Learn Welsh Fast Podcast
Episodes
c03p30 (s03e30) - Diolch Byth! (Thank Goodness!)
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
30th episode, Y Ddegfed Bennod ar Hugain in Cyfres Tri, series three, back again with more sentences, flash cards, and related contextual links. There...
c03p29 (s03e29) - Cofiwch! (Remember!)
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
29th episode, y nawfed bennod ar hugain, ironically i didn't 'remember' we were on 29, and said 28th on the episode called 'remember&#...
c03p28 (s03e28) Mwy o Eiriau (More Words)
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, 28th, in this season, yr wythfed bennod ar hugain, looking at words like something , somewhere and someone as well as many, a bit, everyone and...
c03p27 (s03e27) - Mwy o Gysyllteiriau (More Conjunctions)
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The listening exercise of course is on the web lesson and daily quiz for today, I didn't have time to cover it, but did have contextual use of the...
c03p26 (s03e26) - Cysyllteiriau (Conjunctions)
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is about conjunctions. Back in action after a day-off. New flashcards game on the web episode today. There's sentences and a listenin...
c03p25 (s03e25) - Hyd Yn Hyn (So Far)
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hyd Yn Hyn (So Far or Up Til Now) - This episode recaps a bit of everything we've learned so far. There's a new flashcard app on the web lesso...
c03p24 (s03e24) - Arddodiaid Rhediadol (Inflected Prepositions)
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Arddodiaid Rhediadol - Inflected Prepositions. So I've mentioned the song 'Aros Amdanat Ti' before, am has other forms, each tailored for ...
c03p23 (s03e23) - Berfau Afreolaidd (Irregular Verbs)
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're looking at irregular verbs gwneud, cael, mynd and dod today. We cover the past tense to compare with the regular verb patterns. Also this ep...
c03p22 (s03e22) - Berfau (Verbs)
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The web lesson today has an interactive conjugation table to show you how the preterite past tense is done in formal and informal Welsh across 12 of t...
c03p21 (s03e21) - Treigladau (Mutations)
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is looking more at mutations. We've hinted at them along the way, so we've picked up some, but we go over them all today. ...
c03p20 (e03e20) - Mwy o Rifau (More Numbers)
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Remix! Changed up the web lesson and podcast today a little, a listening exercise based on this weeks Radio Cymru Cwis Iodl Ieu. It's on numbers s...
c03p19 (s03e19) - Dw I Eisiau Dweud Brawddeg (I Want To Say A Sentence)
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The words from yesterday we reviewed need more work. Also we need to work on sentences more so that's what this episode is about. There are new wo...
c03p18 (s03p18) - Beth Dw I'n Ei Wybod? (What Do I Know?)
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is a review episode - I didn't do a listening exercise or daily quiz today - but there's still the other infinite quizzes....
c03p17 (s03e17) - Amser (Time)
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is the seventeeth episode, yr ail bennod ar bymtheg. The words we're looking at are words used when saying what the time is li...
c03p16 (s03e16) - Misoedd (Months)
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yr unfed bennod ar bymtheg - The sixteeth episode. Correction - unfed is the ordinal which causes pennod to be bennod. That's because ordinals tri...
c03p15 (s03e15) - Geiriau Amser (Time Words)
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 15 - Y Bymthegfed Bennod - in this series, time flies when your covering time words. From second to month and all the other bits in between. T...
c03p14 (e03e14) - Trefnolion (Ordinals)
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tref = town, trefn = order, trefnu = organize / put in order, trefnolion = ordinals (numbers for ordering things) - Ordinals 1st, 2nd etc. That's ...
c03p13 (s03e13) - Dyddiau'r Wythnos (Days Of The Week)
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we go through the days of the week, the web lesson has extra information like where the names come from. I cover the ordinals for third and four...
c03p12 (s03e12) - Adferfau Amser (Time Adverbs)
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, unlike Yesterday and Tomorrow, we're looking at time adverbs. Sut mae, bawb! Diolch am eich cwmni. Dw i ddim yn Rhoi'r ffidl yn y tô e...
c03p11 (s03e11) - Adferfau (Adverbs)
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Soooo... missed doing a episode last night, apologies, got a bit overwhelmed with it all, not been able to concentrate for a few days and had a few me...
c03p10 (s03e10) - Rhifau (Numbers)
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There's more in the web lesson and plenty to learn and practise. This episode is the tenth (degfed) in the series. We're going over the number...
c03p09 (s03e09) - Ymarfer Gwrando (Listening Practice)
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So today's episode highlights the website listening practice modules on the daily quiz and now the lessons pages. We go over 9 words as focus words, b...
c03p08 (s03e08) - Hyn a Hynny (This and That)
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This and that words today, like hyn, hynny etc, and yma and dyma, yna and more. The eight episode, wythfed. Attila the 'hwn' (hun) and 'ho...
c03p07 (s03e07) - Mwy o Arddodiaid (More Prepositions)
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How to say the 'seventh', when to use 'ag', when to use 'yn' or 'yng' or 'ym', what's the difference betwe...
c03p06 (s03e06) - Arddodiaid (Prepositions)
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The sixth episode and covering prepositions. Well the main group that trigger soft mutation. more examples on the web lesson and check out the quiz li...
c03p05 (s03e05) - Rhagenwau Meddiannol (Possessive Pronouns)
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Y bumed bennod (not pumed - oops), the fifth episode, of cyfres tri, series three. The words today are 'fy', 'dy', 'ei', '...
c03p04 (s03e04) - Beth Ydw I? (What Am I?)
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's lesson continues the ordinals, questions, conjugations of 'bod', pronouns, verbs, sentence building, tenses. You know all the fun ...
c03p03 (s03e03) - Geiriau Cwestiwn (Question Words)
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Question words today. 10 of them, for use in interrogative sentences. - questions. I've been very busy again making improvements - images, animati...
c03p02 (s03e02) - Bod - Amser Presennol (To Be - Present Tense)
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
*please note - I made a mistake, 'Athrawes yw hi' is correct for 'She is a teacher' - 'yw' used more in the South, 'ydy...
c03p01 (s03e01) - Rhagenwau (Pronouns)
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So new series, new music, new thumbnail (not logo). Now we're looking at words in logical groups to cover the mechanisms of the language. Today...
c02p33 (s02e33) - Llythyren Th (Letter Th)
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for the feedback. Any more ideas and thoughts listeners have, now's a good time. Today is the last of the alphabet Letter Th - Number 33, d...
c02p32 (s02e32) - Llythyren T (Letter T)
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for listening, the messages, new subscribers. etc Today is the Letter T - Number 32, decimal and vigesimal, 5 very important letter T words wit...
c02p31 (s02e31) - Llythyren S (Letter S)
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi all, episode 31 in this series, time flies when you're having fun. This is the letter S and the number 31. Learn Welsh online and free. Today&#...
c02p30 (s02e30) - Llythyren Rh (Letter Rh)
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Free Lesson Heaven! Rh today which is said as a combination of first a 'h' sound followed by a 'r' sound (yes wrong way round to the s...
c02p29 (s02e29) - Llythyren R (Letter R)
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today it's the rolling letter R, and the number 29, in both decimal and vigesimal. Five R words used in context in a short story. The short story ...
c02p28 (s02e28) - Llythyren Ph (Letter Ph)
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's letter is ph which is the aspirate mutation of p and the only way we ever see this letter in Welsh. So yesterday's important p words a...
c02p27 (s02e27) - Llythyren P (Letter P)
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'll have a P please Bob (80s/90s quiz show Blockbusters saying) and today's number is 27, given in the two systems as usual. A few more greet...
c02p26 (s02e26) - Llythyren N (Letter N)
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Letter N today, all the usual intro words, 5 n words including ein, and four ways of saying 26. I look at how pronouns are used together with the poss...
c02p25 (s02e25) - Llythyren M (Letter M)
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So onto letter m, with words like ambell and mewn. Each word gets used in context, 5 words for each letter sounds. The number 25 now, both alternative...
c02p24 (s02e24) - Llythyren Ll (Letter Ll)
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Letter Ll today, so this is the hard one. And the number 24, both masculine (in a manly voice) and feminine (in a girly voice). Decimal and vigesimal....
c02p23 (s02e23) - Llythyren L (Letter L)
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Now we're on letter L and the number 23. All the usual welcome words, decimal and vigesimal numbers, 5 example words with l. I talk about up and d...
c02p22 (s02e22) - Llythyren J (Letter J)
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Now it's the controversial letter j and the number 22. I go through the usual welcome words, decimal and vigesimal numbers, 5 example words with j...
c02p21 (s02e21) - Llythyren H (Letter H)
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So we're up to the letter h and the number 21. As it happens the number twenty one in vigesimal Welsh is the first time we see the h-prothesis whi...
c02p20 (s02e20) - Llythyren Ng (Letter Ng)
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is the letter ng, with five example words for the ng sound. Number 20 now in numbers, and I give you both decimal and vigesimal. W...
c02p19 (s02e19) - Llythyren G (Letter G)
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is for the letter g, with five example words for the g sound. We're up to 19 in numbers, and I give you both decimal and vigesimal (m...
c02p18 (s02e18) - Llythyren Ff (Letter Ff)
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yeah yeah yeah I know I said nineteen. Oops. here's the number eighteen and the letter Ff. I give you five new words for ff, lots of usage, severa...
c02p17 (s02e17) - Llythyren F (Letter F)
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The letter today then is F, the number 17 and the word his him or she. 5 words for him, he that we've come across. The word 'fel' is also ...
c02p16 (s02e16) - Llythyren Dd (Letter Dd)
19 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The letter today then is Dd, a digraph, heard in the English word 'the' as a sound. And the number 16. Words for Dd include dydd, blwyddyn and...
c02p15 (s02e15) - Llythyren D (Letter D)
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So the letter of the day is D and the number 15. Words for D include dylai, draw, dros, dod and dau. I mention the patterns in important verb conjugat...
c02p14 (s02e14) - Llythyren Ch (Letter Ch)
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today is the letter Ch and the number 14. 5 example ch words, more greetings and introduction words. A bit about Scotland, a bit about Liverpool, a bi...
c02p13 (s02e13) - Llythyren C (Letter C)
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today is the letter C and the number 13. Looking at words cael, ci, Cymraeg, Cymru and cymryd. Recapping some numbers (except un deg dwy - feminine 12...
c02p12 (s02e12) - Llythyren B (Letter B)
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today is the letter B and the number 12. 5 example b words, dyma / yma, dyna / yna. I cover recent mistakes I've made like using a diphthong in Englis...
c02p11 (s02e11) - Cytseiniaid (Consonants)
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is looking at the consonants now we have done the vowels. I look at the letter names, the digraphs, the sounds, differences in English an...
c02p10 (s02e10) - Geiriau Un Llythyren (One Letter Words)
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode include the word afternoon and the number ten, a recap of some welcome words. Then we look at all the one letter words in Welsh.Th...
c02p09 (s02e09) - Llythyren Y (Letter Y)
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode has an announcement. I made a boo-boo. Llythyren shouldn't mutate after 'y', so the titles have changed. Today's number i...
c02p08 (s02e08) - Llythyren W (Letter W)
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ok there's 3 sounds for 'w' and two are vowel sounds, one is the consonant sound like in English. 15 new example words this time then with examples an...
c02p07 (s02e07) - Llythryen U (Letter U)
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lots more Welsh covered in this episode including 'unwaith', 'dyma', 'saith', 'yng Ngogledd Cymru / yn Ne Cymru', the letter u short and long sounds, ...
c02p06 (s02e06) - Llythyren O (Letter O)
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's letter is the letter O and today's number is the number 6. We also have 10 new words using O and I give examples of their use. I cover all the...
c02p05 (s02e05) - Llythyren I (Letter I)
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode I cover the two main sounds of the letter 'I'. I also teach you some new words like 'yn ôl' and all the colours of the balls in snooker....
c02p04 (s02e04) - Llythyren E (Letter E)
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I talk about different 'hellos', aspirate mutation, soft mutation, 'yn' as a particle, conjugation, the sounds of the letter E, and example words with...
c02p03 (s02e03) - Llythyren A (Letter A)
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode we catch up with the dreaded diaeresis, and it's usage . I also fill you in on the ddyrchafedig word as promised. We then cover the 2 ...
c02p02 (s02e02) - Llafariaid (Vowels)
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode covers the 7 Welsh vowels, and the vowel markings (diacritics). I start give you the Welsh numbers too. We recap common plural endings. I...
c02p01 (s02e01) - Yr Wyddor (The Alphabet)
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
New Series: Alphabet & Pronunciation. This first episode is an overview of the alphabet in Welsh. Look at the supporting material in the web lesso...
Pennod 16 (Episode 16) - Cerddoriaeth (Music)
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode I list some of the amazing music events, labels and artists I've discovered over the past 7 months or so listening to Radio Cymru all ...
Pennod 15 (Episode 15) - Tiwtoriaid Preifat (Private Tutors)
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode I look at private tutors and things you should consider when using them. Also covered is Aberystwyth University and it's conne...
Pennod 14 (Episode 14) - Cyrsiau Iaith (Language Courses)
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode I go through some of the courses that are available. I list the names of the levels of the national courses so you can search for additio...
Pennod 13 (Episode 13) - Llyfrau Gramadeg (Grammar Books)
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode we're looking at authors who help Welsh learners with Welsh Grammar. Gareth King, Dewi Rhys Jones, Heini Gruffudd, Stephen Owe...
Pennod 12 (Episode 12) - Gemau (Games)
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gemau (Games) - This episode lists all the board games and online games you can use to help you further your understanding of Welsh. I even list all t...
Pennod 11 (Episode 11) - Apiau (Apps)
29 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 11 - Apiau (Aps) - So I've been using apps on Android and Windows desktop software for learning Welsh for a number of years, and recently ...
Pennod 10 (Episode 10) - Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol (Social Media)
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 10 - This episode pays homage to all those out there who have created so much useful content for learners. I go through some huge social media...
Pennod 9 (Episode 9) - Podlediadau (Podcasts)
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So this episode 9 (1.8 on the website) is all about the great podcasts available in Welsh. Ypod and the Radio Cymru / BBC Sounds cover most of what...
Pennod 8 (Episode 8) - AI (AI)
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 8 today, lesson 1.7 on the web, looking at AI, how we can use it to learn, chat with another speaker, understand some grammar element etc. Als...
Pennod 7 (Episode 7) - Teledu (Television)
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here we are again, episode 7 (1.6 on website). All about using all the variety of Welsh language television available to add to your immersion plan.
Pennod 6 (Episode 6) - Ysgrifennu (Writing)
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Me again! This is Learn Welsh Fast Podcast Episode 6. 1.5 on the website. This lesson I talk about writing Welsh words down, literary Welsh, the verb ...
Pennod 5 (Episode 5) - Darllen (Reading)
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is Learn Welsh Fast Podcast Episode 5 (Lesson 1.4 on the website). This lesson we talk more about adding reading to your immersion plan. Covering...
Pennod 4 (Episode 4) - Siarad (Speaking)
22 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is Learn Welsh Fast Podcast Episode 4 (Lesson 1.3 on the website). This lesson we talk more about adding to your immersion plan with speaking. We...
Pennod 3 (Episode 3) - Gwrando (Listening)
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome. This is Learn Welsh Fast Podcast Episode 3. This lesson we talk more about immersion through listening. This accompanies the website learnwel...
Pennod 2 (Episode 2) - Trochi (Immersion)
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Learn Welsh Fast Podcast for Episode 2. This accompanies the website learnwelshfast.com. Top tips and learning resources to simpli...
Pennod 1 (Episode 1) - Cyflwyniad (Introduction)
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Croeso, (Welcome). - The first season - 16 episodes or so are about introducing me, the website, Welsh and tools to immerse yourself in Welsh. If you...