Anonymous asked:
Does dim byd yn poeni fi mwy na phobl sydd yn dysgu Cymraeg yn anffurfiol, ac yn ysgrifennu yr un ffordd hefyd. Ni allwch unrhywun ysgrifennu traethawd yng Nghymraeg efo 'dw'i' ynddo fe. Negeseuon ar lein - iawn. Ond mae'n hollol anaddas mewn testun ffurfiol. Mae'n pwysig dysgu'r dwy ffordd. Os byddet ti neu unrhywun arall yn geisio am swydd ac yn defnyddio iaith anffurfiol yn dy cais, fe fydd e'n edrych yn wael. Ni fyddet yn defnyddio'r iaith yna mewn cais Saesneg.
Hi!
So for people who maybe haven’t learnt much welsh yet or aren’t sure of their Welsh (also for me to confirm I’ve understood this right with anon who wrote it): This basically says, in quite a harsh tone: I shouldn’t be learning welsh informally and writing the same way. I wouldn’t write a dissertation with informal grammar, messages fine but not formal writing. It’s important to learn both ways. If I am (or anyone else is) applying for a job and using informal language, it looks bad. I wouldn’t use informal English then either.
My answer being: I am not learning welsh for a job or for any formal context.
It is only important to learn both ways if you want to use both ways, which currently is not the case for me. I am already studying German, Dutch and Japanese full time in uni as well as studying Spanish and Welsh myself. I do not have the time to prioritise every aspect of every language and if I have chosen to ignore formal Welsh writing for now, that is my decision. If it’s not to your taste, feel free to either ignore this blog, or use other resources too (as I would suggest you do anyway).
The writing I do here is intended to be informal, as I am learning welsh in order to speak with friends and family now and in the future and it’s a generally informal platform.
I have made it very, very clear that my focus - and the focus of this blog - is spoken, (mainly southern) informal welsh and that is not going to change anytime soon. The only reason I set this blog up, was for me to practise the welsh I was choosing to learn, not to teach.
If you want to learn formal Welsh, it is definitely better to seek out another resource. But if you would like to learn some informal welsh (as I have always made clear I learn) then feel free to use this blog as a resource! Though, as I also regularly point out, I have been learning Welsh one year and am nowhere near fluent or perfect.
Tl;dr: What Welsh I do and don’t learn is my choice, as is what parts of Welsh get posted about on this blog.
I plan on using welsh to speak to friends and family so that’s what I’m learning to do.
If you’re looking to learn some formal Welsh, I’d suggest using other resources.
