Welsh, Words, "Would Like" What to say in Welsh, Why Visit Wales and Ireland

View of Fishguard Bay, Wales. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Wedding at Fishguard Bay Hotel.

Problem
How do you say I would like in Welsh? This is a problem when translating from English into any other language.

Answer
I am learning Welsh from Duo Lingo. Their simple English-Welsh lessons often give alternative answers but they gave the Welsh which I translated as I would like which was not allowed. I wondered whether the Welsh had only one phrase, in which case my alternative should have been allowed. However, according to somebody who replied in the forum, the Welsh English goes like this.

• Hoffwn i... - I would like...
• Dw i eisiau... - I want...

If you want to hear how it is pronounced, go to www.Duolingo.

Story
Children of today speak simply and more directly.
For example:
How are you? to an elderly person requires the answer
Very well, thank you.
A young person says
Fine.
That sounds terribly rude to an older person.

Why Learn Welsh Words?
Why would anybody want, or need, or like, to speak or understand Welsh?
If you drive or take the train across Wales, you will see many signs in Welsh. Why not take a few free language lessons?

Why Go To Wales?
Writers' Holiday
Many of my friends are going to the Writers Holiday in Fishguard, Wales, this week. You can book for a week or be a day visitor.

History and Films
Fishguard is also the setting for many movies or films from the past such as Moby Dick and Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

You can read about the making of the films in the bar of the Fishguard Bay Hotel which is above the port where you catch the ferry to Ireland.

Ireland And Wales
Some people go through Wales because they need to in order to get the ferry to Ireland. You might do so deliberately in order to Enjoy and two destination trip to both Wales and Ireland.

Tourist Information
www.visitWales.com
www.wales.com
www.gofishguard.co.uk/
http://www.writersholiday.net
http://www.directferries.co.uk/fishguard_rosslare_ferry.
http://www.directferries.co.uk/ferries_from_wales_to_ireland. (Choosing which ferry route.)
http://www.irishtourist.com/wexford/towns/rosslare/
www.duolingo.com (Welsh, Gaelic, English for speakers of other languages, other languages)
I have several other posts on Wales and learning Welsh. Please share links to your favourite posts.

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

Beginner's Guide To Reading A Spanish Wine Label

Problem
Reading a Spanish wine label - how can I read, remember and recognize it at a glance?

Here's a Spanish wine label.

Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Translation and Explanation
PLACE NAMES
Alta - high
Haro - old town in the Rioja region, a base for touring the wineries (Easy to remember because it sounds like Harrow in England)
Rioja - region in northern Spain. (Not a grape, not a brand a region. R for Rioja, r for region.)
Rioja region has a large number of wineries around the old town of Haro. We spent a few days there visiting all the vineyards and wineries.
E s p a n a - Spain

Spanish words (which may form part of a brand name)
a g r i c u l t u r o - agriculture
bodega / bodegas (plural) - wine cellar or grocery shop selling wines and foods, often in a wine town, originally a wholesale warehouse but now a small or large shop
contiente - contains (ingredients / additives)
de - of
del - of the
dulce - sweet
en - in
e m b o t t e l a d o - bottled
este - this
finos - fine (plural)
f u n d a d a - founded
Gran - grand
i n v e r n o s - winter (like the French word h i v e r which sounds like hibernate) (I had to insert spaces because the spell checker turned the word into the place name Inverness, in Scotland!)
la - the
ministerio - ministry
N o r t e - North
o r i g e n - origin
producto - product
real - royal
rosado - rose or pink
torre - tower
v i n e d o s - vineyards (I had to insert spaces because automatic spell checker turned the word into videos!)
vino - wine
vinos - wines

BRAND NAMES
CUNE
Lopez de Heredia
Muga


Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker, language teacher. Please share these posts.

Tax reminder - deadline Jan 31st

Xmas and New Year Tax deadlines
If you are planning to go away over Xmas, New Year, or in January, remember that a UK tax return has to be completed by January 31st.

The first year I did a tax return, the tax office came back to me with two queries so that by the time I had answered the second I was beyond the deadline, they claimed, and they issued a fine of £100.

If you are having trouble with passwords that could be another problem when travelling, especially if  they insist on sending the password to you by post, taking up to three weeks (plus xmas delays) or they are sending the password to your UK phone which you have left at home to avoid incurring roaming charges.

Accountant
You can use an accountant. But the accountant will be in a rush because everybody else is late as well as you, and the Accountant also wants a Christmas and New Year time off, plus a January ski trip.

Tax Return
So start planning your tax return now. If you are in the USA you have a similar problem. The ideal system is to do your accounts every weekend so that you have everything ready in the decline month.

Or you could spend Christmas and New Year doing your accounts, or do a spreadsheet whilst waiting at the airport for a plane, or stuck in a hotel room.
 Happy holidays, happy new year and -
Happy filing!


Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer.