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This classic edition has only 9 topics, and doesn’t seem to have any way of adding more in the app. If I had known this in advance, I would not have bought it. Disappointed, £7.99 is too much to pay for such little content.
Not happy
Keeps freezing total wast of money. Would not recommend this to anyone.
Really great
This is a great app. Has all the basics and some great matching games to reinforce memory. Plus, you can use different base languages besides English! I highly recommend this for adults and children.
Fun and a good start
I'm really enjoying this app. I've been wanting to learn Welsh and this is a great intro to it. I wish there were more lessons but its still a great introduction and offers plenty of travel phrases. There's even an option for the speaker to speak slower which is a great feature. I'm even thinking of trying one of the other language uTalk apps.
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Good so far!
I have the desktop version of this app and both are proving to be great help! Only on first words at the moment mind, but so far so good
Still disappointing
As others have already indicated the presentation is polished but the context and precision is poor. I bought this thinking I was getting a comprehensive range of Welsh phrases and it turns out that the fundamental ones are missing. You get the categories you see on the first screen which is limited to say he least. Compared to other cheaper apps not good value for money.
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Gute App
Nett gemachte App, wo man spielerisch verschiedene Worte/ Ausdrücke lernen kann. Über Verben und die Konjugation würde ich mich persönlich freuen.
Welsh
It's an ideal app for those learning Welsh. The long list of phrases is especially useful.
Excellent!!!
A very good and fun way to learn a great language. Diolch!
Gerry
Having problems with the volume/sound,it doesn't always work.apart from this I am actually learning very quickly from the clever combination sound-picture-type.
Good vocab drills, but errors and issues
First of all the app would have you believe that 'iawn' is Welsh for 'yes' – it isn't. There is no single word for 'yes' in Welsh; you answer in the context of the tense and verb used in the question. For example, 'Oes car da ti?' Oes/Nac oes. (Do you have a car? Yes/No). Of all the words that exist for 'yes' 'iawn' isn't even one of them! 'Iawn' means 'very', as in 'da iawn' meaning 'very good'.
Likewise there isn't a single word for 'no', though a lot of Welsh and English speakers in Wales would use 'Na' for 'no'.
In addition the application doesn't make any reference to whether the dialect used is North Walian or South Walian (Gogledd or De). This is important as the dialects in each area vary quite a lot. For example, the app uses 'Mae'n drwg gen i' for 'sorry', which is North Walian. Speakers in the south would use 'Mae'n flin da fi'. Other phrase constructions aren't ones that would be familiar to learners.
That said, the vocab drills are good, very helpful for fixing useful vocab in your head. It's a bit pricey as most apps go, that might be a function of the fact that fewer people are interested in learning Welsh than, say, French. It's a well put together app though. My only other gripe would be that some of the images used to represent phrases can be confused with other images, or are ambiguous.
As others have mentioned it also has quite a limited amount of vocabulary, particularly for £6. Hopefully future updates will expand on this, or provide a means to purchase extra vocab; though at £6 they should provide some for free.
Overall, if you are learning Welsh this is useful for getting basic words in to your head (but not 'yes' and 'no'), but some of the phrases may confuse you.
Likewise there isn't a single word for 'no', though a lot of Welsh and English speakers in Wales would use 'Na' for 'no'.
In addition the application doesn't make any reference to whether the dialect used is North Walian or South Walian (Gogledd or De). This is important as the dialects in each area vary quite a lot. For example, the app uses 'Mae'n drwg gen i' for 'sorry', which is North Walian. Speakers in the south would use 'Mae'n flin da fi'. Other phrase constructions aren't ones that would be familiar to learners.
That said, the vocab drills are good, very helpful for fixing useful vocab in your head. It's a bit pricey as most apps go, that might be a function of the fact that fewer people are interested in learning Welsh than, say, French. It's a well put together app though. My only other gripe would be that some of the images used to represent phrases can be confused with other images, or are ambiguous.
As others have mentioned it also has quite a limited amount of vocabulary, particularly for £6. Hopefully future updates will expand on this, or provide a means to purchase extra vocab; though at £6 they should provide some for free.
Overall, if you are learning Welsh this is useful for getting basic words in to your head (but not 'yes' and 'no'), but some of the phrases may confuse you.
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Great Set of Lessons!
One night a week, I sit for three hours in an office by myself -- I volunteer at an agony hotline. This application for Welsh is a marvelous distraction and a good teaching tool. I enjoy it. It's not the same repetitve photos that Rosetta Stone uses (this little guy has his own repetitive photos) and the combination of male, female voices is refreshing. In particular, I'm fond of the recording and playback functions. The quizzes have a very basic level from easy to difficult -- incorporating some of the techniques in the children's game "Concentration" -- and are actually fun. The enthusiastic female voice is especially hilarious. Well worth ten dollars. (Not for advanced or near - fluent Welsh speakers.)
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Fascinating
A very practical way to learn a new language.
Awesome!
I was looking for an app by another company, but this is great!! My lady and I will be spending lots of time with this one..
Steve
Steve
It is ok, but...
The application is ok at what it does, but at 5.99 it is also expensive for what it does. The games are good and help to reinforce the learning, but there are only 9 topics and approximately 40 words in each section - that doesn't seem very many words for the money and there is no option to get new word packs. There is one section on phrases, but unless you are already learning Welsh, it will not be much use because it doesn't help you understand how to put the words into a sentence. At the end, you will be able to say about 40 phrases and a few hundred words. I will find it useful for learning these words, but beyond that, it won't help me with much Welsh at all.
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Glad I bought it
£6 is by far the most I've ever spent on an app, but I'm glad I did. It's very polished, professional-looking and colourful and I've learned a number of words and phrases from using it. I find the pictures helps me remember words, and although the games are simple I do keep going back to try and beat my previous score - I find I use this much more than another simpler (albeit cheaper) app. Though at their two very different prices, there's definitely room for both.
I do have a few quibbles, though. Most Welsh-speakers I know, and most books and online resources I've looked at, say 'shwmae', not 'helo', as hello. This isn't a big deal in itself, but it makes you wonder whether there are many other words where they've used an anglicised version over a more traditional Welsh form. Also, I've noticed that on some words, the two voices in the app (one male, one female) sometimes pronounce the same thing slightly differently. Again, not a big problem as words are pronounced slightly differently in different regions - it might even be that one of the voices is speaking South Walian and the other North Walian. It would just be nice to know.
Overall though, I'm very happy and I hope they bring out a new edition with more word categories sometime in the future.
I do have a few quibbles, though. Most Welsh-speakers I know, and most books and online resources I've looked at, say 'shwmae', not 'helo', as hello. This isn't a big deal in itself, but it makes you wonder whether there are many other words where they've used an anglicised version over a more traditional Welsh form. Also, I've noticed that on some words, the two voices in the app (one male, one female) sometimes pronounce the same thing slightly differently. Again, not a big problem as words are pronounced slightly differently in different regions - it might even be that one of the voices is speaking South Walian and the other North Walian. It would just be nice to know.
Overall though, I'm very happy and I hope they bring out a new edition with more word categories sometime in the future.
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