GWERS 50	

CYFLWYNYDD:    ANN M. JONES

NOD:	  Trafod lliwiau

	Geirfa

		lliw(iau)	-		colour(s)	hoff	-	favourite
		
		coch	-			red	glas	-	blue
		du	-		black	gwyn	-	white
		melyn	-		yellow	gwyrdd	-	green
		brown	-		brown	llwyd	-	grey
		pinc	-		pink	oren	-	orange
		porffor	-		purple

		Pa?	-	Which? 
				(What?)
	
		lili wen fach	-		snowdrop		gwallt	-	hair
		ffrog  f		-	dress 			crys	-	shirt
		baner(i)  f		-	flag (s)		wyneb	-	face
		rhosyn		-	rose 			awyr	-	sky
		rhosod	-		roses	llygaid	-	eyes
		carped	-		carpet	

		mewn coch		-	in red		mewn glas	-	in blue
		mewn porffor		-	in purple		mewn piws	-	in puce
		
		edrych		-	to look			gweddu i	-	to suit.

		yn dda		-	good, well	yn aml iawn	-	very often
		
		arall		-	other	

		fy		-	my		dy	-	your
		ei		-	his, her		ein	-	our
		eich		-	your		eu	-	their

RHAN 1

1. 		hoff liw        -        favourite colour

	As you know, there is no possessive apostrophy in Welsh. All we need to
	do is place the person’s name immediately after the noun  (in this case, after
	‘hoff liw’)

			hoff liw Cennard 		-	Cennard’s favourite colour
		hoff liw Marilyn Monroe	-	Marilyn Monroe’s favourite colour

		Beth ydy hoff liw Cennard?  -  Glas!	
		- What is Cennard's favourite colour?  -  Blue!

		Beth oedd hoff liw Marilyn Monroe?  -  Melyn! 	
		-  What was Marilyn Monroe's favourite colour?  -  Yellow!	

	It doesn’t have to be a person’s name, of course. It can be a common noun

			hoff liw yr athro		-	the teacher’s favourite colour
			hoff liw dy dad		-	your father’s favourite colour

		Beth ydy hoff liw yr athro?  -  Coch!	
		- What's the teacher's favourite colour?  -  Red!

		Beth ydy hoff liw dy dad?  Gwyrdd!	
		- What's your father 's favourite colour?  -  Green!

		Beth oedd hoff liw dy fam?  -  Oren! 	
		- What was your mother's favourite colour?  -  Orange!

	2.	We can of course use possessives

			fy hoff liw (i)			-	my favourite colour
			dy hoff liw (di)		-	your favourite colour
			ei hoff liw (e / o)	-	his favourite colour
			ei hoff liw (hi)		-	her favourite colour

		ein hoff liw (ni)		-	our favourite colour
			eich hoff liw (chi)	-	your favourite colour 
			eu hoff liw (nhw) 	-	their favourite colour

		Beth ydy dy hoff liw (di)?  -  Glas!	
		- What is your favourite colour?  -  Blue!

		Beth ydy eich hoff liw (chi)?  -  Porffor!	
		- What's your favourite colour?  -  Purple!
		
		Beth ydy ei hoff liw(e / o)?  -  Gwyrdd!	
		- What's his favourite colour?  -  Green!

		Beth oedd ei hoff liw (hi)?  -  Coch!	
		- What was her favourite colour?  -  Red!

		Porffor ydy fy hoff liw (i).	
		- Purple's my favourite colour.

		Melyn ydy ein hoff liw (ni).	
		- Yellow’s our favourite colour.

		Coch oedd eu hoff liw (nhw).	
		- Red was their favourite colour.

	The pronoun in brackets does not have to be used, but it helps to confirm the
	person

	However, if you want to emphasize the person, it is this final pronoun 	which is stressed (not the possessive  -  ‘fy’, ‘dy’, ‘ei’ etc)

		Melyn ydy hoff liw Basil - ond porffor ydy fy hoff liw i.	
		- Yellow is Basil’s favourite colour - but purple's my favourite colour.

		Gwyrdd ydy eu hoff liw nhw - ond glas ydy dy hoff liw di.
		- Green is their favourite colour - but blue is your favourite colour.

	3.	(a)	Pa liw ydy . . .?        -      What colour is . . .?

			Pa liw ydy car Basil?  -  Glas!
			- Which (What) colour is Basil's car?  -  Blue!

		Pa liw ydy gwallt Mary?  -  Du!
		- Which (What) colour is Mary's hair?  -  Black!

		Pa liw ydy lili wen fach? - 	Gwyn!
		- Which (What) colour is a snowdrop? 	-  White!

		Pa liw ydy dy gar (di)?  -  Coch.	
		- Which (what) colour is your car?  -  Red.

	(b)	Pa liw oedd. . .?      -    What colour was. . .?

			Pa liw oedd ffrog Si‰n? -  Gwyrdd!
		- Which (What) colour was Si‰n's dress? -  Green!

		Pa liw oedd y carped?  -  Coch a du!
		- Which (What) colour was the carpet? 	- Red and black!

	The above questions are very useful in quizzes!

RHAN 2

	1.	mewn  +  lliw	-		in  +  colour  

		Mae (tim rygbi) Caerdydd yn chwarae mewn glas a du.
		- Cardiff (rugby team) plays in blue and black.

		Mae (tim rygbi) Llanelli'n chwarae mewn coch a gwyn.
		- Llanelli (rugby team) plays in red and white.

		Mae (tim p�l droed) Lerpwl yn chwarae mewn coch.
		- Liverpool (football team) plays in red.

		Ydy Mary'n edrych yn dda mewn melyn?  -  Ydy!
		- Does Mary look good in yellow?  -  Yes.

		Mae Si‰n yn edrych yn dda mewn glas.
		- Si‰n looks good in blue.

		Dydy Rhian ddim yn edrych yn dda mewn gwyrdd.
		- Rhian doesn't look good in green.

	2.	gweddu i      -      to suit

		Dydy llwyd ddim yn gweddu i mi.
		- Grey doesn't suit me.

		Ydy oren yn gweddu i ti?  -  Nac ydy.
		- Does orange suit you?  -  No.

		Mae glas yn gweddu i Nia.
		- Blue suits Nia.

	3.	When the adjective stands 'alone' in English we place 'yn' in front of it in 			Welsh.  This 'yn' causes a Soft Mutation

		Mae'r rhosyn yn goch.
		- The rose is red.

		Roedd y faner yn las a gwyn.
		- The flag was blue and white.

		Roedd wyneb y bachgen yn goch.
		- The boy's face was red.

		Mae'r awyr yn las heddiw.
		- The sky is blue today.

	4.	When the adjective stands next to the noun it describes we need 			to remember that

		(i)	it follows the noun in Welsh.
		
		(ii)	it undergoes a Soft Mutation when it follows a feminine,
			singular noun.  There is no charge after a masculine noun 
			or after any plural noun.

		Mae rhosod coch yn tyfu yn yr ardd.
		- There are red roses growing in the garden.

		Mae baner las a gwyn 'da (gan) yr Alban.
		- Scotland has a blue and white flag.

		Roedd awyr las yn Aberystwyth ddoe.
		- There was a blue sky in Aberystwyth yesterday.

		Oes crys brown 'da (gan) John heddiw?  -  Oes.
		- Does John have a brown shirt today?  -  Yes.

		Ydy Bethan yn gwisgo ffrog frown?  -  Ydy.
		- Is Bethan wearing a brown dress?  -  Yes.