Louise W.

I’ve lived in the South Wales Valleys all my life but struggled to learn Welsh in school. I know the basics (counting, colours, and a couple of other things), but due to being neurodivergent, I struggled in school and ...

Nick W.

At the age of four and a half, I had the incredibly good fortune to be adopted by a couple from Anglesey, where I went on to spend most of my childhood and adolescence in their lovely home, although I was, unfortunately ...

Anthony M.

I come from Caerphilly, but I now live in Pontypridd. Dw i’n dod o Caerfilli, ond dw i’n byw yn Bontypridd. Although Welsh is a part of the national curriculum up until GCSE level, it never really clicked with me. I ...

Erin R.

There are a lot of reasons I’m here. I’m your typical American of Northern European descent, long parted from any of my ancestors and any languages that they spoke and I do feel the poorer for it. I’ve never ...

Daze

I am an American without any familial connection to Wales whatsoever, but I’ve always found Welsh a very interesting language in both writing and speaking, as well as always fostering a deep admiration for Wales and ...

Gabriel R.D

As an American in a community with a lot of pride in it’s Welsh history, I have been around the language for all of my eighteen years:) My mamgu is from Ceredigion, and it has always been very important for that side ...

Nick L.

Hi All, I’m a Yorkshire man, I don’t live in Cymru but I do spend a lot of time in the north, recreationally. I’ve always had a fascination with the language and wanted to learn more, but the real catalyst for me ...

Robert P.

Hello! I’m a beginner and enjoying wandering through this new world. I’m here because I met a chap in his 70’s called Owain from Bala in Ruthin town square one afternoon. I was with a lady who attended a Welsh ...

Penny

I was born and brought up in north Wales and got an O level in Welsh at school, but haven’t really used it since. My family was Welsh-speaking but never spoke it at home in Colwyn Bay (which was mainly ...

Mathias D.

Hey everyone, so I can’t claim any Welsh ancestry (double nationality French-Chilean here) but I started to learn Cymraeg since about the 1st of January this year out of love for the region and the sound of its ...

Bob

I have been learning Welsh for about 15 months, online with the University of South Wales and more recently with SSiW. I have built a good foundation with the Uni course and find that SSiW is pushing my use of the ...

Susanne T.

Why Welsh? Why not!? Years ago I was fascinated by the big fat sign HEDDLU on the building we saw whenever I had to drive into Newport, as well as the bilingual road signs etc. So, when I first detected signs of a mushy ...