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Today I:
  • Wrote up the notes from my Cornish class
  • Started on unit 21 (adjectives) of Basic Irish
  • Started on Basic German, and finished unit 1
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Today I finished chapter 2 of 'German for Musicians', and did the 'Plurals' section on LingoDeer. I now know: how to conjugate regular present-tense verbs for all pronouns, numbers up to 1 million, enough to read/answer questions about someone's background/their studies related to music, plurals, and some basic things about cases!

I read chapter 4 of 'Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction'. I'm planning to read the sociolinguistics book in the same series next, or maybe the languages one.

Also, I was looking at this table we were shown at university last year about time spent on learning Welsh:



This chart uses Dysgu Cymraeg's naming of language levels:
Mynediad/Entry = A1
Sylfaen/Foundation = A2
Canolradd/Intermediate = B1
Uwch/Higher = B2
Hyfedredd/Proficiency = C1

The 'intensive' study category is 4 hours a week and will get you to 'proficiency' in 5 years, and the 'leisurely' category is 2 hours a week and will get you to 'proficiency' in 10 years. I've decided to sort the languages I'm learning into these categories, plus make up 2 of my own: 'casual' which is 1 hour a week, and 'whenever I have time'.

Intensive: Irish and German. I want both of these to improve a lot before I start back at university again.

Leisurely: Welsh. I would have put this in 'intensive' too but I don't want to risk burning myself out. I just want to keep using some Welsh over the summer since my family don't speak it. When university starts again, I'll probably put this one in intensive (since I'm going to count university classes towards the total time). I'll probably re-do the other languages and their categories once I'm back at university too.

Casual: Cornish and Scots. I'm having an hour-long Cornish lesson each week online, and I look at the Open University Scots course when I get the chance.

Whenever I have time: this category is basically just going to be for anything that takes my fancy that I want to look at, or revisit if it's a language I looked at a while ago. So Old Irish, maybe some Breton, Chinese, etc. I should probably have at least a little look at Old Irish since I'm planning on continuing with it in the next academic year.
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Today I worked on chapter 2 of 'German for Musicians' and did some German on LingoDeer. I think I'm enjoying 'German for Musicians' more so far, although it is nice to have the audio of pronunciation on LingoDeer (and so much nicer to use than Duolingo....) My goal for German is to be at an upper-beginner level before October so I can do the intermediate German classes once university starts back again for my CertHE. I really want to do German but I don't think I have the mental strength to sit through another year of beginner language classes (for any language), they just move so slowly compared to the pace I'd like.

I also read chapter 3 of 'Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction'.
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Today I read the second chapter of 'Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction' and took some notes.

I also started on 'German for Musicians' and I've almost finished the first chapter. I'm really enjoying 'German for Musicians' so far, it's really fun to be able to combine my love for learning languages with my love for music.

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Coirnis

Faoi láthair, tá mé ag déanamh cúrsa bun-Choirnise ar líne. Thosaigh sé tús an míosa seo (Bealtaine), agus críochnóidh sé tús mhí Iúil. Ansin, i mí Mheán Fómhair/Deireadh Fómhair tá mé ag iarraidh an chéad rang eile a dhéanamh.


Albainis

Tá mé ag déanamh cúrsa Open University faoi láthair. Tá mé ag iarraidh é a chríochnú roimh mí Mhéan Fómhair.


Gearmáinis

Tá mé ag iarraidh rang Germáinise san ollscoill a dhéanamh, mar chuid den Theastas Ard-Oideachais i Nua-Theangacha. Rinne mé an tSínis i mbliana, ach tá mé ag iarraidh díriú ar Ghearmáinis an bhliain seo chugainn. Níl mé ag iarraidh bun-rang i deanga a dhéanamh arís, mar sin tá súil agam gur féidir liom Gearmáinis a fhoghlaim i m'aonar, agus ansin beidh mé ábalta meán-rang a dhéanamh san ollscoill.


Gaeilge

Tá mé ag iarraidh 'Basic Irish' le Nancy Stenson a chríochnú roimh tús an bhliain acadúil seo chugainn (mar sin, roimh deireadh mhí Mheán Fómhair/tús mhí Dheireadh Fómhair).


Breatnais

Tá mé ag iarraidh léamh níos mó sa mBreatnais. Freisin, beidh mé ag dul go Comhdháil Mhic Léinn na Ceiltise i mí Meithimh mar sin tá mé ag dul ag éisteacht le léachtaí sa mBreatnais.

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Very good find at the library today!!!! It has basic German lessons, and then goes on to focus on excerpts from operas/songs, letters written by German composers, and a glossary of German music terms. Wonder if there's something similar for Italian too....
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Seo iad mo phleananna le haighaidh foghlaim teangacha an bhliain seo agus an bhliain seo chugainn.


2025

An bhliain seo, thosaigh mé Sean-Ghaeilge i mí Eanáir, agus déanfaidh mé í an téarma seo (críochnóidh an téarma i mí Bealtaine). Is rang tosaitheoirí é, ach níl mé cinnte an féidir liom an meánrang a dhéanamh i mí Dheireadh Fómhair. Tá mé ag staidéar go páirtaimseartha anois, mar sin tá mé ag déanamh leath mo thríú bliana i 2024/2025, agus ansin tá mé ag déanamh an leath eile i 2025/2026. Níl a fhios agam an féidir liom an meánrang i 2025/2026 a dhéanamh, nó nach foláir dom a fanacht go dtí 2026/2027 (an chéad leath mo cheathrú bliana).

Tá mé ag déanamh Breatnaise agus Gaeilge fós. Tá mé ag déanamh ranganna Breatnaise san ollscoil, agus níl mé ag déanamh ranganna Gaeilge san ollscoil an téarma seo ach téim go ranganna mhic léinn eile. Bíonn mo mhúinteoirí ag múineadh i mBreatnais, mar sin is féidir liom mo Bhreatnais a chleachtadh i ngach rang. Ba mhaith liom rang aistriúchán Breatnaise a dhéanamh i mí Dheireadh Fómhair, agus beidh mé ag dul go na ranganna Gaeilge eile fós.

Tá mé ag déanamh Sínise an téarma seo, freisin. Críochnóidh na ranganna i mí Aibreáin. Ansin, i mí Bealtaine, ba mhaith liom ranganna Coirnise a thosú. Tá na ranganna ar líne. Ní maith liom ranganna ar líne a dhéanamh, ach is fearr liom a bheith ag foghlaim le rang agus múinteoir ná foghlaim i m'aonar. Tosóidh na ranganna i mí Bealtaine agus críochnóidh siad i mí Iúil.

I mí Lúnasa nó mí Mheán Fómhair, ba mhaith liom Albainis a thosú. Rinne mé beagán Albainise cheana féin, ach tá mé ag iarraidh foghlaim i gceart.


2026

Tá níos lú pleanna i 2026 agam, ach ba mhaith liom a bheith ag foghlaim Gearmáinise agus Jèrriais (Fraincis Geirsí).
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Darganfyddiad gwych mewn siop elusen. Arwydd ddylen i ddysgu Almaeneg, mae'n amlwg... (Ac mae wastad yn neis gweld geiriaduron dwyieithog heb Saesneg).



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Dyma fy "wishlist" ieithoedd! Dyma'r ieithoedd i gyd hoffwn i ddysgu (* = ieithoedd fi'n dysgu/gwybod yn barod).
  • Cymraeg *
  • Gwyddeleg *
  • Cernyweg *
  • Scoteg (* weithiau)
  • Tsieinëeg *
  • Almaeneg
  • Jèrriais
  • Ffinneg
  • Slofaceg
  • Wcreineg
  • (Islandeg, falle...)
Sai'n credu dim ond 11 fi wedi rhoi ar y rhestr, gallwn i wedi cynnwys mwy'n hawdd.
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Fi'n ystyried trïo dysgu Almaeneg eto... Fi'n meddwl basai hi'n iaith ddefnyddiol i wybod, a fi wedi trïo dysgu hi o'r blân ond nes i ddim lawer :( Falle bydda i'n trïo eto....

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