Welsh Language Lessons
2009 - 2010 Session Information Coming Soon!
Planning for the new session of the Colorado Welsh Society Language Classes is in progress and details will be posted as soon as they are available. The 2009 - 2010 session of Welsh Language Classes are bsing planed. For more information on the classes of to register your interest please contact Elis Owens 303-427-7188, or .
The Kathleen Hughs Welsh Learning Academy
For Everyone with an interest in Iaith y Nefoedd - The Language of Heaven
Almost every Tuesday evening between October and the end of May, a dedicated group of Colorado Welsh Society members meets to study "Cymraeg". Welsh is one of the oldest living languages in Europe, having its roots in the pre-Latin languages of the Celtic World. Although Welsh is related to both Scottish and Irish forms of Gaelic, in that they are all Celtic languages it is very different. Scottish and Irish Gaelic together with Manx comprise the Goidelic branch of the Celtic language family, with Welsh, Cornish and Breton forming the Brythonic branch. There are several forms of the welsh language, and our classes focused more on the modern spoken language, although the comparisons with the older literary or biblical forma of the language are made. We try to keep the classes fun and have the aim of getting students to try to speak the language rather than emphasizing grammatical perfection. Classes will be offered at three levels, beginners, intermediate (last years beginners), and an advanced class. We meet on Tuesday evenings from 7 to 8:30pm, then all three groups come together for a social time or "Te Bach" before heading home. Classes are free to all members of the Welsh Society and the only cost is the purchase of a text book,which is available at the class (last year this was about $25). Class members also take turns bringing cookies or similar for the "Te Bach".
The Colorado Welsh Society language classes meet in rooms on the campus of the at Archdiocese of Denver, at 1300 S. Steele St.; this is conveniently located on Louisiana St. between University and Colorado Boulevards a few blocks north of I-25.
For more information on the language classes please contact Elis Owens 303-427-7188,or .
The following links are of of interest to Welsh Learners:
BBC Wales Catchphrase Online Welsh Course from the BBCLearn Welsh with Acen Online Welsh Language Course from S4C - Channel 4 Wales
Welsh-English / Enlish-Welsh Online Dictionary Online Welsh Dictionary from the University of Wales, Lampeter
Welsh Searching Lexicon Another Online Welsh-English Dictionary
