GWERS 111

CYFLWYNYDD:     ANN M. JONES

NOD:	  Dysgu’r patrwm 'It's (high) time . . .'

	Geirfa

	postio	-	to post	newid	-	to change
	golchi	-	to wash	codi	-	to get up
	talu	-	to pay	torri	-	to cut, break
	prynu	-	to buy	gwerthu	-	to sell
		gorffen		-	to finish			dechrau	-	to start, begin
		sychu		-	to dry			priodi	-	to marry
		dod			-	to come			cael	-	to have
		cyrraedd		-	to arrive 		ennill	-    to win
		glanhau		-	   to clean			      tyfu fyny       -	   to grow up
		tyfu			-	   to grow			      tyfu lan
		mynd at		-	to go to		   rhoi		-	to give
							
		gwyliau		   -    holiday			    	ffenestri         -    windows
		diod   f		   -	  drink			   	doctor		-		doctor
		adre’			-		home                                                     meddyg
		gorsaf  f		  	-	   station			    	swyddfa  f     -     office
		rhaglen  f		-	programme		 	gwallt	-	hair
	gwasaneth	-	service                  	seibiant	-	a rest
	bil	-	bill                         	llestri	-	dishes, crockery
	bil nwy	-	gas bill                  	bil trydan	-	electricity bill
	lawnt   f	-	lawn                     	fy ngwallt	-	my hair
		gwir			-	truth			eu gwallt	-	their hair
		deintydd		-	dentist		 	dy wallt		-	your hair
	fy ngwaith	-	my work, job       	eich gwallt	-	your hair
		
		eto			-	yet

RHAN 1

	Mae’n bryd……..

		This pattern is formed around the preposition ‘i’	

		The pattern in full

			Mae'n bryd i fi				Mae'n bryd i ni
			Mae'n bryd i ti				Mae'n bryd i chi
			Mae'n bryd i Tom / Mair				Mae'n bryd iddyn nhw
			Mae'n bryd iddo fe (fo)
			Mae'n bryd iddi hi

		You've seen a similar pattern to this before

				Mae'n well i fi ….		-		I'd better (It's better for me to ….)
			Mae'n well i ti ….	-	you'd better (It's better for you to ….)

	1.	Mae'n bryd i fi (mi) . . .		-	It's time for me to ….
					                     		-		It's time I ….

				Mae'n bryd i fi (mi) olchi'r llestri.
				- It's time I washed the dishes.
				- It's time for me to wash the dishes.

				Mae'n bryd i fi (mi) bostio'r cerdyn.
				- It's time I posted the card.
	- It's time for me to post the card.

		The full form is ‘Mae hi'n’ but this is usually shortened to ‘Mae'n’

	2.	Mae'n bryd i ti . . 	.	- 			It's time for you to ….
					-	It's time you …. 

				Mae'n bryd i ti fynd i'r gwely.
				- It's time you went to bed.
				- It's time for you to go to bed.

				Mae'n bryd i ti newid y car.
				- It's time you changed the car.
				- It's time for you to change the car.

	3.	(a)	Mae'n bryd i Bob / Mair		-	     It's time for Bob / Mair to ….
			-       It's time Bob / Mair …. 

					Mae'n bryd i’r rhaglen orffen.
					- It's time the programme finished.
					- It's time for the programme to finish.

					Mae'n bryd i Tom fynd i'r gwely.
					- It is time Tom went to bed.
					- It is time for Tom to go to bed.

		(b)	Mae'n bryd iddo fe (fo) 		-	     It's time for him to ….
					-       It's time he ….

					Mae'n bryd iddo fe (fo) gael car newydd.
					- It's time he had a new car.
					- It's time for him to have a new car.

					Mae'n bryd iddo fe (fo) sychu.  ( hair  -  masc.)
					- It's time it dried.
				     		- It's time for it to dry.

		(c)	Mae'n bryd iddi hi	-	It’s time for her to ….
							-	It’s time she ….

					Mae'n bryd iddi hi briodi.
					- It's time she marrried.
					- It's time for her to marry.
	
					Mae'n bryd iddi hi orffen.   (film  -  fem. )
					- It's time it finished.
- It's time for it to finish.

	4.	The verb noun which follows this pattern undergoes a Soft Mutation

				Mae'n bryd i fi godi.
				Mae'n bryd i ti fynd.

	5.	As you see, there are two ways of conveying this pattern in English.

		With the second pattern, the past tense of the verb is used in English.
		Don't be tempted to use the past tense in Welsh. Just use the verb noun

					 Mae'n bryd i fi fynd.
	- It’s time I went.

				 Mae'n bryd i ti dalu.
		       	 - It’s time you paid.

	6.	 Remember that there's no 'it' in Welsh.  Everything is either
		 masculine or feminine

				Mae'n (hen) bryd iddi hi orffen.  (ffilm)
				Mae'n (hen) bryd iddo fe (fo) sychu.  (gwallt)

RHAN 2

	1.	We can extend the pattern thus

				Mae'n hen bryd i fi godi.
				- It's high time I got up.
				- It's high time for me to get up.

				Mae'n hen bryd i ti dalu'r bil.
				- It's high time you paid the bill.
				- It's high time for you to pay the bill.

					Mae'n hen bryd iddo fe (fo) gael car newydd.
					- It's high time he had a new car.
					- It's high time for him to have a new car.

					Mae'n hen bryd i Tom fynd i'r gwely.
					- It is high time Tom went to bed.
					- It is high time for Tom to go to bed.

					Mae'n hen bryd iddi hi briodi.
					- It's high time she marrried.
		- It's high time for her to marry.

	2.	Mae'n (hen) bryd i ni 	-		It's (high) time for us to ….
							-		It's (high) time we ….

					Mae'n (hen) bryd i ni werthu'r car.
					- It's (high) time we sold the car.
					- It's (high) time for us to sell the car.

	3.	Mae'n (hen) bryd i chi 	-		It's (high) time for you to ….
									It's (high) time you ….

					Mae'n (hen) bryd i chi gael gwyliau.
					- It's (high) time you had a holiday.
					- It's (high) time for you to have a holiday.

	4.	Mae'n (hen) bryd iddyn nhw	     		-	It's (high) time for them to ….
						                                -	It's (high) time they ….

				Mae'n (hen) bryd iddyn nhw dyfu fyny (dyfu lan).
					- It's (high) time they grew up.
- It's (high) time for them to grow up.

	5.	To turn the statement into the negative, use ‘Dydy (hi) ddim yn’ instead of ‘Mae'n’

					Mae'n bryd i ni fynd.			
					- It's time we went.
					Dydy (hi) ddim yn bryd i ni fynd.
					- It isn't time we went.

			Dydy (hi) ddim yn bryd i ni fynd eto.
			- It isn't time for us to go yet.
			- It isn't time we went yet.

			Dydy (hi) ddim yn bryd iddyn nhw gyrraedd.
			- It isn't time for them to arrive.
			- It isn't time they arrived.

	6.	To turn the statement into a question, use 'Ydy (hi'n)’ instead of ‘Mae'n’

					Mae'n bryd i ni fynd.			
					- It's time we went.
					Ydy (hi)'n bryd i ni fynd?		
					- Is it time we went?

			Ydy (hi)'n bryd i'r plant ddod adre' o'r ysgol?
			- Is it time for the children to come home from school?
			- Is it time the children came home from school?

			Ydy (hi)'n bryd iddo fe(fo) roi gwasanaeth i'r car?
			- Is it time for him to give the car a service?
			- Is it time he gave the car a service?

7.	It is sometimes useful to use a negative question

					Mae'n bryd i ni fynd.			
					- It's time we went.
					Ydy (hi) ddim yn bryd i ni fynd?
					- Isn't it time we went?

			Ydy (hi) ddim yn bryd i ni dorri'r lawnt?
			- Isn't it time for us to cut the lawn?
			- Isn't it time we cut the lawn?

			Ydy (hi) ddim yn bryd iddi hi ddweud y gwir?
			- Isn't it time for her to tell the truth?
			- Isn't it time she told the truth?

8.		There is no problem in forming a past tense sentence.  Use 
             ‘Roedd (hi) yn’ instead of ‘Mae (hi) yn’

					Mae'n bryd i ni fynd.			
					- It's time we went.
					Roedd yn bryd i ni fynd.		
					- It was time we went.

			Roedd (hi) yn (hen) bryd i ti ddysgu Cymraeg.
			- It was (high) time for you to learn Welsh.
			- It was (high) time you learnt Welsh.

			Roedd (hi) yn (hen) bryd iddi hi gael car newydd.
			- It was (high) time for her to have a new car.
			- It was (high) time she had a new car.

			Roedd (hi) yn (hen) bryd iddyn nhw dorri'u gwallt.
			- It was (high) time for them to cut their hair.
			- It was (high) time they cut their hair.