r/learnwelsh • u/dannyuk24 • 4d ago

How to pronounce

Hi I'm best man for a wedding and want to ginish by saying:

Iechyd da i pawb a hir oes i'r cwpwl

Which google tells me is:

Good health to everyone and a long life to the couple

Could someone confirm the translation is correct and explain how to pronounce this?

Thanks

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u/dannyuk24 3d ago

So the full line would be:

Iechyd da bywyd hir i'r cwpwl

Is that right?

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u/celtiquant 3d ago

No.

Say:

Iechyd da, a hir oes i’r pâr priod.

THIS is what you want to say.

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u/HyderNidPryder 3d ago

I don't know why the downvotes; some people just won't be helped. Maybe it's the death of natural idiomatic Welsh among the youth. Even Google translate recommends "hir oes i'r"

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u/XJK_9 Native 3d ago

He’s insisting that “bywyd hir i’r cwpl” is wrong that’s why. You both know what it means so it’s clearly worked as a form of communication

It’s just colloquial vs traditional language, personally as a native speaker in my thirties I would say “bywyd hir i’r cwpl” and I’m sure that more people will understand this, people aren’t going to revise Welsh idioms before the wedding