Functional Welsh for the Mountains
A course for mountain professionals and mountain lovers looking at how we can better interpret the Welsh landscape via a pragmatic understanding of key Welsh language landscape terms. Focusing on 15 key terms along with related adjectives and descriptors.
Run in context on the hill with plenty of opportunities to put the new skills and knowledge gained to use. Courses start and finish in central Llanberis and involve a walk up and down Bwlch Maesgwm.
No prior knowledge of Welsh necessary. All levels of Welsh welcome.
A bit of background.
This course came about in large part due to my noticing how a lot of my colleagues and clients in the outdoors were being introduced to Welsh mountain names either through either simplified lists of translations or complex etymologies and my wanting to find a middle ground between the two. Essentially finding a way to allow people to delve deeper than a one word translation without getting bogged down in very interesting but not entirely useful bonus terms; focusing on ‘Carnedd’ and not ‘Filiast’ if you will.
After a period of intense research into the area I honed in on the 15 terms that have ended up making up Functional Welsh for the Mountains along with descriptors that would complement them before then going through a process of figuring out how to explore them fully and in an engaging way. I feel it fair to say all of the above has been a labour of love but more than anything it has given me so much joy to be able to deepen my own understanding and relationship with Cymraeg/Welsh and now gives me even more joy to be able share that experience with others.
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