{\rtf1\mac \deff81\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f15\fnil\fcharset2\fprq2 Wingdings;}{\f81\fnil\fcharset0\fprq2 Padarn;}}{\colortbl;\red0\green0\blue0;\red0\green0\blue255;\red0\green255\blue255;\red0\green255\blue0;
\red255\green0\blue255;\red255\green0\blue0;\red255\green255\blue0;\red255\green255\blue255;\red0\green0\blue128;\red0\green128\blue128;\red0\green128\blue0;\red128\green0\blue128;\red128\green0\blue0;\red128\green128\blue0;\red128\green128\blue128;
\red192\green192\blue192;}{\stylesheet{\widctlpar \f81\lang2057 \snext0 Normal;}{\*\cs10 \additive Default Paragraph Font;}{\s15\widctlpar\tqc\tx4153\tqr\tx8306 \f81\lang2057 \sbasedon0\snext15 footer;}{\*\cs16 \additive\sbasedon10 page number;}}{\info
{\title Week 1}{\author Â鶹Éç}{\operator Â鶹Éç}{\creatim\yr2000\mo2\dy29\hr10\min13}{\revtim\yr2000\mo6\dy27\hr15\min14}{\printim\yr2000\mo4\dy6\hr12\min1}{\version14}{\edmins226}{\nofpages5}{\nofwords780}{\nofchars4451}{\*\company Â鶹Éç}{\vern57395}}
\paperw11880\paperh16820 \widowctrl\ftnbj\aenddoc\pgnstart7\hyphhotz0\sprstsp\otblrul\brkfrm\sprstsm\truncex\nolead\msmcap\hyphcaps0\fracwidth \fet0\sectd \sbknone\pgnrestart\pgnstarts7\linex0\headery709\footery709\colsx709\endnhere {\footer \pard\plain 
\s15\widctlpar\tqc\tx4153\tqr\tx8306\pvpara\phmrg\posxr\posy0 \f81\lang2057 {\field{\*\fldinst {\cs16\cchs0 PAGE  }}{\fldrslt {\cs16\lang1024\cchs0 7}}}{\cs16\cchs0 
\par }\pard \s15\ri360\widctlpar\tqc\tx4153\tqr\tx8306 {\cchs0 
\par }}{\*\pnseclvl1\pnucrm\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang{\pntxta .}}{\*\pnseclvl2\pnucltr\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang{\pntxta .}}{\*\pnseclvl3\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang{\pntxta .}}{\*\pnseclvl4\pnlcltr\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang{\pntxta )}}
{\*\pnseclvl5\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang{\pntxtb (}{\pntxta )}}{\*\pnseclvl6\pnlcltr\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang{\pntxtb (}{\pntxta )}}{\*\pnseclvl7\pnlcrm\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang{\pntxtb (}{\pntxta )}}{\*\pnseclvl8
\pnlcltr\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang{\pntxtb (}{\pntxta )}}{\*\pnseclvl9\pnlcrm\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang{\pntxtb (}{\pntxta )}}\pard\plain \fi720\li2160\ri-360\widctlpar \f81\lang2057 {\b\cchs0 oer        }{\b\ul\cchs0 GWERS 1}\tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 
{\b\ul 
\par }\pard \widctlpar {\b\ul 
\par 
\par }\pard \ri-1080\widctlpar {\b\ul CYFLWYNYDD (PRESENTER)}{\b\ul\cchs0 :}{\b\cchs0     }{\b\ul CENNARD DAVIES
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx1620 {\b\ul NOD (AIM):}{\b\cchs0 \tab }{\cchs0  }{\b\cchs0 To start looking at }{\b pronunciation}.
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360 
\par {\b\ul 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\ul YR WYDDOR GYMRAEG (THE WELSH ALPHABET)
\par 
\par 
\par }A      B      C      CH      D      DD      E        F        FF      G      NG      H      I      L     
\par 
\par 
\par LL    M     N      O        P      PH       R      RH      S      T      TH      U      W       Y
\par 
\par 
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 The letter J is also accepted these days in borrowed words such as {\cchs0 \lquote }{\b j}\'94ns{\cchs0 \rquote }, {\cchs0 \lquote }{\b j}\'99c{\cchs0 \rquote }, {\cchs0 \lquote }{\b j}am{\cchs0 \rquote }
, {\cchs0 \lquote }{\b j}eli{\cchs0 \rquote } and of course {\cchs0 \lquote }{\b J}ones{\cchs0 \rquote }.{\cchs0 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 
\par }
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360 {\b\ul\cchs0 RHAN 1  (PART 1)
\par 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx720 {\b\ul 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360 {\cchs0 1. \tab  }There are some sounds in Welsh which don't exist in English - except in {\cchs0 \tab \tab  }borrowed words.
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx720 
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx540\tx1080 {\cchs0 \tab (a)}\tab {\cchs0 \tab }CH\tab -\tab Remember that this is a single sound and CH is a {\cchs0 \tab 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab single letter in }the Welsh alphabet.  It sounds {\cchs0 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab exactly as it does in the Scots }word 'lo{\b ch}' and in the {\cchs0 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab }name of the composer 'Ba{\b ch}'.
\par 
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx720\tx1260 {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab ba}{\b\cchs0 ch} {\cchs0 \tab \tab -\tab small}
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab {\cchs0 \tab ba}{\b\cchs0 ch}{\cchs0 gen\tab -\tab boy}
\par {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab }{\b\cchs0 ch}{\cchs0 waer\tab -\tab sister
\par }
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx720\tx1260\tx1620 
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx540\tx1080\tx1440 {\cchs0 \tab (b)}\tab {\cchs0 \tab }LL{\cchs0 \tab }-\tab This is another consonant which gives learners some {\cchs0 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab difficulty, }but hardly Nigel - as he has played rugby {\cchs0 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab often enough against }Llanelli.{\cchs0 
\par }
\par \pard \li720\ri-360\widctlpar\tx720\tx1260\tx1440 \tab {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab }{\b 'Llan' }means an enclosed area where a church is{\cchs0 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab often built.  The }{\b 'llan}' element often precedes the {\cchs0 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab }name of a saint - as in {\cchs0 
\par 
\par 
\par 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab }{\b\cchs0 Ll}{\cchs0 ane}{\b\cchs0 ll}{\cchs0 i  (St. Elli)}
\par {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab }{\b Ll}anon {\cchs0  }(St Non - who was the mother of St David)
\par \tab \tab \tab {\cchs0 \tab }{\b Ll}antrisant {\cchs0  }(the church of the three saints){\cchs0 
\par \tab }
\par \tab \tab \tab {\cchs0 \tab }{\b\cchs0 ll}{\cchs0 aw\tab \tab -\tab hand}
\par {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab }{\b\cchs0 ll}{\cchs0 e\tab \tab -\tab place
\par }
\par \pard \li720\ri-360\widctlpar\tx720\tx1260\tx1620 
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx540\tx1080\tx1440 {\cchs0 \tab (c)}\tab {\cchs0 \tab R/}RH\tab -\tab R and RH are fa{\cchs0 r more distinctly pronounced in \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab Welsh than in }English {\cchs0 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx540\tx1080\tx1440 {\cchs0 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab }{\b\cchs0 R }{\cchs0 is always well rolled (even at the end of a  word).
\par 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab T}{\b\cchs0 r}{\cchs0 eo}{\b\cchs0 r}{\cchs0 ci  (my home town!)
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab Abe}{\b\cchs0 r}{\cchs0 d\'e2}{\b\cchs0 r
\par }{\cchs0 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab chwae}{\b\cchs0 r}{\cchs0 \tab -\tab sister\tab 
\par 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab }{\b\cchs0 RH }{\cchs0 is found in }the placenames {\cchs0 
\par 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab }y {\b Rh}{\cchs0 ondda   (} where I live{\cchs0 ) 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab }{\b Rh}{\cchs0 iwbeina}
\par \pard \li720\ri-360\widctlpar\tx720\tx1260\tx1440 {\cchs0 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab }{\b\cchs0 rh}{\cchs0 oi \tab \tab -\tab to give}
\par {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab }{\b\cchs0 rh}{\cchs0 edeg\tab -\tab to run
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx0\tx567\tx1260\tx1440 {\cchs0 2.\tab }There are sounds in Welsh which ex{\cchs0 ist also in English but which are     \tab }represented by different letters.
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx1260\tx1620 {\ul\cchs0 
\par }{\ul 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx0\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab (a)\tab \tab }DD\tab -\tab This is pronounced exactly like the {\b\cchs0 \lquote }{\b th}{\b\cchs0 \rquote } in '{\b th}is', {\b th}at' {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \lquote 
}{\b th}ose' {\b th}ese'.{\cchs0  It is voiced.}\tab 
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx0\tx720\tx1260\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab \tab }{\ul 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx0\tx360\tx900 \tab \tab \tab \tab {\cchs0 \tab Dafy}{\b\cchs0 dd}
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx0\tx720\tx1260\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab }Y Rhon{\b dd}a
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx0\tx360\tx900\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab Caerdy}{\b\cchs0 dd
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \li570\ri-360\widctlpar\tx0\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1560 {\cchs0 (b)\tab \tab F}{\b\cchs0 \tab }{\cchs0 -\tab This is always pronounced like the English \lquote }{\b\cchs0 v}{\cchs0 \rquote  or the 
\par }\pard \li570\ri-360\widctlpar\tx0\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \lquote }{\b\cchs0 f}{\cchs0 \rquote  in the word \lquote o}{\b\cchs0 f}{\cchs0 \rquote }{\b\cchs0 \tab }
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx0\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab }
\par \tab {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab }ta{\b f}od{\cchs0 \tab \tab -\tab tongue}
\par {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab ce}{\b\cchs0 f}{\cchs0 n\tab \tab -\tab back}
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab 
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx0\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 \tab \tab \tab \tab {\cchs0 \tab }'Dafydd' is a name often mispronounced{\cchs0 . It combines \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab the two sounds \lquote }{\b\cchs0 f}{\cchs0 \rquote  and \lquote }{\b\cchs0 dd}{\cchs0 
\rquote   -  as does the word \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \lquote eiste}{\b\cchs0 ddf}{\cchs0 od\rquote .
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx0\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab (c)\tab \tab FF\tab -\tab }This sounds like the English {\cchs0 \lquote }{\b f}{\cchs0 \rquote }, as{\cchs0  heard } in 'o{\b f}ten', {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab }'a{\b f}
ter' and 'i{\b f}'{\cchs0 .}
\par \tab \tab {\cchs0 \tab \tab }\tab Some En{\cchs0 glish words use \lquote }{\b\cchs0 ff}{\cchs0 \rquote  as in Welsh  }e.g. 'a{\b ff}air', {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab }'o{\b ff}' and 'e{\b ff}ect'.{\cchs0 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx0\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx0\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 \tab \tab \tab {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab }Remember we always use {\cchs0 \lquote }{\b ff}{\cchs0 \rquote } in Welsh{\cchs0 .}
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx0\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 \tab \tab \tab 
\par {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab co}{\b\cchs0 ff}{\cchs0 i\tab } {\cchs0 \tab -\tab }'coffee'
\par {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab ho}{\b\cchs0 ff}{\cchs0 i\tab \tab -\tab }to like'
\par \pard \qc\ri-360\widctlpar\tx0\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 
\par }
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx0\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab 3.\tab }And here's your first Welsh sentence:{\cchs0 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx0\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab Rydw i'n hoffi coffi.
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab - I like coffee.{\cchs0 
\par 
\par 
\par 
\par }{\b\ul\cchs0 RHAN 2}
\par 
\par 
\par {\pntext\pard\plain\f81\lang2057\cchs0 1. \tab}\pard \fi-283\li283\ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\pndec\pnb0\pni0\uldb\pnf81\pnfs24\pnstart1\pnindent283\pnhang{\pntxta . }}{\cchs0 \tab \tab }Welsh vowel{\cchs0 
 sounds are very open and pure. }They can be short or long.{\cchs0 
\par {\pntext\tab}}\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\pndec\pnb0\pni0\uldb\pnf81\pnfs24\pnstart1\pnindent283\pnhang{\pntxta . }}
\par {\pntext\tab}\pard \li-643\ri-360\widctlpar\tx0\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\pnlcltr\pnb0\pni0\uldb\pnf81\pnfs24\pnstart1\pnindent283\pnhang{\pntxtb (}{\pntxta ) }}{\cchs0 \tab \tab    (a)\tab \tab }A\tab -{\cchs0 \tab 
This is always open as in \lquote c}{\b\cchs0 a}{\cchs0 r\rquote , \lquote m}{\b\cchs0 a}{\cchs0 ggot\rquote , \lquote p}{\b\cchs0 a}{\cchs0 n\rquote }\tab {\cchs0 
\par {\pntext\tab}}\pard \li360\ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\pnlcltr\pnb0\pni0\uldb\pnf81\pnfs24\pnstart1\pnindent283\pnhang{\pntxtb (}{\pntxta ) }}{\cchs0 
\par }\pard \li360\ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab }short{\cchs0  \tab \tab m}{\b\cchs0 a}{\cchs0 m\tab \tab -\tab mother
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab c}{\b\cchs0 a}{\cchs0 nt\tab \tab -\tab hundred
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab p}{\b\cchs0 a}{\cchs0 m?\tab \tab -\tab why?
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab long\tab \tab t}{\b\cchs0 a}{\cchs0 d\tab \tab -\tab father\tab }\tab 
\par \pard \li2160\ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab c}{\b\cchs0 a}{\cchs0 th\tab \tab -\tab cat   
\par \tab \tab \tab d}{\b\cchs0 a}{\cchs0 \tab \tab -\tab good
\par 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab \tab (b) \tab \tab }E{\cchs0 \tab -\tab This is always pronounced \lquote }{\b\cchs0 eh}{\cchs0 \rquote  as in \lquote m}{\b\cchs0 e}{\cchs0 n\rquote , \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 
\tab \tab \tab \lquote m}{\b\cchs0 e}{\cchs0 n\rquote , \lquote l}{\b\cchs0 e}{\cchs0 mon\rquote , \lquote wh}{\b\cchs0 e}{\cchs0 re\rquote . 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab short\tab \tab p}{\b\cchs0 e}{\cchs0 n\tab \tab -\tab head}\tab {\cchs0 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab m}{\b\cchs0 e}{\cchs0 rch\tab \tab -\tab girl
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab c}{\b\cchs0 e}{\cchs0 fn\tab \tab -\tab back
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab }long{\cchs0 \tab \tab tr}{\b\cchs0 e}{\cchs0 (f) \tab \tab -\tab town}
\par {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab h}{\b\cchs0 e}{\cchs0 n\tab \tab -\tab old
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab ll}{\b\cchs0 e}{\cchs0 \tab \tab -\tab place
\par 
\par 
\par 
\par 
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \li-283\ri-360\widctlpar\tx0\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab (c)\tab \tab \tab I\tab -\tab This is always pronounced \lquote }{\b\cchs0 ee}{\cchs0 \rquote  -  as in \lquote k}{\b\cchs0 ey}{\cchs0 \rquote , \lquote m}{
\b\cchs0 e}{\cchs0 \rquote , \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \lquote w}{\b\cchs0 e}{\cchs0 \rquote , \lquote m}{\b\cchs0 ee}{\cchs0 ting\rquote .
\par }\pard \li570\ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 \tab \tab {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab s}hort{\cchs0 \tab \tab p}{\b\cchs0 i}{\cchs0 n\tab \tab -\tab pin
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab c}{\b\cchs0 i}{\cchs0 n}{\b\cchs0 i}{\cchs0 o\tab \tab -\tab lunch / dinner
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab }{\b\cchs0 i}{\cchs0 nc\tab \tab -\tab ink
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab long\tab \tab f}{\b\cchs0 i}{\cchs0  \tab \tab -\tab me}
\par {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab n}{\b\cchs0 i}{\cchs0 \tab \tab -\tab us
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab gw}{\b\cchs0 i}{\cchs0 n\tab \tab -\tab wine
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab \tab (ch)\tab \tab O\tab -\tab This is always a pure \lquote }{\b\cchs0 o}{\cchs0 \rquote  - as in \lquote m}{\b\cchs0 o}{\cchs0 re\rquote , \lquote t}{\b\cchs0 o}{\cchs0 ffee\rquote , 
\lquote p}{\b\cchs0 o}{\cchs0 t\rquote .
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0                                               In English it often becomes a diphthong (\lquote }{\b\cchs0 ow}{\cchs0 \rquote  - as in \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \lquote s}{
\b\cchs0 o}{\cchs0 \rquote ) - but this never happens in Welsh.}
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab }short{\cchs0 \tab \tab }cl{\b o}c{\cchs0 \tab \tab -\tab clock
\par {\pntext\tab}}\pard \li900\ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\pnb0\pni0\uldb\pnf15\pnfs24\pnstart1\pnindent283\pnhang{\pntxtb n}}{\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab ag}{\b\cchs0 o}{\cchs0 r\tab \tab -\tab to open
\par }\pard \li900\ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab b}{\b\cchs0 o}{\cchs0 re\tab \tab -\tab morning\tab \tab }
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 \tab \tab \tab {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab }long{\cchs0  \tab \tab d}{\b\cchs0 o}{\cchs0 d\tab \tab -\tab to come}
\par {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab gl}{\b\cchs0 o\tab \tab -\tab }{\cchs0 coal
\par }{\b\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab }{\cchs0 m}{\b\cchs0 \'f4}{\cchs0 r\tab \tab -\tab sea
\par 
\par 
\par {\pntext\pard\plain\f81\lang2057\cchs0 (d) \tab}}\pard \fi-283\li853\ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\pnlcltr\pnb0\pni0\uldb\pnf81\pnfs24\pnstart4\pnindent283\pnhang{\pntxtb (}{\pntxta ) }}{\cchs0 \tab }U{\cchs0 \tab -
\tab This is \lquote }{\b ee}{\cchs0 \rquote } in South {\cchs0 Wales but more like the French \tab 
\par }\pard \li570\ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \lquote }{\b\cchs0 u}{\cchs0 \rquote  in North }Wales{\cchs0 .
\par }
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab {\cchs0 s}hort{\cchs0 \tab \tab t}{\b\cchs0 u}{\cchs0 n\tab \tab -\tab tin
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab b}{\b\cchs0 u}{\cchs0 r}{\b\cchs0 u}{\cchs0 m\tab \tab -\tab yeast
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab p}{\b\cchs0 u}{\cchs0 mp\tab \tab -\tab five
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab }long{\cchs0 \tab \tab }{\b\cchs0 u}{\cchs0 n\tab \tab -\tab one
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab c}{\b\cchs0 u}{\cchs0 l\tab \tab -\tab narrow
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab ll}{\b\cchs0 u}{\cchs0 n\tab \tab -\tab picture
\par 
\par 
\par {\pntext\pard\plain\f81\lang2057\cchs0 (dd) \tab}}\pard \fi-283\li853\ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\pnlcltr\pnb0\pni0\uldb\pnf81\pnfs24\pnstart30\pnindent283\pnhang{\pntxtb (}{\pntxta ) }}{\cchs0 \tab W\tab -\tab 
Remember that \lquote }{\b\cchs0 w}{\cchs0 \rquote } can also be {\cchs0 a vowel} in Welsh.{\cchs0  It is \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab always pronounced \lquote }{\b\cchs0 w / oo}{\cchs0 \rquote 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab }shor{\cchs0 t\tab \tab l}{\b\cchs0 w}{\cchs0 cus\tab \tab -\tab lucky
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab anl}{\b\cchs0 w}{\cchs0 cus\tab -\tab unlucky
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab }{\b\cchs0 w}{\cchs0 rth\tab \tab -\tab by / near
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab long\tab \tab }g{\b\cchs0 \'f0}{\cchs0 r\tab \tab -\tab husband / man}
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab d}{\b\cchs0 \'f0}{\cchs0 r\tab \tab -\tab water}
\par \tab {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab c}{\b\cchs0 w}{\cchs0 r}{\b\cchs0 w}{\cchs0 \tab \tab -\tab beer
\par 
\par 
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 2.\tab \tab In English, many letters can be pronounced in a variety of ways. Here are \tab \tab \tab a few examples:
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab }{\b\cchs0 c\tab \tab \tab \tab c}{\cchs0 eiling \tab -\tab }{\b\cchs0 c}{\cchs0 ap
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab }{\b\cchs0 g}{\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab }{\b\cchs0 g}{\cchs0 in}{\b\cchs0 g}{\cchs0 er\tab \tab -\tab }{\b\cchs0 g}{\cchs0 arden
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab }{\b\cchs0 f}{\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab o}{\b\cchs0 f}{\cchs0 \tab \tab -\tab o}{\b\cchs0 f}{\cchs0 ten
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab a\tab \tab \tab \tab h}{\b\cchs0 a}{\cchs0 nd\tab \tab -\tab h}{\b\cchs0 a}{\cchs0 ll\tab \tab -\tab h}{\b\cchs0 a}{\cchs0 te
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab }{\b\cchs0 e\tab \tab \tab \tab e}{\cchs0 vening\tab -\tab }{\b\cchs0 e}{\cchs0 nvy
\par \tab \tab 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab \tab This does not happen with Welsh letters. They are always pronounced in \tab \tab \tab the same way  - }{\b\cchs0  that is, except for the letter \lquote y\rquote 
, which can be pronounced 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\b\cchs0 \tab \tab in two ways  -  clear and obscure.}{\cchs0  (Remember that it can also be a vowel in 
\par          Welsh).}{\b\cchs0 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\b\cchs0 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab Y\tab  }{\b\cchs0 clear\tab }{\cchs0 -\tab as in the English  \lquote }{\b\cchs0 i / ee\rquote }{\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab }
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 
\par {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab short\tab \tab m}{\b\cchs0 y}{\cchs0 nd\tab \tab -\tab to go
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab c}{\b\cchs0 y}{\cchs0 n\tab \tab -\tab before
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab b}{\b\cchs0 y}{\cchs0 w\tab \tab -\tab to live
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab long\tab \tab d}{\b\cchs0 y}{\cchs0 dd\tab \tab -\tab day
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab t}{\b\cchs0 \'fe\tab \tab }{\cchs0 -\tab house
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab pr}{\b\cchs0 y}{\cchs0 d?\tab \tab -\tab when?
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab Y }{\b\cchs0 obscure}{\cchs0 \tab -\tab as in the English \lquote }{\b\cchs0 uh}{\cchs0 \rquote . It is generally used in its \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab short form.
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab short\tab \tab }{\b\cchs0 y}{\cchs0 n\tab \tab -\tab in
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab C}{\b\cchs0 y}{\cchs0 mru\tab -\tab Wales
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab }{\b\cchs0 y}{\cchs0 ma\tab \tab -\tab here
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab r}{\b\cchs0 y}{\cchs0 dw i\tab \tab -\tab I am / I do
\par 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab The word \lquote m}{\b\cchs0 y}{\cchs0 n}{\b\cchs0 y}{\cchs0 dd\rquote  contains both obscure and clear sounds  -  in \tab \tab \tab \tab that order.
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 
\par 
\par }\pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx567\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 {\cchs0 3.}\tab {\cchs0 \tab }Sometimes two vowel sounds c{\cchs0 ome together to form a dipthong  -e.g. \lquote }{\b\cchs0 wy}{\cchs0 \rquote }
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 \tab \tab {\cchs0 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab }{\b wy}{\cchs0 \tab \tab -\tab egg}
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab b}{\b\cchs0 wy}{\cchs0 d\tab \tab -\tab food}
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab }Cl{\b wy}d{\cchs0 \tab \tab -\tab North East Wales}
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab {\cchs0 \tab \tab \tab ll}{\b\cchs0 wy}{\cchs0 d\tab \tab -\tab grey}
\par \pard \qr\ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 
\par \pard \ri-360\widctlpar\tx360\tx900\tx1440\tx1620 \tab 
\par 
\par Until the next time, from Nigel and me-
\par \tab \tab \tab 
\par \tab \tab \tab Hwyl fawr{\cchs0 !}\tab \tab -\tab Goodbye{\cchs0  / All the best / Cheerio!}
\par }