Welsh Tongue Twisters
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| Original: | Oer yw eira ar Eryri. |
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| English: | Cold is the snow on Eryri. |
| Original: | Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch |
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| English: | Saint Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio of the red cave. |
| Original: | Llongyfarchiadau llanciau Llanelli. |
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| English: | Congratulations to the young men of Llanelli (a town in Wales). |
| Original: | Barf gafr, barf gafr, barf gafr, … |
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| English: | Goat's beard, … |
| Original: | Mae haerllygrwydd y llywodraeth yn ddychrynllyd. |
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| English: | The impudence of the government is appalling. |
| Original: | Pesychwch fel y pesychasoch gynt. |
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| English: | Cough like you coughed earlier. |
| Original: | Wel wedodd Wil wrth y wâl, ond na wedodd y wâl wel i Wil. |
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| English: | Well said Will to the wall but the wall did not say well to Will. |
| Original: | Rowliodd Lowri lawr y lon. |
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| English: | Lowri (typical Welsh girl's name) rolled down the road. |
| Original: | Gwnaeth Llŷr ap Llew, y llywiwr call (darllenwr Llyfyrgell Pencelli) golli'r llwybyr - erchyll wall - yn Llŷn, Llangollen a Llanelli. |
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| English: | Llŷr son of Llew, the wise navigator, (a reader of Pencelli library) lost the path - a terrible mistake - in Lleyn, Llangollen, and Llanelli. |
| Original: | Ydy dy dei du di yn dy dŷ di neu yn dŷ dy dad di? |
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| English: | Is your black-tie in your house or your dad's house? |
| Original: | Ffrindiau y ffliw ffliwiau |
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| English: | Friends of the fluffy fleas |
| Original: | Gwr gwiw gwin gwrw gwn |
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| English: | A man who makes wine from beer |
| Original: | Beth yw hen eirin fach yn ei gwisgo? |
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| English: | What does the little hedgehog wear? |
| Original: | Gwallt o galed y gwrthrych a galedodd |
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| English: | Hair from a hard object that hardened |
| Original: | Sut ydw i'n gwybod sut y mae'r ci'n gwisgo? |
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| English: | How do I know how the dog is dressed? |
| Original: | Pentwr o bren gwern a wnaeth y pentwr o bren wern |
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| English: | A carpenter made a wicker chair from wicker willow |
| Original: | Ffoniwch ffôn |
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| English: | Dial the phone |
| Original: | Llwy y llew yn llenwi'r llestri llawn |
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| English: | The lion's tail fills the full dishes |
| Original: | Gogledd Cymru yn ddwfn, de, a dyfn |
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| English: | North Wales is deep, cold, and dark |
| Original: | Twll y tŷ yn tynnu'r twll o'r tŷ |
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| English: | The hole in the house pulls the hole out of the house |
| Original: | Bocs o boced boced bocsi |
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| English: | Box of boxed boxes of boxies |
| Original: | Pethau bach yn bethau bychain |
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| English: | Small things are small things |
| Original: | Cleddyf o gleddyf cledd |
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| English: | A sword of sword steel |
| Original: | Cysgodion y cysgod yn cysgu |
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| English: | Shadows of the shadow sleeping |
| Original: | Nyth y neidr yn nithio |
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| English: | The dragon's nest hatching |