Welsh Pronunciation
English Welsh Phonetic
Counting Cyfrif Kughvreeve
One Un Inn
Two Dau Dai
Three Tri Tree
Four Pedwar Ped wah r
Five Pump Pimp
Six Chwech Chweych
Seven Saith Sah eeth
Eight Wyth Oo eeth
Nine Naw Now
Ten Deg Deg
Greetings Cyfarchau Kughvarchai
Good Morning Bore Da
Good Afternoon Pnawn Da P noun Da
Good Evening Noswaith Da Nose waeeth Da
Good Night Nos Da Nose da
How are you Syd ydach chwi Sid ughdagh chwee
Very good Thank you Da Iawn Diolch Da eeown deeolch
Weather Tywydd Tugh ooeedd
Terrible weather Tywydd Ofnadwy Tughooeeth Ovnadweeth
Raining Bwrw Glaw Booroo Glaoo
Fine Weather Tywydd Braf Tughooeeth Brav
Sunshine Heulwen Hailwhen
Snow Eira Eighragh
Snowing Bwrw Eira Booroo Eighragh
Nice Weather Tywydd Hardd Tughooeeth Hardd
Colour Lliw Lleeoo
Blue Glas Glass
Green Gwyrdd Gooeerdd
Brown Brown
Black Du Dee
Pink Pinc
White Gwyn Gooeen
Yellow Melyn Mayleen
Red Coch Koch
Month Mis Miss
January Ionawr Eeonaoor
February Chwefror Chooeghvror
March Mawrth Ma oorth
April Ebrill Ebreell
May Mai
June Mehefin May hay veen
July Gorffennaf Gor fen av
August Awst A oost
September Medi May dee
October Hydref Hud drave
November Tachwedd
December Rhagfyr Rhagfeer
Day Diwrnod Dee oor nod
Monday Dyddllyn Dith lleen
Tuesday Dyddmawrth Dith ma oorth
Wednesday Dyddmercher Dith merch er
Thursday Dyddiau Dith ee aye
Friday Dyddgwener Dith goo en er
Saturday Dyddsadwrn Dith sadoorn
Sunday Dyddsul Dith sil
Alphabet. Contains 29 letters
A-B-C-CH-D-DD-E-F-FF-G-NG-H-I-J-L-LL-M-N-O-P-PH-R-RH-S-T-TH-U-W-Y
The letter –J- was only recently added
There are seven vowels
A-as the A in darling
E-as the E in Pet
I-as the EE in Deep
U-as the I in sit
O-as the O in Pot
W as the OO in Zoo
Y-Most common as I in Sir
The Consonants
C-as the C in Cat
CH-as Loch never as Church
DD-as TH in The
TH-as Th in Think
F-as V in Very
FF-as F in Farm
G –as G in Goat
NG-as ng in Long
RH-as in Rhode Island
LL-Just place your tongue on the inner face of your front teeth and gently exhale air.