U u — Welsh for u u
CYU u
ENU u
ee (South), i with a smile (North)
Sound by sound
- uee
- woo
- dd
As in uwd · porridge
Never “you”
How to say u
Never “you”. This is the sound most often got wrong by English speakers.
- 1Smile slightly.
- 2Say ee as in see.
- 3In the North, say it closer to i in pin.
Practise on these
- un
- du
- Cwm Rhondda
The last one is a place name — you have probably read it on a road sign.