Catchphrase 2001  Wythnos 45

Week 45, Monday.  Today, you'll learn:
bydda i, byddwn ni, byddwch chi, ennill

We are now going to do some revision although we’ll be paying particular attention to the future tense.  Can you remember how we form the future tense? Bydda i - (I will). Bydda i’n mynd - (I’ll be going). Byddwn ni is we will. Byddwn ni’n hwyr - (we’ll be late). Byddwch chi’n chwarae tenis - (you’ll be playing tennis). Beth byddwch chi’n ‘wneud? - (what will you be doing?) If we ask what will you do when something happens? we usually use the future tense throughout in Welsh. Beth byddwch chi’n ‘wneud pan fyddwch chi’n codi? - (what will you do when you get up?) Un is the Welsh word for the number one, as we know. Un car - (one car). It mutates feminine words: un bunt - (one pound). Punt is a pound. But we’ve also seen it in contexts where it means the same. Yr un dafarn - (the same pub). Yr un archfarchnad - (the same supermarket). We’ve had the word rhif before - number. Rhifau are numbers, like numbers in the lottery. One new word: ennill. It means to win. We’re eavesdropping on the Lloyds when Rhys is helping old Uncle Elwyn out to the shop to buy his usual lottery tickets.

Listen to the conversation:
Rhys - Dyma’r siop, Wncl Elwyn.
Elwyn - Aa, nawr te. Dw i bob amser yn prynu yr un rhifau. Yr un rhifau, os gwelwch chi’n dda!
Siopwr - Un bunt, Mr Lloyd. Diolch.
Elwyn - Dyma chi. Hwyl nawr.
Siopwr - Hwyl.
Rhys - Beth byddwch chi’n ‘wneud pan fyddwch chi’n ennill y loteri, Wncl Elwyn?
Elwyn - O... Bydda i’n prynu ty mawr crand i’r teulu i gyd. Wedyn byddwn ni’n byw yn hapus gyda’n gilydd!
Rhys - Dych chi’n meddwl?
Elwyn - Ww, Rhys, wyt ti’n gallu mynd i’r siop draw fan ‘na i brynu sigarets i fi?
Rhys - Wncl Elwyn!

Dw i bob amser yn prynu’r un rhifau: bob amser literally means every time, but is commonly used to mean always. I always buy the same numbers - dw i bob amser yn prynu’r un rhifau. Uncle Elwyn and the shop keeper say hwyl to each other. Hwyl can mean lots of things in Welsh, and here just means bye. Hwyl fawr is goodbye. Rhys pretends he has every confidence that Uncl Elwyn will win the lottery: beth byddwch chi’n ‘wneud pan fyddwch chi’n ennill y loteri? - (what will you do when you win the lottery?) Bydda i’n prynu ty mawr crand - (I’ll buy a big grand house) - i’r teulu i gyd - (for all the family) Wedyn byddwn ni’n byw yn hapus gyda’n gilydd - (then we’ll live happily together). What a generous thought! In the meantime, though, wyt ti’n gallu mynd i’r siop draw fan ‘na i brynu sigarets i fi? - (can you go to the shop over there and buy me some cigarettes?) 

Week 45, Tuesday.  Today, you'll learn:
bydd e, byddan nhw, nos yfory, deuddeg, gyda llaw

We''ll be using some other forms of the future in this lesson. Bydd e or Bydd hi - (he, she, or it will be) Bydd hi’n gynnar - (she’ll be early, or it will be early). Bydd e’n yfed dwr - (he’ll drink water). Byddan nhw - (they will be). Byddan nhw’n colli dwr ymhobman - (they’ll spill water everywhere). A handy phrase is gyda llaw - (by the way). Do you remember how we say nos Lun to mean Monday night? Dydd Llun just means Monday, of course. This works for all the days of the week: Nos Fawrth -(Tuesday night) nos Fercher, nos Iau, nos Wener, nos Sadwrn, and nos Sul. Yfory means tomorrow, so nos yfory means, simply, tomorrow nigh’. There’s one number missing from the set when it comes to telling the time. We tend to use the traditional counting system for telling the time? Un ar ddeg is eleven. Well, the word for twelve is - deuddeg. Now that sounds a little like dau ddeg which, of course, means twenty. But don’t be fooled! Mae’n ugain munud i ddeuddeg - (it’s twenty to twelve). And it’s twenty to twelve in the Lloyd household, where Catrin is on the phone to Glenys.

Listen to the conversation:
Catrin - Iawn, te, Mam. ‘Dych chi eisiau dod nos yfory i ginio?
Glenys - Ydw, diolch yn fawr. Ond fydda i ddim yno tan bum munud ar hugain wedi pump. Fydd hynny yn iawn?
Catrin - Bydd. Fydd Guto a Rhys ddim yn ôl tan hanner awr wedi pump. Fyddan nhw ddim eisiau bwyta yn syth.
Glenys - Gyda llaw, sut mae Wncl Elwyn? Fydd y teulu yn dod i arfer ag e, wyt ti’n meddwl?
Catrin - O, byddan. Esgusodwch fi, Mam. Dw i ar frys. Mae apwyntiad gyda fi yn y siop drin gwallt am ddeuddeg o’r gloch.
Glenys - Deuddeg? Rhaid brysio te!

‘Dych chi eisiau dod nos yfory i ginio - (do you want to come to dinner tomorrow night?) Ydw, Glenys says. Ond fydda i ddim yno tan bum munud ar hugain wedi pump - (I won’t be there until twenty-five past five, though). Fydd hynny yn iawn? - (Will that be OK?) Bydd, Catrin answers. Fydd Guto a Rhys ddim yn ôl tan hanner awr wedi pump - (Guto and Rhys won’t be back until half past five). Fyddan nhw ddim eisiau bwyta yn syth - (they won’t want to eat straight away). Gyda llaw, Glenys says - by the way. Sut mae Wncl Elwyn? - (how is Uncle Elwyn?) Fydd y teulu yn dod i arfer ag e? - (will the family get used to him?) Byddan, Catrin replies. Then, esgusodwch fi - (excuse me). Dw i ar frys - (I’m in a hurry). Mae apwyntiad gyda fi yn y siop drin gwallt - that’s the hairdresser’s - y siop drin gwallt. I’ve got an appointment at the hairdresser’s - am ddeuddeg o’r gloch - (at twelve o’clock). Rhaid brysio te - (you’d better hurry then). 

Week 45, Wednesday.  Today, you'll learn:
tocyn

We’ve used a number of polite exclamations during the series, and it is perhaps worth just reviewing them: we’ve had diwedd mawr, esgyrn Dafydd - literally, David’s bones! - and bobl bach. They’re all pretty harmless. There are lot’s more stronger expletives in Welsh, but I’ll leave those to you to find out as you learn more Welsh! One new word: tocyn - (ticket). We learnt some traditional numbers recently for use in telling the time, but the other numbers are still O.K. for other uses. Do you remember them? One to ten: un, dau, tri, pedwar, pump, chwech, saith, wyth, naw, deg. Using combinations of these you can form all the numbers up to 99. Un deg un is eleven, un deg dau - (twelve), and so on. Dau ddeg - (twenty). Dau ddeg un - (twenty-one), and so on. Glenys has come round for the evening and is talking to Catrin, whilst Rhys and Uncle Elwyn are watching the Lottery on the TV.

Listen to the conversation:
Catrin - Wel, ble ‘dych chi’n mynd ar eich gwyliau chi te?
Glenys - O, bydda i’n ymweld â Carol yng Nghaerfyrddin eto...
Rhys - Mam, mam, mae’r ddwy bêl gyntaf gydag Yncl Elwyn, saith a naw!
Catrin - O, dim y loteri eto!
Rhys - Beth ydy’r un nesaf, Wncl Elwyn? Un deg saith - iawn, mae hynna gyda chi hefyd. 
Elwyn - Ww!
Rhys - Dau ddeg!... Tri deg dau!... ‘Dych chi wedi ennill!
Elwyn - Hei, mae’r cwbl gyda fi!
Rhys - Dydy’r bêl bonws ddim gyda chi, ond dim ots.
Catrin - Mae e’n tynnu ein coesau ni eto, Rhys.
Rhys - Nac ydy! Mae e’n iawn. Dyma ei docyn e.
Catrin - Esgyrn Dafydd! Mae’n wir!

Well, there could be big changes in the Lloyd family’s life! Did you get those lottery numbers too? Saith - (seven), naw - (nine), un deg saith - (seventeen), dau ddeg - (twenty), tri deg dau - (thirty two). Esgyrn Dafydd! Mae’n wir - (good heavens, it’s true). The evening started quietly enough: ble ‘dych chi’n mynd ar eich gwyliau chi, Catrin asks Glenys - where are you going for your holidays? Bydda i’n ymweld â Carol yng Nghaerfyrddin - (I’ll be visiting Carol in Carmarthen). Then Rhys breaks in, mae’r ddwy bêl gyntaf gydag Wncl Elwyn - (Uncle Elwyn has got the first two balls). Beth ydy’r un nesaf? - (what’s the next one?) Mae honna gyda chi hefyd - (you’ve got that one as well). Mae’r cwbl gyda fi, Elwyn says - I’ve got the lot. Catrin says: mae’n tynnu ein coesau ni eto - (he’s pulling our legs again). 

Week 45, Thursday.   Today, you'll learn:
byddi di

Will the Lloyd family ever be the same again after winning the Lottery? Perhaps we’ll find out. There’s one form of the future tense which we still haven’t revised yet. That’s byddi di - (you will), when you’re talking to a friend or a younger member of the family. Bydd di’n cysgu - (you’ll be sleeping, or you’ll be asleep). Byddi di’n edrych ar y teledu - (you’ll be watching the TV). What happens when Guto comes into the office the day following the Lottery win, understandably a little later than his usual arrival time.

Listen to the conversation:
Bethan - Bore da, Guto. Rwyt ti’n hwyr. Rwyt ti’n edrych yn hapus iawn y bore ‘ma. Beth sy' wedi digwydd?
Guto - Fyddi di ddim yn credu’r peth!
Bethan - Fydda i ddim yn credu beth?
Guto - Hi, hi! Hwyl fawr cyfrifiadur, hwyl fawr adroddiadau, hwyl fawr llungopiwr, hwyl fawr Phil Huws!
Bethan - Beth sy’n bod, Guto?
Guto - O, Bethan, dw i ddim yn gallu dod i arfer ag e! Bydd cegin newydd i Catrin! Fydd dim gwaith i fi! Cafodd Elwyn y rhifau iawn yn y loteri neithiwr. ‘Dyn ni wedi ennill y loteri, Bethan fach! Bydd parti i bawb nos Wener.
Bethan - Diwedd mawr! Llongyfarchiadau.

Rwyt ti’n hwyr - (you’re late), Bethan says. Rwyt ti’n edrych yn hapus iawn y bore ‘ma - (you’re looking very happy this morning). Beth sy' wedi digwydd? - (what’s happened?) Fyddi di ddim yn credu’r peth - (you won’t believe the thing). Fydda i ddim yn credu beth? - (I won’t believe what?) Bethan asks. Guto’s obviously too excited to tell her straight out. Hwyl fawr cyfrifiadur - (goodbye computer), hwyl fawr adroddiadau - (goodbye reports), hwyl fawr llungopiwr - (goodbye photocopier), hwyl fawr Phil Huws - (goodbye Phil Huws). Beth sy’n bod Guto? - (what’s up, Guto?) Guto says, dw i ddim yn gallu dod i arfer ag e! - (I can’t get used to it). Bydd cegin newydd i Catrin - (there’ll be a new kitchen for Catrin). Fydd dim gwaith i fi - (here’ll be no work for me). I wonder how much they have won - is he being a little too optimistic? Cafodd Elwyn y rhifau iawn yn y loteri neithiwr - (Elwyn got the right numbers in the lottery last night) ‘Dyn ni wedi ennill y loteri, Bethan fach - (we’ve won the lottery), literally little Bethan - a common way of refering in a friendly way to someone. Bydd parti i bawb nos Wener - (there’ll be a party for everyone on Friday night). Diwedd mawr - (good heavens). Llongyfarchiadau - (congratulations)

Week 45, Friday.  Today, you'll learn:

Listen to the conversation:
Guto - S’mae, Linda. Dere i mewn. Iawn, dyma Wncl Elwyn. Dyma fy ffrind i, Wncl Elwyn - Linda.
Elwyn: 	Helo, Catrin!
Linda - Nage. Dim Catrin dw i, Wncl Elwyn. Linda dw i.
Elwyn - Aa, roedd ffrind da iawn gyda fi o’r enw Linda pan o’n i’n byw yn Llundain, os dw i’n cofio yn iawn.
Linda - Beth byddwch chi’n ‘wneud gyda’r arian, Wncl Elwyn?
Elwyn - Bydda i’n prynu car mawr coch  - dw i’n gallu gyrru, ‘dych chi’n gwybod.
Linda - Fyddwch chi’n symud yn ôl i Gaerfyrddin i fyw?
Elwyn - Yn fwy na thebyg. Aa, dyma Rhys yn dod. Wyt ti wedi cael fy sigarets, Rhys?
Rhys - Ydw, dyma chi, Wncl Elwyn. Ond dim rhagor, iawn?

Sut hwyl yn y parti? - (How did you get on in the party?) Linda is the late arrival. Dere i mewn, Guto tells her, come in. Then the introductions. Dyma Wncl Elwyn - (this is Uncle Elwyn), the hero of the night. Dyma fy ffrind i, Linda - (this is my friend Linda). Elwyn doesn’t seem to be quite on the ball this evening. Helo Catrin! Nage - (no). Dim Catrin dw i - (I’m not Catrin). Linda dw i - (I’m Linda). That sets Elwyn off reminiscing. Roedd ffrind da iawn gyda fi o’r enw Linda - (I had a very good friend called Linda) - pan o’n i’n byw yn Llundain - (when I lived in London) - os dw i’n cofio yn iawn - (if I remember rightly). Linda ignores this comment. Beth byddwch chi’n ‘wneud gyda’r arian, Wncl Elwyn? - (what will you do with the money?) Bydda i’n prynu car mawr coch - (I’ll buy a big red car) - dw i’n gallu gyrru, ‘dych chi’n gwybod - (I can drive, you know). Fyddwch chi’n symud yn ôl i Gaerfyrddin i fyw? - (will you move back to Carmarthen to live?) Yn fwy na thebyg - (more than likely). Dyma Rhys yn dod - (here’s Rhys coming). Wyt ti wedi cael fy sigarets i, Rhys? - (have you fetched my cigarettes?) Ydw. Ond dim rhagor, iawn? - (but no more, OK?) 

You now have a basic grounding in the Welsh language which should give you the confidence to carry on learning. Remember, Rome wasn’t built in a day, and you can’t expect to be fluent in the language without practising as much as possible, especially with other Welsh speakers. 

Test yourself on what you've learned this week:
1.	I'll be going is?
a)	Byddwn ni'n mynd
b)	Bydda i'n mynd
c)	Bydd e'n mynd

2.	What is £1 in Welsh?
a)	un bunt
b)	un punt
c)	tri punt

3.	Wednesday night is?
a)	Nos Iau
b)	Nos Fawrth
c)	Nos Fercher

4.	What is 12 in Welsh?
a)	Un deg dau
b)	Un deg un
c)	Un deg tri

5.	Computer is?
a)	Dyddiadur
b)	Llungopiwr
c)	Cyfrifiadur

6.	Big red car is?
a)	Car mawr gwyrdd
b)	Car bach du
c)	Car mawr coch