Colloquial and Slang Welsh

Cymraeg Llafar Anffurfiol

About this concept

Informal spoken Welsh: contractions (ti'mod = you know, s'mae = how's it going), slang, filler words, and the gap between written standard and authentic everyday speech.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level C2.

Examples

S'mae! (= Sut mae?)How's it going!

Ti'mod be, yndw i.You know what, yeah.

Sgen ti'm clem.You haven't got a clue.

Ma' raid bod e.It must be. (colloquial)

Prerequisite

Dialectal VariationC2

More C2 concepts

Discourse Grammar and PragmaticsGramadeg Disgwrs a Phragmateg Middle Welsh and Archaic FormsCymraeg Canol a Ffurfiau Hynafol Dialectal VariationTafodieithoedd Official and Legal WelshCymraeg Swyddogol a Chyfreithiol Media and Journalistic WelshCymraeg y Cyfryngau

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