The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Welsh language. The words listed below are not the most common words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word Lists page for more details.
| English | Welsh |
| I | mi, fi |
| you | ti |
| he | ef, fe, fo |
| we | ni |
| you (plural) | chwi, chi |
| they | hwy, hwynt, nhw |
| this | hwn, y … yma |
| that | hwnnw, y … yna |
| here | yma |
| there | yna |
| who | pwy |
| what | beth |
| where | ble |
| when | pryd |
| how | sut |
| not | dim |
| all | holl, i gyd |
| many | llawer |
| some | rhai, rhyw |
| few | ychydig |
| other | arall |
| one | un |
| two | dau |
| three | tri |
| four | pedwar |
| five | pump |
| big | mawr |
| long | hir |
| wide | llydan |
| thick | tew |
| heavy | trwm |
| small | bach, bychan |
| short | byr |
| narrow | cul |
| thin | tenau |
| woman | gwraig, merch, dynes, menyw |
| man (adult male) | gŵr, dyn |
| man (human being) | dyn |
| child (a youth) | plentyn |
| wife | gwraig |
| husband | gŵr |
| mother | mam |
| father | tad |
| animal | anifail |
| fish | pysgodyn |
| bird | aderyn |
| dog | ci |
| louse | lleuen |
| snake | neidr, sarff |
| worm | abwydyn |
| tree | coeden, colfen, pren |
| forest | coedwig, fforest |
| stick (of wood) | ffon |
| fruit | ffrwyth |
| seed | had |
| leaf | deilen |
| root | gwraidd |
| bark (of tree) | rhisgl |
| flower | blodyn |
| grass | gwellt |
| rope | rhaff |
| skin (of a person) | croen |
| meat (as in flesh) | cig |
| blood | gwaed |
| bone | asgwrn |
| fat (noun) | saim |
| egg | ŵy |
| horn | corn |
| tail | cynffon, llost |
| feather (rather not down) | pluen |
| hair | blew, gwallt |
| head | pen |
| ear | clust |
| eye | llygad |
| nose | trwyn |
| mouth | ceg, genau |
| tooth (rather not molar) | dant |
| tongue | tafod |
| fingernail | ewin |
| foot | troed |
| leg | coes |
| knee | glin, pen-glin |
| hand | llaw |
| wing | asgell, adenydd |
| belly | bol, bola |
| guts | perfedd |
| neck | gwddf, mwnwgl |
| back | cefn |
| breast | bron |
| heart | calon |
| liver | afu, iau |
| to drink | yfed |
| to eat | bwyta |
| to bite | cnoi, brathu |
| to suck | sugno |
| to spit | poeri |
| to vomit | chwydu |
| to blow (as wind) | chwythu |
| to breathe | anadlu |
| to laugh | chwerthin |
| to see | gweld |
| to hear | clywed |
| to know (a fact) | gwybod |
| to think | meddwl |
| to smell (sense odor) | arogli, clywed arogl |
| to fear | ofni, bod ag ofn |
| to sleep | cysgu |
| to live | byw |
| to die | marw |
| to kill | lladd |
| to fight | ymladd, brwydro |
| to hunt (transitive) | hela |
| to hit | taro |
| to cut | torri |
| to split | hollti |
| to stab (or stick) | gwanu, trywanu |
| to scratch (an itch) | cosi |
| to dig | cloddio, palu |
| to swim | nofio |
| to fly | hedfan |
| to walk | cerdded |
| to come | dod |
| to lie (as on one's side) | gorwedd |
| to sit | eistedd |
| to stand | sefyll |
| to turn (change direction) | troi |
| to fall (as in drop) | cwympo, disgyn, syrthio |
| to give | rhoi |
| to hold (in one's hand) | dal, dala |
| to squeeze | gwasgu |
| to rub | rhwbio |
| to wash | golchi |
| to wipe | sychu |
| to pull | tynnu |
| to push | gwthio |
| to throw | taflu |
| to tie | clymu, rhwymo |
| to sew | gwnïo |
| to count | rhifo |
| to say | siarad |
| to sing | canu |
| to play | chwarae |
| to float | nofio |
| to flow | llifo |
| to freeze | rhewi |
| to swell | chwyddo |
| sun | haul |
| moon | lleuad, lloer |
| star | seren |
| water | dŵr |
| rain | glaw |
| river | afon |
| lake | llyn |
| sea (as in ocean) | môr |
| salt | halen |
| stone | maen, carreg |
| sand | tywod |
| dust | llwch |
| earth (as in soil) | daear |
| cloud | cwmwl |
| fog | niwl |
| sky | wybren |
| wind (as in breeze) | gwynt |
| snow | eira |
| ice | iâ |
| smoke | mwg |
| fire | tân |
| ash | lludu |
| to burn (intransitive) | llosgi |
| road | ffordd |
| mountain | mynydd |
| red | coch, rhudd |
| green | glas, gwyrdd |
| yellow | melyn |
| white | gwyn |
| black | du |
| night | nos |
| day (daytime) | dydd |
| year | blwyddyn |
| warm (as in weather) | cynnes, twym |
| cold (as in weather) | oer |
| full | llawn |
| new | newydd |
| old | hen |
| good | da, mad |
| bad | drwg |
| rotten (as, a log) | braen, pwdr |
| dirty | brwnt, budr |
| straight | syth |
| round | crwn |
| sharp (as a knife) | miniog, llym |
| dull (as a knife) | pŵl |
| smooth | llyfn |
| wet | gwlyb |
| dry (adjective) | sych |
| right (correct) | iawn, cywir, certh |
| near | agos |
| far | pell |
| right (side) | de |
| left (side) | chwith |
| at | at, wrth |
| in | yn, mewn |
| with (accompanying) | â, gan, gyda, efo |
| and | a |
| if | os, pe |
| because | achos, oherwydd |
| name | enw |