GWERS 61

CYFLWYNYDD:     CENNARD DAVIES

NOD:	    Siarad am ddiddordebau   (Talking about interests)

	Geirfa

	diddordeb(au)	-	interest(s)	chwaraeon	-	sport, games
	rygbi	-	rugby	pêl-droed	-	soccer
	hoci	-	hockey	pêl-rwyd	-	netball
	criced	-	cricket	gêm(au)  f	-	game(s)
	stamp(iau)	-	stamp(s)	dol(iau)   f	-	doll(s)
	darlun(iau)	-	painting(s	llestri	-	china, crockery
	llyfr(au)	-	book(s) 	gwaith coed	-	carpentry, woodwork	crefft(au)  f	-	craft(s)	tynnu lluniau- 	photography

	casglu	-	to collect 	rhedeg	-	to run
	gwnio	-	to sew	gwau  	-     	to knit
	arlunio	-	to paint	coginio	-	to cook
	teithio	-	to travel 	eisiau	-	to need patience 	cymryd amser 	- 	to take time      amynedd
		 
	diddorol	-	interesting	anniddorol	-	boring, uninteresting
	hawdd	-	easy	anodd	-	hard, difficult
	rhad	-	cheap	drud	-	expensive

	o gwbl	-	at all 	Pa?	-	Which?

	hen bethau				-	antiques
	hen gelfi				-	old / antique furniture
	hen ddodrefn (N.W.)			- 	old /  antique furniture
	hen lyfrau				-	old / antique books
	hen ddoliau				-	old / antique dolls

	

RHAN 1

	1.	In English we tend to ask whether someone is interested in something or 		other.  But in Welsh, we ask whether someone has an interest in something.

	This means we need to revise the possession forms

		       S.W. (‘da)			      N.W.  (gan)

		‘da fi		‘da ni			gen i		gynnon ni
		‘da ti		‘da chi			gen ti		gynnoch chi
‘da fe		‘da nhw		ganddo fo	ganddyn nhw
		‘da hi					ganddi hi

	2.	The word used to convey an interest in something is ‘mewn’  (never ‘yn’)

	Oes diddordeb ‘da ti mewn chwaraeon?   -   Oes!
	- Are you interested in sport?   -   Yes!

	Oes diddordeb ‘da Mary mewn rygbi?  -  Nac oes!
	- Is Mary interested in rugby?   -   No!
	
	Oes diddordeb ‘da chi mewn casglu stampiau / llestri / llyfrau?  -  Oes!
	- Are you interested in collecting stamps /porcelain /books?	- Yes!

	In North Wales, of course, you'd hear:

	Oes gen ti ddiddordeb mewn chwaraeon?  -   Oes!
	- Are you interested in sport?   -   Yes!

	Oes gan Mary ddiddordeb mewn rygbi?	  -   Nac oes!
	- Is Mary interested in rugby?   -   No!
	
	Oes gynnoch chi ddiddordeb mewn casglu stampiau / llestri / llyfrau?  -  Oes!
	- Are you interested in collecting stamps / porcelain / books?	-  Yes!

	3.	Pa?      -      Which? (What?)

	It causes a Soft Mutation in the word which follows it - but not in borrowed 	words such as ‘gêm’.

		Pa gêm?			-	Which game?	
		Pa dim pêl droed?	-	Which soccer team?
		Pa ddiddordeb?		-	Which interest?

	4.		If you wish to say that you were interested, you’d say

	Roedd diddordeb ‘da fi mewn casglu stampiau, pan oeddwn i’n ifanc.
	Roedd gen i ddiddordeb mewn casglu stampiau, pan o’n i’n ifanc.
	- I was interested in collecting stamps, when I was young.

	Oedd diddordeb ‘da nhw mewn casglu llyfrau?  -  Oedd!
	Oedd ganddyn nhw ddiddordeb mewn casglu llyfrau?  -  Oedd!
	- Were they interested in collecting books?   -  Yes!

	5.	hen	  -      old, antique

		As you know, adjectives normally FOLLOW the noun in Welsh.  	
	However ‘hen’ is one of very few exceptions to this rule. It comes in front of 	the noun and causes a Soft Mutation

	hen lyfrau		-	antique books
	hen ddol		-	an antique doll / an old doll
	hen bethau	-	antiques

	Mae diddordeb ‘da ni mewn casglu hen gardiau post.
	Mae gynnon ni ddiddordeb mewn casglu hen gardiau post.
	- We’re interested in collecting old post cards.

RHAN 2

	1.	Negative statements

	(a)	Present Tense

	Does dim diddordeb ‘da nhw mewn crefftau.
	Does ganddyn nhw ddim diddordeb mewn crefftau.
	- They have no interest in crafts. / They aren’t interested in crafts.

	(b)	Imperfect

	Doedd dim diddordeb ‘da fe mewn gwaith coed.
	Doedd ganddo fo ddim diddordeb mewn gwaith coed.
	- He had no interest in carpentry /  He wasn’t interested in carpentry.

	2.	To convey ‘used to be’ you'd say

	Roedd arfer bod diddordeb 'da Mary mewn casglu llestri.
	- Mary used to be interested in collecting china.

	Doedd dim diddordeb yn arfer bod ‘da fi mewn casglu llyfrau.
	- I didn’t used to be interested in collecting old / antique books.

	3.	o gwbl      -     at all, whatsoever

	The position of 'o gwbl' in the sentence can vary  -  just as the position 	of ‘at all / whatsoever’ can vary in English

	Does dim diddordeb o gwbl ‘da hi mewn coginio.
	Does dim diddordeb ‘da hi o gwbl mewn coginio.
	Does dim diddordeb ‘da hi mewn coginio o gwbl.
	- She’s not at all interested in cooking.
	- She has no interest at all / whatsoever in cooking.

	Doedd dim diddordeb ‘da nhw o gwbl mewn teithio.
	- They had no interest at all / whatsoever in travelling.

	Does dim diddordeb 'da fi mewn rygbi o gwbl.
	- I'm not at all interested in rugby.

	4.	Let’s revise

	(a)	yn hoff (iawn) o . . .        -        (very) fond of . . .

		Remember the Soft Mutation after ‘o’

	‘Dw i’n hoff iawn o wau.
	- I’m very fond of knitting.

	Mae Basil yn hoff o chwarae tenis.
	- Basil is fond of playing tennis.
			
		Dydyn nhw ddim yn hoff o deithio.
	- They’re not fond of travelling.

	Roedd e(o)’n hoff iawn o chwaraeon.
	- He was very fond of sport.

	(b)	yn gas ‘da fi (gen i) etc       -      . . . hate, loathe . . .

		The object of our hate or loathing undergoes a Soft Mutation

	Mae’n gas ‘da fi (gen i) griced.
	- I hate cricket.

	Mae’n gas ‘da ni (gynnon ni) hedfan.
	- We hate flying.

	Roedd yn gas ‘da Tom (gan Tom) waith coed.
	- Tom hated woodwork.

	5.	Notice how we can use a verb noun in both the above patterns, whereas 			in English we add the ending  --ing  to our verbs 

	‘Dw i’n hoff iawn o wau.
	- I’m very fond of knitting.
	
	Dydyn nhw ddim yn hoff o deithio.
	- They’re not fond of travelling.

	Mae’n gas ‘da ni (gynnon ni ) hedfan.
	- We hate flying.

	6.	achos		-	because

	Remember to use ‘yn’ in front of adjectives (remembering the Soft Mutation)

		…….achos mae e’n ddrud		
		…….because it’s expensive

		…….achos mae gwnio’n ddiddorol iawn
		…….because sewing is very interesting

		…….achos roedd Bill yn gynnar
		…….because Bill was early 

	7.	Learn these:

	Mae rhaid cymryd amser.
	- One must take time.

	Mae eisiau cymryd amser.
	- One needs to take time.

	Mae eisiau amynedd.
	- One needs patience.