Iechyd

Poorly parts… pen tost (bad head) dant tost (bad tooth) gwddw tost (bad throat) cefn tost (bad back) bola tost (bad stomach) clust dost (bad ear) braich dost (bad arm) coes dost (bad leg) troed dost (bad foot) clun dost (bad hip) Sicknesses (ones that land “on” you!) annwyd (a cold) dannodd (toothache) ffliw (flu) [...]

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Athrawes Newydd a Slideshare eto

Our normal teacher was off celebrating her sister ‘s birthday this evening, so we had a different teacher in. Lots of the class knew her from last year, and she was very nice (and stuck to revision). As a techy-teacher I was happy to see some use of that interactive board that’s sat neglected in [...]

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Odd verbs in the past…

Starting to compile a list of verbs which have irregular “stems”, I’m planning to just add them as we learn them. gweld (gwel-) rhoi (rhodd-) meddwl (meddyli-) aros (arhos-) gwrando (gwrandaw-) chwarae (chawrae-) dechrau (dechreu-)

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New verbs

Some new ones to practise our past tenses on… Created with Wordle

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Whose…?

A reminder because between mutations and odd Hs I keep forgetting these… fy…(nasal mutation)…i — my dy…(soft mutation)…di — your (singular/informal) ei…(soft mutation)…e — his ei…(nasal mutation plus h if a vowel)…hi — her ein…(no mutation)…ni — our eich…(no mutation)…chi — your (plural/formal) eu…(no mutation)…nhw — their

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More practice

Just a quickie on some of the ways I’ve been trying to “expose” myself to Welsh in the hope some vocab will sink in my some sort of osmosis! I’ve belatedly acquired broadband since my last committed attempts at this lark so have been taking advantage of the “Listen Again” and “Watch Online” features of [...]

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Words with ‘personal’ forms

Some words in Welsh have personal forms depending on who you’re refering to.  As I’ve done with the mutations I’m going to add them here as I come across them. i – for i mi =  (for me) i ti  = (for you - singular informal) iddo fe =  (for him) iddi hi  = (for her) [...]

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Adjectives / Ansodderiau

(Remember soft mutation after yn) tew = fat byr = short cyfoethog = rich salw/hyll = ugly tal = tall gwan = weak peniog = intelligent/clever (from pen = head rather charmingly) ysgafn = light (as in weight) tlawd = poor tennau = thin

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Yn y Caffi

Stuff the customer might say  Gaf i = May I have… Dych chi’n gwerthu…? = Do you sell…? Pa … dych chi’n gerthu…? = Which … do you sell? Heb = without (e.g. Coffi heb laeth = coffie without milk) (causes soft mutation.) Faint yw pris? = What’s the price? Hynny’n ddrud/rhond = (That’s expensive/cheap)  Stuff the staff [...]

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When… (Time phrases)

We did a bunch of these to practise our ‘doing’ sentences and weather reports! yn ystod = during (e.g. yn ystod y haf – during the summer) Dros y penwythnos = over (eg. dros y penwythnos — over the weekend) yn gynnar = early hwyr = late am = at (e.g. am “wyth o’r gloch” = “at eight [...]

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