Welsh Tongue Twisters
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Original:
Oer yw eira ar Eryri.
English:
Cold is the snow on Eryri.
Eryri is Welsh for Snowdonia
Original:
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
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.
the longest village name in Britain
Original:
Llongyfarchiadau llanciau Llanelli.
English:
Congratulations to the young men of Llanelli (a town in Wales).
Original:
Barf gafr, barf gafr, barf gafr, …
English:
Goat's beard, …
Original:
Mae haerllygrwydd y llywodraeth yn ddychrynllyd.
English:
The impudence of the government is appalling.
by Martin Morgan
Original:
Pesychwch fel y pesychasoch gynt.
English:
Cough like you coughed earlier.
Original:
Wel wedodd Wil wrth y wâl, ond na wedodd y wâl wel i Wil.
English:
Well said Will to the wall but the wall did not say well to Will.
Original:
Rowliodd Lowri lawr y lon.
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.
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?
English:
Is your black-tie in your house or your dad's house?
Original:
Ffrindiau y ffliw ffliwiau
English:
Friends of the fluffy fleas
Original:
Gwr gwiw gwin gwrw gwn
English:
A man who makes wine from beer
Original:
Beth yw hen eirin fach yn ei gwisgo?
English:
What does the little hedgehog wear?
Original:
Gwallt o galed y gwrthrych a galedodd
English:
Hair from a hard object that hardened
Original:
Sut ydw i'n gwybod sut y mae'r ci'n gwisgo?
English:
How do I know how the dog is dressed?
Original:
Pentwr o bren gwern a wnaeth y pentwr o bren wern
English:
A carpenter made a wicker chair from wicker willow
Original:
Ffoniwch ffôn
English:
Dial the phone
Original:
Llwy y llew yn llenwi'r llestri llawn
English:
The lion's tail fills the full dishes
Original:
Gogledd Cymru yn ddwfn, de, a dyfn
English:
North Wales is deep, cold, and dark
Original:
Twll y tŷ yn tynnu'r twll o'r tŷ
English:
The hole in the house pulls the hole out of the house
Original:
Bocs o boced boced bocsi
English:
Box of boxed boxes of boxies
Original:
Pethau bach yn bethau bychain
English:
Small things are small things
Original:
Cleddyf o gleddyf cledd
English:
A sword of sword steel
Original:
Cysgodion y cysgod yn cysgu
English:
Shadows of the shadow sleeping
Original:
Nyth y neidr yn nithio
English:
The dragon's nest hatching