Good Lord, I'm bored. Someone talk to me!

[Reader Rabbit]

My students are taking their final exam right now, and I can only walk around the room watching them do it so many times.

[geardaddy]

1. Hey.

[Reader Rabbit]

2. Prynhawn da, geardaddy.

Sut mae?

[geardaddy]

4. Da iawn a tithau?

Wyt ti'n byw yng Nghymru?

[Reader Rabbit]

6. Thank you.

No, I live in Oregon, and "Good afternoon" and "How are you?" are about as much Cymraeg as I know! ;)

[geardaddy]

8. At least you know some!

:)

[geardaddy]

7. Are you a Welsh learner? n/t

[Reader Rabbit]

9. Not really

I went over there for the Christmas holiday, and I tried out some language tapes before I left. It didn't really help much with the pronunciation, but a few of the phrases stuck in my head. Did I translate your question above correctly as "Do you live in Wales?"

[geardaddy]

10. Yup.

You translated correctly. I'm just a learner myself. I've been to Wales several times and even took a three-month intensive course. So, anytime I get to speak is great.

[Reader Rabbit]

11. Cool. Gotta love the Internets!

And the online Welsh-English dictionaries! LOL

I think our local community colleges offers a non-credit Welsh course. If it's available in the fall, I may take it. It seems complicated, though, with all the spelling changes depending on what words are next to each other.

[geardaddy]

12. Nah. It's easy.

Welsh spelling is much more regular than English spelling. The mutations thing is a little weird to get used to, but if you don't do it people will still understand you.

That's cool that you have a course at all! It's hard to find courses in Welsh in a lot of places.

Here's a good online course:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/learnwelsh/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I'll talk to you!

But it would be easier if your profile weren't disabled...

What grade level do you teach?

:hi:

[Reader Rabbit]

5. Yay!

I teach 8th grade, so technically, it isn't really a final they're taking. But it is the last big exam (although they don't know that). Heh