Catchphrase 2001 - ail gyfres: Wythnos 62

Week 62, Monday.  Today we’ll learn:
at, ato fe, echdoe, gweddill

We’ve met the word am in a number of different circumstances.  Now let’s look at another small word, at.  At is rarely used in the same situations as the English at.  We’ve already seen how you have to say mynd AT rywun - (to go TO someone).  You can’t say mynd i rywun!  Mae’r bachgen yn mynd at ei fam e - (the boy goes to his mother): dw i’n mynd at y meddyg - (I’m going to the doctor’s).  Like am, at changes when followed by the personal words such as fi, ti, and so on.  Before e - (he), it becomes ato. You say fe as well, because it runs more easily - ato fe.  In North Wales we say ato fo.  Mae hi’n mynd ato fe - (she’s going to him).  Do you remember what edrych ymlaen means?  Yes - to look forward.  Edrych ymlaen at is to look forward to - ’dych chi’n edrych ymlaen at fynd adre? - (are you looking forward to going home?)  You might answer, ydw, dw i’n edrych ymlaen ato fe - (yes, I’m looking forward to it).  Welsh has lots of useful words to refer to time - y llynedd, which we’ve had before, means last year.  Neithiwr means last night.  Ddoe is yesterday.  Here’s a new one: echdoe means the day before yesterday.  Es i i’r sinema echdoe - (I went to the cinema the day before yesterday).  Y gweddill is the rest when you’re talking about what’s left.  Gweddill y dydd - (the rest of the day).  Catrin gives her mother-in-law her customary phone call to check all is well.

Listen to the dialogue:
Catrin - Helo, Mam.  Sut dych chi’n cadw?
Glenys - Dim yn dda ar hyn o bryd, a dweud y gwir.
Catrin - Dyna drueni.  Beth sy’n bod?
Glenys - Mae tipyn o annwyd arna i.
Catrin - ’Dych chi wedi bod at y meddyg?
Glenys - Ydw.  Es i ato fe echdoe.
Catrin - A beth ddwedodd e?
Glenys - Rhaid i fi aros gartre am weddill y mis.
Catrin - Am weddill y mis!
Glenys - Ie, dw i ddim yn edrych ymlaen ato fe o gwbl.
Catrin - Nac ydych, mae’n siwr.

Sut ’dych chi’n cadw? - literally, how are you keeping?  Dim yn dda ar hyn o bryd - (not good at the moment) - a dweud y gwir - (to tell the truth).  Dyna drueni - (that’s a pity).  Beth sy’n bod? - (what’s wrong?)  Mae tipyn o annwyd arna i - (I’ve got a bit of a cold).  ’Dych chi wedi bod at y meddyg - (have you been to the doctor?) Ydw - (yes I have).  Es i ato fe echdoe - in English, you’d probably say I went THERE the day before yesterday.  A beth ddwedodd e? - (and what did he say?)  Rhaid i fi aros gartre am weddill y mis - (I’ve got to stay at home for the rest of the month).  Dw i ddim yn edrych ymlaen ato fe o gwbl - (I’m not looking forward to it at all).  Catrin agrees: nac ydych, mae’n siwr. 

Week 62, Tuesday.  Today we’ll learn:
at, ati hi, atyn nhw, gollwng

We know you can use the word at after mynd - dw i’n mynd at y meddyg - (to go to the doctor’s).  You can use it after edrych ymlaen - Wyt ti’n edrych ymlaen at fynd? - (are you looking forward to going?)  You also use it after anfon - (to send).  Dw i’n mynd i anfon llythyr at yr athro - (I’m going to send a letter to the teacher).  You also use it after ysgrifennu - (to write).  Ysgrifennodd hi at ei thad hi - (she wrote to her father).  Now we know at changes to ato before e - (him), and the e becomes fe so it runs more easily.  Ysgrifennodd hi ato fe - (she wrote to him).  Before hi, meaning she, at changes to ati.  Ati hi - (to her).  Ysgrifennodd e ati hi - (he wrote to her).  Before nhw - (them) it changes to atyn.  Atyn nhw - (to them).  Anfonon ni barsel atyn nhw - (we sent a parcel to them).  It’s very similar to ar meaning on: arno fe - (on him), arni hi - (on her), arnyn nhw - (on them).  And i, meaning to: iddo fe - (to him), iddi hi - (to her), iddyn nhw - (to them).  Remember that am adds another syllable: amdano fe - (about him), amdani hi - (about her), amdanyn nhw - (about them).  A new word: gollwng - it means to drop.  In the Lloyd household, after been got at for critcising his son, Guto tries to take an interest in Rhys.

Listen to the dialogue:
Guto - Yy... Sut mae... Rhys.
Rhys - Mm.
Guto - Yy... Sut mae’r cwrs?
Rhys - Dw i wedi gollwng y cwrs.
Guto - O, wrth gwrs, wrth gwrs.  Wel, wyt ti wedi ysgrifennu at y coleg eto?
Rhys - Nac ydw.
Guto - Dwyt ti ddim wedi ysgrifennu atyn nhw?
Rhys - Does dim ots gyda’r athrawes.
Guto - Edrych, Rhys.  Rhaid i ti anfon llythyr ati hi nawr.  Rwyt ti mor hunanol.  Rhaid i ti feddwl am bobl eraill weithiau!

Sut mae’r cwrs - Guto asks.  How’s the course?  That’s his first mistake.  He seems to have forgotton that Rhys is taking a change in direction.  Dw i wedi gollwng y cwrs - (I’ve dropped the course).  Wrth gwrs - (of course).  Guto tries to be constructive.  Wyt ti wedi ysgrifennu at y coleg eto? - (have you written to the college yet?)  Unfortunately, he’s touching on a sensitive issue, and is annoyed by the response: nac ydw - (no).  Dwyt ti ddim wedi ysgrifennu atyn nhw? - (you haven’t written to them?)  Does dim ots gyda’r athrawes - Rhys replies.  Literally, it doesn’t matter with the teacher, in other words - the teacher doesn’t care.  Time for another fatherly chat.  Edrych, Rhys - (look, Rhys).  Rhaid i ti anfon llythyr ati hi nawr - (you’ve got to write a letter to her now).  Rwyt ti mor hunanol - (you’re so selfish).  Rhaid i ti feddwl am bobl eraill weithiau - (you’ve got to think about other people sometimes).
Week 62, Wednesday.  Today we’ll learn:
ta beth, sioe

We meet a new form of the word at.  Before ni it becomes aton: aton ni - (to us).  You’ll often hear the phrase on the radio croeso aton ni - literally, welcome to us, when a presenter is welcoming someone onto their programme.  In the same way as mynd is followed by at, dod - (to come) - is also followed by at, but remember it has to involve people. You say dw i’n mynd i’r parti - (I’m going to the party).  But dw i’n mynd AT y meddyg - (I’m going to the doctor’s).  The same with dod.  ’Dych chi eisiau dod i’n ty ni? - (do you want to come to our house?)  But: ’dych chi eisiau dod aton ni - (do you want to come to us?)  Aton ni is similar to arnon ni - (on us).  The corresponding form with am is amdanon ni - (about us).  Remember there’s no special form with the preposition i - i ni - (to us).   One easy new word: sioe: it simply means a show.  Wyt ti’n mynd i weld y sioe? - (are you going to see the show?)  Guto is in the office and is interrupted by an unwelcome phone call.

Listen to the dialogue:
Guto - Dim-dau-naw, dau-dim-wyth-pedwar, dau-saith-tri-pump?... Na, dim diolch. 
Bethan - Beth oedd hynna, te?
Guto - O, rhywun eisiau gwerthu rhywbeth.  Roedd rhaid i ni fynd i sioe i weld y stwff.
Bethan - O Guto.  Rwyt ti mor hunanol!  Rhaid i ti roi cyfle iddyn nhw!
Guto - Edrych, Bethan.  Does dim amser gyda fi ar hyn o bryd.  Beth bynnag, rhaid iddyn nhw ddod aton ni 
os ydyn nhw eisiau gwerthu rhywbeth i ni.
Bethan - Beth o’n nhw eisiau gwerthu i ni, ta beth?
Guto - Llungopiwyr, dw i’n credu.
Bethan - O? Rhaid i ni ffonio nôl!

Guto deals with the phone call in a rather unfriendly way.  Beth oedd hynna? - Bethan asks: what was that?  Rhywun eisiau gwerthu rhywbeth - (someone wanting to sell something).  Roedd rhaid i ni fynd i sioe i weld y stwff - (we had to go to a show to see the stuff).  Bethan is not very impressed with Guto’s off-hand manner.  Rwyt ti mor hunanol - (you’re so selfish).  Rhaid i ti roi cyfle iddyn nhw - (you’ve got to give them a chance).  Guto doesn’t have the patience: edrych, Bethan - (look, Bethan).  Does dim amser gyda fi ar hyn o bryd - (I haven’t got any time at the moment).  Beth bynnag - (anyway) - rhaid iddyn nhw ddod aton ni - (they’ve got to come to us) - os ydyn nhw eisiau gwerthu rhywbeth i ni - (if they want to sell something to us).  Beth o’n nhw eisiau gwerthu i ni, ta beth? - (what did they want to sell us, anyway?)  Ta beth is just a colloquial way of saying anyway.  Llungopiwyr, dw i’n credu - (photocopiers, I think).  Credu can be used in a very similar way to meddwl.  Bethan pricks up her ears at this news.  She’s always looking to improve the office photocopier.  Rhaid i ni ffonio nôl - (we’ve got to phone back).

Week 62, Thursday.  Today we’ll learn:
ataf i, atat ti, atoch chi, meddwl, meddyliais, erthygl, arfer, arferion, salwch, henoed

The forms of at that we haven’t met yet are before i, ti and chi.  They all follow the same pattern as ar.  Ata i, atat ti and atoch chi.  Wyt ti’n dod ata i? - (are you coming to me), or, depending on context, are you coming to my house?  We’ve met the verb anfon before - to send.  If you send something TO someone, you should use at.  Anfonon nhw lythyr atoch chi? - (did they send a letter to you?)  Bydda i’n anfon cerdyn atat ti - (I’ll send a card to you).  We’ve had the word arfer before in a number of different contexts.  Fel arfer means usually or, sometimes, as usual.  Dod i arfer â means to get used to.  Dw i ddim yn gallu dod i arfer a fe - (I can’t get used to it).  Basically, arfer means a habit.  The plural is: arferion - (habits).  Sâl, as you already know, is a word meaning ill.  Salwch is the noun - illness.  You may have heard the phrase cartre henoed before - an old people’s home.  So yr henoed are old people.  Erthygl is an article, like the one you read in a newspaper.  Now cast your mind back to the past tense.  Meddyliais i is I thought.  Meddyliaist ti - (you thought), meddyliodd e - (he thought) - and so on.  Ro’n i’n meddwl could mean I thought as well, or I was thinking ro’n i’n meddwl.  You say meddyliais i when you just thought suddenly about something, and then went on to think about something else..

Listen to the dialogue:
Catrin - Ro’n i’n darllen erthygl mewn cylchgrawn y dydd o’r blaen, a meddyliais i amdanoch chi.
Glenys - O?
Catrin - Ie, erthygl am arferion siopa oedd hi.
Glenys - Wyt ti’n gallu anfon y cylchgrawn ata i?
Catrin - Ydw.  Mae rhywbeth arall gyda fi i’w anfon atoch chi, hefyd.
Glenys - O?
Catrin - Erthygl am salwch yn yr henoed.
Glenys - Dim diolch, Catrin.  Dw i ddim eisiau honna!

Ro’n i’n darllen erthygl mewn cylchgrawn - (I was reading an article in a magazine) - y dydd o’r blaen - (the other day) - a meddyliais i amdanoch chi - (and I thought about you).  Erthygl am arferion siopa oedd hi - (It was an article about shopping habits).  This arouses Glenys’ interest: wyt ti’n gallu anfon y cylchgrawn ata i? - (can you send the magazine to me?)  Ydw - (yes I can).  Mae rhywbeth arall gyda fi i’w anfon atoch chi, hefyd - (I’ve got something else to send to you, as well).  Erthygl am salwch yn yr henoed - now that’s a bit unkind: an article about illness in old people.  Dim diolch - (no thanks).  Dw i ddim eisiau honna - (I don’t want that).

Week 62, Friday.  Today we’ll learn:
cofio at, gwnaf, chwaer, mam-yng-nghyfraith etc

One important use of the word at is cofio at - (to remember someone to someone else).  Cofiwch fi at eich mam - (remember me to your mother).  Cofiwch is the form you use if you’re speaking to someone you address as chi, of course.  Use cofia for ti.  Cofia fi at dy rieni di - (remember me to your parents).  Whilst we’re at it, let’s remind ourselves of some of the words for relations, as well as learning a few more.  Mam and tad are mother and father of course.  Mab, merch - (son, daughter).  Rhieni - (parents).  Tad-cu, mam-gu - (grandfather, grandmother) in south Wales, or in the North: nain a taid.  Brawd is a brother, and the word for sister is chwaer.  In-laws work in the same way as in English.  The word for law is cyfraith, so can you work out what relation this is? - mam-yng-nghyfraith... Yes, mother-in-law.  Likewise, you can have tad-yng-nghyfraith - (father-in-law), brawd-yng-nghyfraith - (brother in law), and chwaer-yng-nghyfraith - (sister-in-law).  Catrin is pushing Llinos’ pushchair in the park where they bump into the ubiquitous Mrs Richards.

Listen to the dialogue:
Mrs Richards - Prynhawn da, Catrin.
Catrin - Prynhawn da, Mrs Richards.
Mrs R - Sut mae dy fam-yng-nghyfraith?
Catrin - O, mae hi’n llawer gwell, diolch.
Mrs R - Dw i’n falch o glywed. Cofia fi ati hi!
Catrin - Gwnaf.
Mrs R - A beth am Llinos fach?  Bydd y Nadolig yma cyn hir.  Wyt ti’n edrych ymlaen ato fe?  Fydd 
Sion Corn yn dod, wyt ti’n meddwl?  Wyt ti wedi anfon llythyr ato fe?

Prynhawn da - (good afternoon).  Sut mae dy fam-yng-nghyfraith? - (how’s your
mother-in-law?)  Mae hi’n llawer gwell - (she’s a lot better).  Dw i’n falch o glywed - (I’m glad to hear).  Cofia fi ati hi - (remember me to her).  Notice Catrin answers with the word gwnaf: this literally means yes I will, and is the way to answer yes to a command, like cofia or cofiwch, but don’t worry about it too much at this stage.  Then Mrs Richards turns her attentions to Llinos.  Beth am Llinos fach? - (what about little Llinos?)  Bydd y Nadolig yma cyn hir - (Christmas will be here soon).  Wyt ti’n edrych ymlaen ato fe? - (are you looking forward to it?)  Fydd Sion Corn yn dod, wyt ti’n meddwl?  - (Will Father Christmas come, do you think?)  Wyt ti wedi anfon llythyr ato fe? - (have you sent a letter to him?)