i'm welsh and i'm sat here like " wait only welsh people use these "

"Anyone can cuddle, But only the welsh can cwtch"

I'm Welsh living in the states and I laughed the whole video cause I still catch our family talking like this .... Pretty lush isn't it

As a proud welsh woman from Swansea living in England for the past 40 years I love to go back and visit, when a girl in a shop told me the skirt I was buying was 'lush' I knew I was home :)

And in wales people always ask "how?" When what they really mean is 'why'. Ie "i think im going to lose my job" "how?" Lol

I'm proud to be Welsh🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

"Whose coat is that jacket?" Makes sense to me, probably because I'm welsh.

Brilliant, proud to be welsh from Swansea🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍🏻

I am from the Rhondda Valleys in South Wales, this is so legit :D so proud to be Welsh

I’m from Wales and *whos coat is that jacket * and I say it all the time 😂😂

4:40 Sometimes you don't even need to repeat a phrase to reinforce it - you can say "She was furious she was", but "Furious she was" is slightly more emphatic. In Welsh, the constituents of a sentence can be placed ahead of the verb for emphasis - e.g. "Mae hi'n byw yng Ngwent" ("She lives in Gwent") is fine, but it's slightly more emphatic to say "Yng Ngwent mae hi'n byw" (literally "In Gwent she lives"). Even though a region may no longer be heavily Welsh-speaking, it's as if the patterns of Welsh speech are preserved in the way in which people speak English there. As John Edwards, who wrote some entertaining books on 'Wenglish', put it: "We still speak Welsh in the Valleys, but it's spoken through the medium of English". Loved the video, and your accent is fab :)

I’m a Londoner and to my ears in your normal speech you are definitely Welsh with a light touch .incredible!

Cwtch can also mean small space! We used it for the space under the staircase as well as hug.

"I'm not being funny but..." "Stonking" "Tamping" "Give em a tumping" "You alright or what?"

I do so many of these ESPECIALLY 'now in a minute'!! Loved this video - tidy but, proper lush isn't it?! 😂

“Who’s coat’s that jacket hanging on the floor over by there?”😂🤷🏻‍♀️

It's so refreshing to see such a positive person interacting with Welsh culture as well as representing it so positively. Diolch yn ddiffuant.

THIS IS ICONIC! I LOVE IT! I’m welsh and a fluent welsh speaker and honestly I forget I do literally all of these 😂

I live in the USA but my dad is welsh. I’ve heard almost all of these from visiting my aunts, uncles and cousins. Loved this

I’m from Cardiff and all of these are so true! I don’t say most of them but I do hear them a lot!! 💕

My friend is from Swansea and he says “mind” ALLLL the time at the end of his sentences “it is mind” “ i don’t know mind” i love it😂wish i had a welsh accent 🥰

I’m welsh yay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Thank you for a beautifully presented item! My mam(1926-2011) was born in Glamorgan,the last of 12 kids. Very hard ,disadvantaged early life she had. She met my dad( a Londoner) when he was doing his National service in Wales: she worked in the NAAFI. She lived up here in Kent for 54years and never lost her accent - she wasn't a fluent speaker of Welsh as she was of the generation that had a placard round their neck and a beating if they were heard using their own language. She always said daps for plimsolls: loshins for sweets: poor little dab for any unfortunate being and called on "Duw" when angry!! "Ych I fi"when we got mucky. "Shopping is it then?": for "are going shopping? and"light the fire then" for "go and light the fire". I'm very proud of my Welsh heritage and I think I sound more like her as the years pass. There's funny!

Lovely! As a Welsh exile in Canada, this was a delight to watch. You are a beautiful Brazilian/ Welsh person, and a credit to the welsh speaking world. Thanks!

My favourite. ^There he was, gone." Every time I go back home to Wales, the old habit of ending sentences with the word, "Mun" comes back instantly.

I left Swansea more than 40 years ago for London and I still use a lot of those expressions and pronunciations. I couldn’t drop them even if I tried.Your vid gave me a good laugh and brought back some fond memories-isn’t it?

I'd say many of these are sayings from the South Wales Valleys area from Swansea to Newport.

Chopsy is another great Welsh expression I love.

I’m Welsh & yes 100% we say these things and more. 👍👍👍👏👏👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I moved to South Wales 18 months ago and I was already aware of lots of these from tv and banter with Welsh people I knew. But one thing I noticed a loooot when I moved was a phrase that’s used as a statement of agreement or to show your suggestion is an acceptable solution to something, and that is ‘there you go’ or ‘there you/we are’ which also has an optional ‘then’ at the end 😀

I don't know if this is something that comes up as much in everyday conversation (I'm Welsh by blood but have always lived in England) but one of my favourite Welsh-isms from my parents is being called 'bach' ('little one') as a term of endearment. That and cwtch are both things I didn't realise as a kid were Welsh words because I heard them at home so often!

I’m welsh dwi mor prowd I fod yn gymraeg 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

We say a lot of these phrases in Somerset too, I think the West Country shares a lot with Wales

People in South Wales say "I do 'ave" "Where's it to?" This is West Country talk, mainly from Gloucestershire and Somerset, brought in by English people who came to work in the coal mines.

In the valleys they used to say "We do" instead of "we are" - "we do go down the shops". A guy asks his friend who passed him driving earlier - " where were you going when i saw you coming"

The now in a minute expression reminds me of something we say in Spain which is 'ahora después', this translates to 'now after' lol it doesn't make any sense but we all use it to say what we will do somewhat shortly after we are speaking 🤣🤣 it's fun seeing similarities like that in different languages!

I'm from Ireland. We have some unique sayings here too. I'm from a part of Ireland were literally no one speaks Irish so there's probably more unique sayings of words bring taken from the Irish language and used with the English language in other parts of Ireland.

whose coats is that jacket? doubled me up in tears laughing, yeap I think every Welsh person has used that before.

I lived in Swansea for 3 years as well. As a Brazilian who could speak and understand American English it was a rough time understanding the local accent. In the end it became the regular homie accent.

Hi Ysis I'm from Ireland but have been working and teaching in Cardiff since 2010 so I can totally relate 😁

My aunt's mother was Welsh and she used to say "isn't it" after pretty much anything she said, isn't it?

I loved listening to you. I am only half Welsh and grew up in Dorset, but I remember my dear mother using some of these. I have lived in Australia for more than 60 years but people still pick my English accent. I sing with two Welsh choirs and love everything Cymraeg. Thanks for this!! (ps your accent is beautiful)

I loved your video! We have a another family we're friends with and the wife is from Wales... I love it because I've never met anyone from there before! Besides, she and her husband are such great people, easy for anyone to love. But she's sparked an interest in me fore Wales. Your video was great! I love learning about the little word phrases different areas use! I lived for a few years near Atlanta, Georgia in the US and they have several sayings in the south. But the one that stood out to me was "might could." You might could do this, or you might could do that... I even heard it in a popular Christian song once and instantly knew that song write must have been a southerner! So learning about the different sayings from Wales was so fun and interesting. Thank you!

Australian: Goo' day, mate! Welsh: Alright, butt?

I just realised that I say ‘now In a minute’ wayyy too often. I was cooking in school today. And I said ‘I’ll clean those now in a minute’ 😂😂

we say ‘mind’ after every sentence, where I’m from we say ‘oh, there we are then’ a lot but I don’t know if it’s a welsh thing but yeah.

My Welsh mother and her sister used to always talk about “donkey’s yurs,” meaning a long time, playing on the pun of years/ears-long ears = long years. “I haven’t heard from him in donkey’s yurs.”

Wow, I'm Brazilian and I'm married to a Welsh man too and it is SO refreshing to hear you speaking with Welsh accent. Da yawn i ti!!! We are preparing to go back to Wales and finding your channel was a great bonus. Hope we bump into each other at some point. Hwyl!

I love being Welsh and loved this video!

All of these are very true, im from north wales! Diolch x

I’m welsh grew up in England never realised the sayings stuck with me so much until now.

😂😂 perfect. I moved here 19 years ago and I'm still taken aback by a few Welsh sayings lol. Amazing place

We have some similar things in Australia, given we were settled by the British it's not uncommon to use Welsh, English, Irish and Scottish sayings in our everyday language

Ych-a-fi - i never knew it was only a Welsh thing but it makes sense as I have never heard anyone say it apart from my nana who is from South Wales! Also made me laugh out at the father in law comment of who’s coat is that jacket hanging on the floor because I heard it in a Welsh accent too😂! Loved the video 😁

Good Job. What a Marvellous film you got on yur! I enjoyed, Lush!

I have Welsh ancestry. My Great Grand parent immigrated from Wales to the U.S. in the 1800. I lived in the U.S. most of my life. We have said in my family, "I'm saying". Never thought about the significance of that.

With the exception of a couple of those sayings, they're all pretty regional and limited to South Wales. I was born in Wales and have lived here all my life, and I have never heard people up here in the north say most of those things. On the other hand, I had a friend in university from Bristol and he used to use the word "lush" all the time. As did my niece who grew up in Gloucester, so that's a term that has leaked across the border. But (and without meaning any offence by this - just pointing out that Wales is the same as anywhere else in the world in that we don't all speak the same way), saying "things Welsh people say" with these examples is like saying "things English people say" and filling it with stuff you'd only ever hear from the mouths of Geordies.

I’ve been fascinated by your beautiful country and wish I could live there since I was a child. Thank you for this video, it brought me a smile.

Who is from Wales and says 'tooth' but the 'oo' is pronounced like book

After watching this I've just realised how welsh I am 😂

I feel like it's not uncommon in the U.S. to hear the variation "I'm just saying" or "I'm just sayin' ".

I use “isn’t it” while speaking Welsh - “yn dydy e” all the time, just noticed now haha 😂

As a North Walian I think the first time I heard most of those things was when watching Gavin and Stacey

Can't see anyone else taking about it but the reason Welsh people say "i am" on the end of our sentences is because in welsh we say the sentence round the other way. In welsh I'd say "Cymraeg ydw i." ("Welsh I am.") in English its "I am Welsh." You can see how it ends up as "I am welsh I am."

By here is my ear, I use it to hear and I've had it for years

My favourite saying is "the end house in the middle" 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

With regard to the Welsh use of the word 'yur', did you hear the one about the Welshman who had half an ear missing? They called him 18 months!

Haha I feel as if “I’m only saying” = ‘no offence, but’ 😂

Very true :), but for any viewers that are interested, you should know that the languagr mentioned in this video specifically applies to people from the Valleys and industrial towns of South Wales, not North Wales.

"Now in a minute" is our equivalent of "Fiji time"

I’m half Welsh half English from Cardiff and I have to say, a cwtch is a *superior* hug

How can be interchanged with why as in "How are you down here?" meaning "Why are you here?". You can really can cause confusion if you answer by saying you caught the bus.

Hey Ysis, Video muitobom, tenho uma Galesa na minha vida que não quero que saia nunca e achar uma Brasileira que fala Welsh é bem reconfortante, vai ajudar bastante, aliás quem me mostrou esse video foi ela hahah I also can speak english, but I didn''t see any comment in portuguese and I wanted to be the first hahah by the way I love Wales

im welsh from south wales (pontardawe) and i say all of them without heb sylwi yn enwedig (yur)=ear,year and here

This is brillant video. I chuckled all of the way through it. Sometimes if somebody says "Can you do this now?" you may hear the reply "I'm busy now. I'll do it again" (at another time) or "I'll do it now jest" meaning later or "later on". To "cwtch" can also mean to hide (something) or the cwtch, the space under the stairs or a place where the coal was kept, the coal cwtch. To "potch" - to tinker with. Blackpat - cockroach. The list is endless. Around here (Rhondda Valley) you hear them all the time. I love your accent. You really have picked up a Welsh "twang".

I'm born in Australia to a Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Father and Australian Mother. Oh lord I feel like a square peg to a round hole at time's. My Father was from Nelson and I tell you now I wouldn't choose to be any other way.. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 I have only been to Wales the once when I was a young boyo, but I can remember that I felt in my heart that this very different land was somehow familiar to me.. Still to this very day I will sometimes have moments where I feel like I'm a long way from home even though I'm born and bred in Australia.. Everytime I meet someone from Wales in my life I get an amazing feeling of pure joy as I feel like I'm speaking with someone whom naturally understands me.. I feel like the Welsh blood within me definitely has me being very aware of emotions, compassion, empathy and passion when ever I speak of anything, it's like it all stems from the feelings of observation with in life... Can any Welshman/woman let me know if this is a Welsh thing or am I just a nutter..? Lol

Loved this little interlude- took me back to my childhood....you are spot on. Some of the sayings you featured have become better known thanks to Ruth Jones’ ‘Nessa’ from Gavin and Stacey.

Hungry, I am for some Collier's Welsh Rarebit! Now in a minute. I am just saying.

The jacket is the physical thing that is sitting there, that coat is what is becomes when you put it on 🤣😂🤣

Hi Ysis, liked your vid, just subscribed to your channel, I'm from North Wales and am a fluent Welsh speaker, I have to admit that I do not use most phrases you mention in your piece as they apply to parts of South Wales, lush over here in my part of North Wales means alcohol and Tidy does mean keeping things tidy. Cwtch is a word I've heard of but it's not used over here. It's so interesting to hear the different phrases used from area to area isn't it. Thanks for the vid.

Proud to be welsh and i’m from pen llyn 💘

am guilty of a lot of these 😂. I always say "there's lovely" or "now in a minute". Also finish sentences with "isn't it". Some of them I didn't realise only Welsh people say. I would add calling someone stupid 'twp'.

Another one is "where's he to ?" (where is he). Also, in the kitchen, there are no saucepans but there are "sospans"...(from a Swansea boy living in England). I follow the Swansea City football team and, of course, the great Welsh rugby !

I’m Welsh but live abroad and this made me feel really homesick!

I'm from South Wales Cardiff n number 4 had me in stitches n yh it makes sence but it's not as common. Another saying I love is "oh you alri, alri" or "mitching" which means are you skipping class/school and "chopsing" which means like back chatting 😂

You’ve definitely got the Welsh twang

Cwtch has multiple meanings beside a cuddle. It's the cupboard under the stairs, it's to hide something and when I was a kid, picking blackberrys it was your patch to pick from and if someone came on your patch you would say "bar cwtch".

Thank you... A welshman in New Zealand and EVERY one I used/use. Brought a tear to my eyes. Don't forget "stonking"... she's stonking..as in she's gorgeous. Also in South Wales we built Gambo's. Its just a cart with pram wheels.

Im watching always bcz of your honest smile, I m also smiling

I'm English but grew up in the valleys and felt nostalgic listening to your list. One you missed: "where's Jane to?" instead of just "where's Jane". Your accent drops in and out with bits of Welsh!

Although I left Wales over 60 years ago, I still use over half of the expressions mentioned. I think 'lush' is a new expression. I'd never heard it until I saw an episode of 'Gavin & Stacey'. Ha Ha.

Dear Ysis, my wife and I live in Swansea and the Welsh are a lot more loveable than logical!

I remember when I said 'I'll do it now 1 minute' to my teacher who was English and we got into an argument over it. I won btw😂 and she got me chocolate😂

Im from Bristol and from my window i can see the water and Wales! Alot of words the welsh use, us Bristolians use as well. I can confirm that we say whos coat is that jacket, and also "Its over by there. Tbh Ysis hearing you mention those sayings is weird as i never knew how silly they sounded. So whilst i was there feeling stupid for saying those things i notice you had made a spelling mistake! Its who's not whose! (I wouldn't have said anything but have never heard of whose before) so i looked it up and found out that im the one in the wrong! And i feel even stupider haha. Lastly, i have now watched your whole video and I'm surprised to say we don't in fact use as many of the same words as i thought we would haha. I was horrified at what a Cwtch was gonna be.

Thank you for your video. I'm Welsh, born and bred now living in the US. Firstly, your English is fantastic. I would never have guessed that English isn't your first language. Secondly, I still use a lot of these sayings! My mother used to use the word "cwtch" when tucking us kids in bed at night. I still say it! Thank you again.

My dad always says ‘whose coat’s that jacket hanging on the floor’ when we leave things laying around! And ‘nos da’ which means goodnight

Who's boots that shoe? We grew up in different schools together. See those 2 houses... mines the 1 in the middle. From pembrokeshire but living in Barry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Watched this with my welsh boyfriend and he said to comment ‘I looked out the window and there it was, my bicycle, stolen’, haha, it’s similar to the whose coats that jacket hanging on the floor one in that it doesn’t make sense 😂 Im from England but lived in wales for over a year and picked so much up, including an accent. We live about 20 mins from Newport so pretty near you 😊 also I’m so bad for saying ‘ah love her’ to anyone and anything if it’s a good or bad situation, my mother in law says it and I’ve picked it up and now it comes out daily haha! X

So lovely to hear you using these Welshisms 😂 Another one I will say “Ooh gis uh see.’’ ‘’ Give us a see.’’ The meaning is something like “ooh let me have a look at that interesting thing too. ‘’

having lived out side of Wales pre returning for 20 years and living in England it became quite obvious that words I used were different from the English, one word Welsh use al to often is lovely. I was born in NYC and moved to Wales from age 12 and most of my education was in wales. I soon picked up meanings of words Welsh folk use and ended up using these myself over time as nothing uncommon until going to uni in England. My own gaggle of friends used the term butty rather than butt but that is most probable very term derived for a particular geographic location. As for the word yer even I picked up that and had to think pre using it in later life to ensure correct pronunciation.