Welsh Train Signs Translated

Problem
I can see bilingual signs in Welsh and English. That would be a really quick way to learn a few Welsh words whilst I am hanging around on a station, changing trains, or going on holiday or coming home. I can see how the whole sentence translates. But that is hard to remember. What do the individual words mean?

Answers

Photos by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. I cropped this bilingual sign from a larger photo.

You can probably work out some of the words just by looking at the translation and the similar consonants and vowels.

Welsh - English

dim - no

d r y s a u - doors

p o l i s i - policy (the letters p o l i start both words)

s e d d i - seating (both words start with s and e. T and D sound similar.)

t r e n - train (the letters t r and n are the same in both words)

y - the

y s m y g u - smoking (drop the y and you can read s and m)

English - Welsh

doors - d r y s a u (d and r are common to both words)

no - dim 

policy - p o l i s i

seating - s e d d i

smoking - y s m y g u

the - y

train - t r e n 

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