Stories, audio, and videos can all help you learn Welsh when you can follow what they mean. That is the idea behind comprehensible input: learning from Welsh you can mostly understand. Welsh has lots of TV and radio for people who already speak it, but learners on Reddit say there are few videos made for people who are just starting out.
These apps and sites give you Welsh at your level, or help you follow the Welsh you pick yourself. For courses, speaking practice, and tutors, see our Welsh app comparison.
Custom Lessons Made for You
Bubblegum
Learn Welsh with a path made just for you. Start with your level, what you like, and why you want to learn. Your path grows as you learn, with new lessons that fit you. Bubblegum also has news and stories, so you can read and listen to a mix of Welsh about rugby, music, food, or everyday life.
Poppy, your AI tutor, writes each lesson for your level and goals. If a sentence is hard to follow, just ask her to explain the words or the grammar.
The trade-off is that Bubblegum can't help you read or watch Welsh you found yourself. For a TV show or a web page you already picked, S4C Clic and Readlang are the better fit.
- Read and listen to lessons, news, and stories about things you like.
- New lessons fit your level, interests, and goals.
- Regenerative Review™ brings saved words back in new lessons, so you review them by reading instead of using flashcards.
- Ask Poppy for help as you read.
- Lessons and audio are made with AI, so pair them with a course or a tutor.
- You cannot bring in your own books, articles, or videos.
- A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so you can ask Poppy for a free one, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons. The lesson library is free for everyone, because we believe everyone should be able to learn.
- Regenerative Review™
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Read Stories Written for Learners
Duostories
Duostories is a volunteer project that brings Duolingo's short stories to more languages, under a license from Duolingo. Its Welsh stories are about everyday moments, from a date to a trip to the station. It suits beginners who want short stories with questions that check what they understood.
- 20 free Welsh stories with audio.
- Answer short questions as you read each story.
- A listening mode plays a story and skips the questions.
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Watch and Listen to Welsh Made for Learners
S4C Clic
S4C is the Welsh-language TV channel, and S4C Clic is its free player. S4C suggests watching a part with no subtitles, then with Welsh subtitles, and then with English ones to see how much you caught. It suits learners who like TV and want to hear many Welsh accents.
- Turn on Welsh subtitles for nearly all programmes.
- Choose Learners from the menu to find shows made with learners in mind, such as Iaith ar Daith.
- Watch live or on demand for free.
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BBC Sounds (Pigion and Pont)
BBC Sounds has Y Podlediad Dysgu Cymraeg, the BBC's podcast feed for Welsh learners and new speakers, and you can listen to Radio Cymru there too. Learners like Pigion because you hear many different speakers.
- Pigion picks highlights from Radio Cymru for learners each month.
- Each Pigion episode lists the harder words with their English meanings.
- In Sgwrsio and Pont, people who learned Welsh talk about their lives.
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Read the News in Welsh
BBC Cymru Fyw
BBC Cymru Fyw is the BBC's Welsh-language news app. Its Learning Welsh section has articles for learners about people and places in Wales. It suits learners who can read some Welsh and want real news with a little help.
- Read the BBC's news from Wales in Welsh.
- Articles in the Learning Welsh section end with a list of harder words in English.
- Listen to highlights from BBC Sounds in Welsh.
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Read Welsh You Choose
Readlang
Readlang helps you read Welsh on the web, such as BBC Cymru Fyw or a Welsh blog. Tap a word or short phrase to see what it means, then review it later.
- Tap a word or short phrase on a Welsh web page to see what it means.
- Save new words and review them with flashcards.
- A public library has short Welsh texts to start with.
- Flashcards
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Books, Magazines, Videos, and Podcasts
The Amdani series has more than 50 books for adults learning Welsh, from detective stories to life stories. The National Centre for Learning Welsh and the Books Council of Wales make them together, and the Books Council's shop, Ffolio, sells many as e-books and audiobooks. If you live in the UK and join a library in Wales, you can also borrow Welsh e-books and audiobooks for free in the BorrowBox app. For a book with audio from a publisher outside Wales, Short Stories in Welsh for Beginners by Olly Richards has eight stories for high beginners and low intermediate learners.
Lingo360 posts the big news stories of each week with word lists for new speakers. Its Vocab button shows translations when you hover over highlighted words, and the same button works on Golwg360, a news site for people who already speak Welsh. Lingo Newydd, the magazine for learners from the same publisher, comes out every two months, with each article marked by color for its level.
On YouTube, S4C Dysgu Cymraeg posts short clips from S4C shows for learners, and S4C labels them by level, from Entry to Intermediate. Learners on Reddit often recommend Galés con Marian, where Marian posts vlogs in Welsh marked by level, with a word list in the description. The Learn Welsh channel has videos that go with the units of its courses.
Y Pod lists Welsh podcasts and has a section for learners. There you can also find The News for Learners, which uses some of the week's top news stories for listening practice. Hefyd is a podcast about people who are learning Welsh or have learned it.
Learn Welsh in Your Language
These counts cover menu-language choices, including script variants. Other apps’ counts and full lists come from their iPhone listings, except Readlang (its help forum). Word meanings, lesson explanations, and other platforms may differ.
| App | Supported Display Languages | Full List |
|---|---|---|
| Bubblegum | 74 | Full list
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| Duostories | 1 | Full list |
| S4C Clic | 2 | Full list |
| BBC Sounds | 2 | Full list |
| BBC Cymru Fyw | 1 | Full list |
| Readlang | 1 | Full list |
Other Apps We Looked At (10)
- AdroddOriginal Welsh stories from complete beginner to advanced, read by Welsh speakers, with each word highlighted as you hear it and a dictionary that understands mutations. It is new, and it lets learners in from a waitlist.
- blas.Built for the Celtic languages, with graded reading passages and drills for Welsh mutations. It is new and growing.
- YmestynPractice for intermediate learners, with articles to read and listen to and a free interactive story game.
- Newyddion S4CS4C's news site and app, with a Dysgu Cymraeg tab that gives learners extra help.
- Welsh Comprehensible InputSlow, clear videos in Welsh from super beginner to advanced, made in 2020 and 2021. Learners on Reddit still recommend them.
- HanshS4C's brand for young people aged 16 to 25, with Welsh videos on YouTube and social media.
- Darllen CoGraded Welsh e-books with narration, translation tools, and quizzes, made for Welsh-medium schools and families.
- Magi AnnInteractive Welsh stories and games for young children, where new words build up step by step.
- GPC GeiriadurThe standard historical dictionary of Welsh. Its app works offline and finds mutated forms of words for you.
- Ap GeiriaduronBangor University's free Welsh-English dictionary for iPhone and Android.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a site like Dreaming Spanish for Welsh?
Not yet. In 2023 a learner on Reddit gathered about 12.5 hours of easy Welsh videos from YouTube into free playlists, sorted from super beginner to intermediate.
Can I watch S4C outside the UK?
Yes, for many programmes. S4C says that lots of its programmes play outside the UK on S4C Clic, and it keeps a list of what is available.
What do the Amdani levels mean?
They follow the four levels of the Learn Welsh courses: Mynediad (Entry, A1), Sylfaen (Foundation, A2), Canolradd (Intermediate, B1), and Uwch (Advanced, B2). The Learn Welsh resource library lists the Amdani books with their levels.
Is Bubblegum free?
Yes. The lesson library is free for everyone, because we believe everyone should be able to learn. It holds lessons that other learners asked Poppy for. A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so you can ask Poppy for a free one, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons.
Sources
- r/learnwelsh: Dreaming Welsh, comprehensible input resources
- Learn Welsh: Success of the Amdani books for Welsh learners (August 2026)
- Ffolio (Books Council of Wales): Amdani e-books and audiobooks
- Libraries Wales: eBooks and eAudiobooks with BorrowBox
- Hachette: Short Stories in Welsh for Beginners by Olly Richards
- Lingo360: articles to help you learn Welsh
- Lingo Newydd: the digital magazine for Welsh learners
- S4C: Dysgu Cymraeg, help for Welsh learners
- S4C: How to watch S4C
- Galés con Marian (Welsh with Marian) on YouTube
- Y Pod: The News for Learners
- Podlediad Hefyd on Apple Podcasts
- r/learnwelsh wiki
- Learn Welsh resource library: Amdani series
- Bubblegum
- Duostories
- BBC Sounds (Pigion and Pont)
- BBC Cymru Fyw
- Readlang
Checked on October 8, 2026 against each app's own pages.
