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Welsh Translations Trivia Quiz

The language of Welsh is considered to be one of the oldest in the world and is described as the,'Language of Wizards.' Do you know the Welsh translations of well known sports, school subjects and colours amongst other things?

A multiple-choice quiz by jonnowales. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
jonnowales

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
267,118

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. There are a few sports in the Welsh language which begin with the word 'p�l'. That being known, what is the word for football? Hint

P�l-rwyd

P�l-cerddoriaeth

P�l-lloegr

P�l-droed

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Question 2 of 10

2. What would be the Welsh translation for the sport of squash? Hint

Sboncen

Pedwar

Saith

Pump

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Question 3 of 10

3. This subject is classed as a humanities subject within most schools. The Welsh call it daearyddiaeth but what do the English call it? Hint

Religious Studies

History

Geography

Computing

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Question 4 of 10

4. Another school subject coming right up. A student walks to the language corridor in his school and is looking for the French classroom. What would he see? Hint

Cemeg

Cymraeg

Ffrangeg

Sbaeneg

5. A visitor to Wales wishes to find the home of his friend. The friend in question has been awkward and has the number on her door written in Welsh. The visitor can't understand a word of Welsh but knows the number on her door is 20. He decides to ask a local who willingly gives him the answer. What would be the local's response? Hint

Chwech

Deg

Ugain

Wyth

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Question 6 of 10

6. The visitor reaches the correct house and is met by an unusual yellow door. What is the translation for yellow? Hint

Coch

Melyn

Glas

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Question 7 of 10

7. In a traditional Welsh market you pass a fruit stall and as you pass you are enticed by an appetising orange! Now of course, in English an orange is coloured orange. In Welsh, orange is what? Hint

Porffor

Oren

Gwyn

Awst

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Question 8 of 10

8. Nadolig llawen is a common greeting around the Christmas period which means merry Christmas. Everybody knows that this is a December festival. However, what some may not know is the translation for the month of December. What is it? Hint

Gorffennaf

Ionawr

Rhagfyr

Hydref

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Question 9 of 10

9. Aren't we lucky, it does on the odd occasion snow here during the Christmas period. What is the Welsh word for snow? Hint

Bwrw Glaw

Eira

Cymylog

Heulog

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Question 10 of 10

10. Penblwydd hapus. This would be commonly heard on birthdays up and down Wales. It translates as happy birthday. It is the twelfth birthday of a boy in the predominantly Welsh speaking area of Carmarthen. What is the number 12 in Welsh? Hint

Deuddeg

Cant

Un ar ddeg

Un deg wyth

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1. There are a few sports in the Welsh language which begin with the word 'p�l'. That being known, what is the word for football?

Answer: P�l-droed

Only two of the above make sense and incidentally they are the two that you would be forgiven for confusing. P�l-droed means football and p�l-rwyd translates as netball. From this you can gather that the word p�l indeed means ball. Lloegr is the name for England and cerddoriaeth is Welsh for music.

2. What would be the Welsh translation for the sport of squash?

Answer: Sboncen

Sboncen is the translation for squash. Not a hugely popular game in Wales and had it not been for secondary school education in Welsh, the word for this sport would be relatively unknown amongst those who only speak enough to get by within the Welsh speaking communities.
For those interested in what the other three mean, they are all numbers. Pedwar is four, pump is five and saith is seven.

3. This subject is classed as a humanities subject within most schools. The Welsh call it daearyddiaeth but what do the English call it?

Answer: Geography

Daearyddiaeth is the word for geography, you will most probably agree that this is quite a mouthful. The pronunciation of this word is quite difficult especially to those with no knowledge of the language, with tricky combinations such as the,'dd', which is pronounced as a,'th' sound, similar to that of the beginning of the English word,'the'.

4. Another school subject coming right up. A student walks to the language corridor in his school and is looking for the French classroom. What would he see?

Answer: Ffrangeg

Ffrangeg is the Welsh for the language of French and would be spoken in Ffrainc, which is the Welsh for the country of France.

Cymraeg is the name for one of the mother tongues here in Wales which of course is Welsh. Sbaeneg means Spanish and cemeg means chemistry.

Answer: Ugain

Ugain would be the response. It would be pronounced as,'ee-gyne'. The other numbers, deg means 10, wyth means 8 and chwech means 6.

6. The visitor reaches the correct house and is met by an unusual yellow door. What is the translation for yellow?

Answer: Melyn

Melyn is the correct translation. The other three, coch means red, glas means blue and du means black. In Wales, the colours are often taught in an adaptation of the English spoken nursery rhyme relating to the colours of the rainbow. Coch a melyn a pinc a glas and so on and so forth. The things you remember!

7. In a traditional Welsh market you pass a fruit stall and as you pass you are enticed by an appetising orange! Now of course, in English an orange is coloured orange. In Welsh, orange is what?

Answer: Oren

Oren is the translation for orange. You could most probably guess that if you weren't sure. Porffor is purple and gwyn means white. Awst isn't even a colour but is the word for the month of August. It seems to have a close connection with the French word for the same month, Ao�t.

Answer: Rhagfyr

Rhagfyr would be the correct answer. For those interested in the other three words, Ionawr means January, Hydref means October and Gorffennaf means the summer month of July.

9. Aren't we lucky, it does on the odd occasion snow here during the Christmas period. What is the Welsh word for snow?

Answer: Eira

On Welsh weather forecasts during the prediction of snow, the word eira would be heard. Bwrw glaw is that ever dreaded rain, cymylog means cloudy and heulog means sunny.

Answer: Deuddeg

The birthday boy would be celebrating reaching the age of deuddeg. Un ar ddeg is just one less, 11 with un deg wyth being 18. If you reach cant, then you have achieved a long life spanning 100 years.

I hope you enjoyed the quiz and maybe even picked up a word or two. Thanks for playing!

Source: Author jonnowales

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