Using Welsh in the Workplace

This page is for learners, speakers, and everyone who works at the Council or has an interest in Welsh!

Defnyddia dy Gymraeg / Use your Welsh

Did you know that using Welsh every day makes you a Welsh speaker? Try using a few words every day. Maybe in conversation with a colleague or customer. Or how about joining us in making a promise to start and end every meeting in Welsh?

Here are some simple words and phrases to get you started:

Shwmae – Hi
Bore da – Good morning
Prynhawn da – Good afternoon
Sut wyt ti? – How are you?
Hwyl – Bye
Hwylfawr – Goodbye
Os gwelwch yn dda – Please

Diolch – Thanks
Diolch yn fawr – Thanks a lot
Croeso – Welcome
Mae’n ddrwg gen i – I’m sorry
Beth yw dy enw di? – What is your name?
Dw i ddim yn deall – I don’t understand
Llongyfarchiadau – Congratulations

Here are some helpful words and phrases for meetings and minutes:

Cyfarfod - Meeting
Cyfarfodau - Meetings
Agenda - Agenda
Cofnodion - Minutes
Yn bresennol - Present
Ymddiheuriadau - Apologies

Cofnodion y cyfarfod blaenorol - Minutes of the previous meeting
Cytunwyd ar gofnodion y cyfarfod blaenorol - The minutes of the previous meeting were agreed
Materion yn codi - Matters Arising
Nid oedd unrhyw faterion yn codi - There were no matters arising
Unrhyw fater arall - Any other business
Y cyfarfod nesa - The next meeting

Phrase of the Month

Try and use the following phrase in work this month.

Paned o de?

Translation: Fancy a cuppa? Paned = cup, o = of, de (from te) = tea

How to say: pan ed or dare

Or try paned o goffi?

No prizes for guessing what that one means!

Email footers

Your email signature must be bilingual. This includes your job title and contact information.

You can also include the Iaith Gwaith logo to indicate if you are a Welsh speaker or learner:

Welsh Footer 1 Welsh Footer 2

Out of office messages

You must have a bilingual out of office message for your emails. You can use this template:

Sorry to have missed you. I will be out of the office until dd/mm/yy. For urgent enquiries please contact (name) on (telephone or email), otherwise I will respond to your email upon my return.

Kind regards,

Mae'n flin gen i'ch colli. Fe fyddai allan o'r swyddfa tan dd/mm/bb. Cysylltwch ȃ (name) ar (telephone or email) am ymholiadau brys, fel arall fe fyddai'n ymateb i'ch ebost pan fyddai'n dychwelyd.

Cofion,

Update your Welsh language skills on Fusion

We need to assess the Welsh language skills of our employees.

You can self-evaluate your Welsh language skills on Fusion – please update your Welsh skills levels for reading, writing, speaking and understanding.

We also need to have a list of Welsh speakers in the organisation so please make sure your Welsh language skills are up-to-date and let us know if you are not happy for your name and corporate email address to be held on this list.

Staff Policies

A number of our policies are available in Welsh. See the Human Resources page for policies.

Our Welsh in the Workplace Policy is currently under review. You can view the 2016 editions here or contact Elyn Hannah for more details.

Informal Welsh sessions for learners and speakers

Whatever your level of Welsh, the more you use it, the better it gets! Even if you only have five minutes, no problem. Call in, all welcome!

Informal sessions run weekly: Monday 11am - 11:30am and Friday 11am - 11:30am

Informal Session Zoom Link