. Ellwch chi ddangos i mi . . .?: Can you show me . . .?
  15. 5. Holi’r ffordd: Asking the way
  16. 6. Siopa: Shopping
  17. 7. Y tywydd: The weather
  18. 8. Gwneud trefniadau: Making arrangements
  19. 9. Be’ ddigwyddodd?: What happened?
  20. 10. Awgrymu pethau: Making suggestions
  21. 11. Beth wyt ti’n feddwl?: What do you think?
  22. 12. Clywed y newyddion: Hearing the news
  23. 13. Dyma’r penawdau diweddara: Here are the latest headlines
  24. 14. Tasai’ch brawd fan’ma . . .: If your brother were here . . .
  25. 15. Cefn gwlad: The countryside
  26. 16. Cymraeg ysgrifenedig a’r cyfryngau: Written Welsh and the media
  27. Reference grammar
  28. Key to exercises
  29. Welsh–English glossary
  30. Index

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