After creating my various Welsh grammar posters, I wanted to make available the individual charts and tables that I created along the way. Any teachers or learners with a bit of technical know-how can then use them within their own materials.
Pronouns
Welsh pronouns act a little differently than you might expect from English and the other European languages you’ve probably come across. What are known as independent pronouns act similarly to the English subject (I) and dependent pronouns act similarly to the object and possessive (me/my). But it’s a lot more complicated than that!
To make matters worse (or better, if you’re a fan of the uniqueness of language!) the Welsh equivalents for “his” and “her” are the same! The way to tell the difference is therefore based on the mutations they trigger. This is why I personally like to keep the dependent pronoun chart close at hand.
Tenses
The heavy use of long-form tenses in Welsh is one of the most accessible features of the language, once you can get your head around it! By only having to change the verbnoun, learning the basic pattern can prepare you for most situations you’ll come across. I personally like to focus on the 1st person patterns, since naturally these will be the ones most handy for regular use. The other persons can then be figured out by knowing the patterns that are used.
Mutations
I cover Welsh mutations pretty in-depth in my Periodic Table of Welsh Mutations project. It’s such an important feature to get used to that I’ve created a number of different arrangements of the letters affected and the letters they become. This way they can be used alongside a number of different materials.
As always, these materials are offered for free for educational use, as are the full grammar posters in their original blog posts. Prints and other merchandise can be ordered through my Zazzle store.
