Saturday, August 5, 2017

More Welsh Animals, from a cranky crab to a dog with a key

Problem
How do I remember Welsh words for animals?

Answers
Make unusual mental pictures.

Welsh - English
anifail - animal (both start with ANI but the Welsh animal fails to be human or English)
cranc - crab (think of a cranky crab; both words start with CRA; the letter c follows b)
ci - dog (imagine a dog carrying a key)
llew - lion (both start with the letter l, think of Leo the lion; vowels aE IOu - l l e w)

English - Welsh
animal - anifail
crab - cranc
dog - ci
lion - llew

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker, teacher of English and other languages. Please share links to your favourite posts. 

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