Welsh - Basic Vocabulary
This is a collection of basic vocabulary for the Welsh language, including around 200 words.
1. Numbers
Learn to count and express quantities with basic numerals, cardinal and ordinal numbers, and numerical expressions
0
sero
zero
1
un
one
2
dau
two
3
tri
three
4
pedwar
four
5
pump
five
6
chwech
six
7
saith
seven
8
wyth
eight
9
naw
nine
10
deg
ten
11
un ar ddeg
eleven
12
deuddeg
twelve
13
tri ar ddeg
thirteen
14
pedwar ar ddeg
fourteen
15
pymtheg
fifteen
16
un deg chwech
sixteen
17
un deg saith
seventeen
18
un deg wyth
eighteen
19
un deg naw
nineteen
20
ugain
twenty
30
deg ar hugain
thirty
40
deugain
forty
50
hanner cant
fifty
60
trigain
sixty
70
saith deg
seventy
80
pedwar ugain
eighty
90
pedwar ugain a deg
ninety
100
cant
hundred
1K
mil
thousand
1M
miliwn
million
2. Colors
Explore basic and advanced colors, shades, and descriptive terms for talking about the visual world around you
โช
gwyn
white
โซ
du
black
๐ด
coch
red
๐ต
glas
blue
๐ก
melyn
yellow
๐ข
gwyrdd
green
๐ฃ
porffor
purple
๐ค
brown
brown
๐
oren
orange
๐ธ
pinc
pink
โญ
aur
gold
๐
arian
silver
โ๏ธ
llwyd
grey
3. Animals
Discover vocabulary for domestic pets, farm animals, wild creatures, and exotic species from around the world
๐ถ
ci
dog
๐ฑ
cath
cat
๐ด
ceffyl
horse
๐ฎ
buwch
cow
๐ท
mochyn
pig
๐ฆ
adar
bird
๐
pysgod
fish
๐ญ
llygoden
mouse
๐ฆ
llwynog
fox
๐
cwningen
rabbit
๐ป
arth
bear
๐ผ
panda
panda
๐จ
coala
koala
๐
eliffant
elephant
๐ข
crwban
turtle
๐ฆ
jiraff
giraffe
๐ฆ
hwyaden
duck
๐ท๏ธ
pry cop
spider
4. People
Learn words for immediate and extended family members, relationships, and terms for describing different types of people
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ
teulu
family
๐ง
dyn
man
๐ฉ
menyw
woman
๐ฆ
bachgen
boy
๐ง
merch
girl
๐ถ
plentyn
child
๐จโ๐ฆณ
tad
father
๐ฉโ๐ฆณ
mam
mother
๐ด
tad-cu
grandfather
๐ต
mam-gu
grandmother
๐งโ๐ฆฐ
brawd
brother
๐ฉโ๐ฆฑ
chwaer
sister
๐ง
ffrind
friend
๐ฅ
pobl
people
๐
person
person
5. Objects
Build vocabulary for everyday items, household objects, tools, and common things you encounter in daily life
๐
tลท
house
๐ข
adeilad
building
๐ซ
ysgol
school
๐ช
siop
store
๐ฃ๏ธ
ffordd
road
๐
dinas
city
๐ณ
coeden
tree
๐ง
dลตr
water
โ๏ธ
haul
sun
โ๏ธ
cwmwl
cloud
๐
llyfr
book
๐๏ธ
pen
pen
๐ฑ
ffรดn
phone
๐
allwedd
key
๐
car
car
6. Food
Master vocabulary for meals, snacks, beverages, cooking ingredients, and different types of cuisine from various cultures
๐
afal
apple
๐
banana
banana
๐
bara
bread
๐ง
caws
cheese
๐ฅฉ
cig
meat
๐ฅ
llaeth
milk
โ
coff
coffee
๐ต
te
tea
๐ง
dลตr
water
๐บ
cwrw
beer
๐ท
gwin
wine
๐ฝ๏ธ
bwyd
food
๐ณ
wy
egg
๐
reis
rice
๐ฅ
llysiau
vegetables
7. Time
Learn to express time concepts including days of the week, months, seasons, clock times, and temporal expressions
โ๏ธ
dydd
day
๐
nos
night
โฐ
awr
hour
๐๏ธ
wythnos
week
๐
mis
month
๐๏ธ
blwyddyn
year
๐๏ธ
Dydd Llun
Monday
๐๏ธ
Dydd Mawrth
Tuesday
๐๏ธ
Dydd Mercher
Wednesday
๐๏ธ
Dydd Iau
Thursday
๐๏ธ
Dydd Gwener
Friday
๐๏ธ
Dydd Sadwrn
Saturday
๐๏ธ
Dydd Sul
Sunday
๐
bore
morning
๐
gyda'r nos
evening
๐
nawr
now
๐
cyn bo hir
soon
๐
amser
time
8. Verbs
Essential action words and verbs for describing activities, states of being, and both physical and mental actions
๐ฃ๏ธ
siarad
to speak
๐ถ
cerdded
to walk
๐
rhedeg
to run
๐ฝ๏ธ
bwyta
to eat
๐ท
yfed
to drink
๐ด
cysgu
to sleep
๐
darllen
to read
โ๏ธ
ysgrifennu
to write
๐
gweld
to see
๐
clywed
to hear
๐ญ
meddwl
to think
๐ค
gwybod
to know
โค๏ธ
caru
to love
๐
hoffi
to like
๐
dod
to come
๐ช
agor
to open
๐
cau
to close
๐ก
dysgu
to learn
โ
rhoi
to give
๐ธ
prynu
to buy
9. Adjectives
Expand your descriptive vocabulary with words for qualities, characteristics, emotions, and properties of things
๐
hapus
happy
๐ข
trist
sad
๐
dig
angry
๐
da
good
๐
drwg
bad
โฌ๏ธ
mawr
big
โฌ๏ธ
bach
small
๐
newydd
new
๐ฐ๏ธ
hen
old
๐ฏ
llawer
many
๐ค
ychydig
few
๐ฅต
poeth
hot
๐ฅถ
oer
cold
๐ช
cryf
strong
๐ถ
gwan
weak
โจ
hardd
beautiful
๐น
hyll
ugly
โ
cywir
correct
โ
anghywir
wrong
โก
cyflym
fast
10. Connectors
Master conjunctions, transitions, and linking expressions to connect ideas and create more complex, flowing sentences
โ
a
and
โก๏ธ
ond
but
๐
neu
or
๐ค
oherwydd
because
๐
felly
so
๐คจ
fodd bynnag
however
๐ค
felly
therefore
โ
hefyd
also
๐
pan
when
๐ค
os
if
๐
cyn
before
๐
ar รดl
after
๐
ers
since
๐
tra
while
11. Professions
Learn vocabulary for various careers, occupations, and professional roles across different industries and sectors
๐จโ๐ซ
athro
teacher
๐งโโ๏ธ
meddyg
doctor
๐ฉโ๐ป
peiriannydd
engineer
๐จโ๐ณ
cogydd
chef
๐งโ๐พ
ffermwr
farmer
๐ฎ
swyddog heddlu
police officer
๐งโ๐จ
artist
artist
๐งโ๐ผ
gweithiwr swyddfa
office worker
๐ฌ
gwyddonydd
scientist
๐
gwerthwr
salesperson
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