SolidGrue@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoDo the people in Reniassance festivals occurring in Britain also speak with faked British accents, or do they use faked French/Italian accents instead?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1420arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1402arrow-down1imageDo the people in Reniassance festivals occurring in Britain also speak with faked British accents, or do they use faked French/Italian accents instead?lemmy.worldSolidGrue@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square112fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremineralfellow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·1 year agoI watched a catapult fire projectiles into a castle moat outside of Cardiff at a medieval fair. Also got propositioned by a Welsh girl, but couldn’t understand what she was saying.
minus-squarermuk@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down5·edit-21 year agoYakkie-dah = hello; good morning/day; yes; correct; goodbye Boy-o = boy Ma-fan-way = girl Cmyru-way = motorway Cmyru-shypi = shop Cmyru-foni = phone Cymru-nana = banana Llllllgoogllgoogll-y-cymrnllllll = the/a/I/you/we/us/him/her/them/up/down/this/that/those Now you can speak Welsh or, should I say, Yakkie-Cymru.
minus-squarelapislazuli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-21 year ago Hello = Shwmae / S’mae Good morning - Bore da Day - Dydd Yes - ydw, ydy (and other words, it’s a bit complicated) Correct - iawn Goodbye - hwyl Boy = Bachgen / Hogyn (South Wales / North Wales) Girl = Merch / Hogan (South Wales / North Wales) Motorway - Traffordd Shop - Siop Phone - Ffôn, mobile phone - ffôn symudol Banana - Banana The - y, yr A - (no article) You - chi / ti We - ni Us - ni Him - o Her - hi Them - nhw Up - i’r lan Down - i lawr This - hon / hwn / hyn that - hyna those - hwnnw I can’t be arsed to write the pronunciation in IPA. Just go on Google Translate to hear how it’s pronounced or learn Welsh on Duolingo. Da iawn, rwyt ti’n gallu siarad / ysgrifennu Cymraeg nawr / rŵan! :)
I watched a catapult fire projectiles into a castle moat outside of Cardiff at a medieval fair. Also got propositioned by a Welsh girl, but couldn’t understand what she was saying.
Yakkie-dah = hello; good morning/day; yes; correct; goodbye Boy-o = boy Ma-fan-way = girl Cmyru-way = motorway Cmyru-shypi = shop Cmyru-foni = phone Cymru-nana = banana Llllllgoogllgoogll-y-cymrnllllll = the/a/I/you/we/us/him/her/them/up/down/this/that/those
Now you can speak Welsh or, should I say, Yakkie-Cymru.
I can’t be arsed to write the pronunciation in IPA. Just go on Google Translate to hear how it’s pronounced or learn Welsh on Duolingo.
Da iawn, rwyt ti’n gallu siarad / ysgrifennu Cymraeg nawr / rŵan! :)