Lesson One Greetings First line is English Second line is Welsh Third line is the phonetic pronunciation Good Morning         Good Night Bore Da              Nos Da Bore-uh dah          Nohs dah Good Evening         Hi Noswaith Dda         Shwmai Nohs-waith thah      Shoo my Hello, How are you (today)? Helo, sut dych chi (heddiw)? Hello, soo dik kee (hethy)? I'm fine, thanks (very much). Da iawn, diolch (yn fawr) Dah ee-ahn, dee-och (uhn fah-were). What is your name? Beth yw'ch enw chi? Beeth iw-k en-ooh kee? I am John. Sion dw i. Shohn dw ee. Where do you live? Ble dych chi'n byw? Blay dik kee-n biw? I live in Atlanta. Dw i'n byw yn Atlanta. Dween biw uhn Atlanta.

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Lesson Two Weather Words First line is English Second line is Welsh Third line is the phonetic pronunciation It's lovely today. Mae'n braf heddiw. My-een brahv hethy. Cloudy         Windy Cymylog       Gwyntog Cumlog        Gwentog Stormy        Rainy Stormus       Bwrw glaw Stormus       Booroo glah-oo

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Lesson Three Idioms First line is the Welsh Second Line is Common English Phrase Third Line is the literal translation Gwell hwyr na hwyrach Better late than never Better late than later Fel 'na mae That's life, c'est la vie Nid aur popeth melyn All that glitters is not gold Amser a ddengys Time will tell Gwyn y gwe^l y fr^an ei chyw a child can do no wrong in its parents' eyes The crow sees its chick as white Diwedd y ga^n yw'r geiniog There's no free lunch. There's a penny at the end of the song Hir pob aros A watched pot never boils Every waiting is long A fo ben bid bont He who would be a leader must be a bridge (from the Mabinogi) Dyfal donc a dyr y garreg Persistence pays off, Keep at it Many taps will break the stone Mae hi'n bwrw hen wragedd a ffyn It's raining cats and dogs! It's raining old women with sticks!