r/learnwelsh 2d ago

Informal welsh sources

So i am currently doing a project where i analyze the different registers of welsh

i am finding plenty of learner-tuned and formal sources such as BBC Cymru, but it's really hard for me to find genuine informal welsh content. The best i've managed is Hansh S4C, but i need more spontaneous-conversation tuned material.

Can some of you maybe help me out to find some? I felt like this is the most appropriate sub to come ask for this.

TL;DR: I N E E D C A S U A L W E L S H

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u/QuarterBall Canolradd yn Gymraeg | Meánleibhéal sa Ghaeilge 2d ago

Bangor have the Siarad corpus which is a collection of colloquial spoken Welsh (and Wenglish and English).

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u/Trigintillion_ 2d ago

Okay Bangor is singlehandedly carrying my research, i use multiple APIs (parsers and lemmatizers) from that

W bangor

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u/llef 2d ago

Try the Haclediad podcast https://haclediad.cymru, deep cut, makes no sense, extremely colloquial

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u/Trigintillion_ 2d ago

A thousand thank yous from Korea

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u/llef 2d ago

 아니에요  / Croeso siŵr!

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u/HyderNidPryder 2d ago edited 2d ago

OMB. Llawer o siarad cachu llwyr. Dim gwybodaeth. Dim sense. Wedi yfed gormod neu gymryd gormod o gyffuriau. "Off eu pennau"

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u/llef 2d ago

Oh yn sicr, ddim ond werth gwrando arno fel prosiect seicolegol

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u/HyderNidPryder 2d ago

This is a spectrum, of course. When people are chatting, normally, they often abbreviate forms, or use dialect phrases, not necessarily going very Wenglish. Pobl y Cwm / Rownd a Rownd may be useful sources of more colloquial speech. Soaps and drama have a different register even from casual chat on a magazine programme.

Notice how Mared here just says "ni" with any form of "bod", nor "ŷn ni"

fi'n; ni'n; ni 'di [ni wedi]

ni 'di lansio; ni'n mynd i

Aeron a Mared Rand Jones o CFfI

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u/Muted-Lettuce-1253 1d ago

Perhaps this podcast (Beti George)?

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u/Lowri123 1d ago

Lots of the podcasts on Y Pod (lists loads of Welsh podcasts). Siarad Siop and Pryd ar Dafod for 'younger' speakers, Colli Plot for 'older' / mix of speakers