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ACTIVITIES

Term 2 - February
Week 20: Cool Cymru - St David's Day Challenge 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

St David's Day is a proud day for people in Wales. It's a time when they get to wear a daffodil, the national emblem of Wales and sing the national anthem! Your challenge is to learn the words of the Welsh national anthem and to make a daffodil to wear. Learn the words and sing along with the 2013 rugby team...

 

 

The Welsh National Anthem:

 

Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi, 

Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri; 

Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mâd, 

Tros ryddid gollasant eu gwaed. 

 

Gwlad, Gwlad, pleidiol wyf i’m gwlad. 

Tra môr yn fur i’r bur hoff bau, 

O bydded i’r hen iaith barhau.

 

Try it Phonetically

My hen oo-lad vurr n’had-die un ann-wil ee mee

goo-lard bay-rdd* a ch**ann-tor-eon

enn wog eon o vree

ane goo-rol ruvv-el-weir

goo-lard gar-weir tra mard

dross rudd*-id cor-ll***ar-sant ay goo-eyed.

 

Goo-lard, goo-lard

played-eeyol weave eem goo-lard

tra more un beer, ear beer horff bye

O budd*-ed eer hen ee-eye-th bar hi.

 

*There are two “th” sounds in Welsh.”Th” in Welsh 

is pronounced as in “think” or “fourth”. 

“Dd” is pronounced as in “this” or “that”.

** “ch” is pronounced as in “loch” or “Bach”

*** “ll” is a cross between an “l” and an “s”

 

Living and Working in Wales

  • As a group discuss how living in Wales is different to England?

  • What powers do the Welsh Government have that make life different in Wales? Read more about the Senedd here

  • Do you think that the Welsh Government should have more or less powers?

  • Watch the video and discuss as a group your views on devolution.

 

 

Have a Go at Using Some Welsh

 

  • How many of the group speak Welsh fluently?

  • How many know some Welsh from school?

  • How many of the group have no Welsh at all?

 

Try to learn the following basic words and use them in your classes this week:

 

Welsh                           English                                   How it sounds

Bore da                         Good morning                        boh-re dah

Pnawn da                      Good afternoon                     pn-how-n dah

 

Sut wyt ti heddiw?    How are you today?               sit ooe-tee heth-iw

Wedi blino                   Tired                                       wed-ee bleen-o

Da                                 Good                                       dah

Da iawn                       Very good                               die yaown

Bendigedig                  Fantastic                                 ben-dig-ed-ig   

 

 

 

 

 

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