Catchphrase 2001 - ail gyfres: Wythnos 64

Week 64, Monday.  Today we’ll learn:
mynd a, dod a, eiliad, ymdopi

We’ve talked a bit about the verb gofyn - (to ask).  When you ask someone, you have to use i to make the verb complete.  Maen nhw’n gofyn i ni - (they’re asking us).  ’Dyn ni’n gorfod gofyn i’r athro - (we’ve got to ask the teacher).  The verbs for to bring and to take in Welsh work in the same way, as we’ve learnt.  Mynd Â rhywbeth is to take something.  Dod Â rhywbeth - or rhywun - is to bring something, or someone.  ’Dych chi’n gallu dod â’ch car? - (can you bring your car).  Dw i’n mynd â’r plant i’r sinema - (I’m taking the children to the cinema).  A couple of new words you’ll hear: eiliad is a second or a moment.  Oes eiliad gyda chi? - (have you got a moment?)  Ymdopi is the verb to cope.  ’Dw i ddim yn gallu ymdopi â’r gwaith ’ma i gyd - (I can’t cope with all this work).  Rhys, who has joined his local paper on job experience in the hope they’ll offer him a job, is sent out on his first assignment.  He’s been asked by his editor to write an article on how parents share the responsiblity of taking their children to school and bringing them back.  

Listen to the dialogue:

Rhys - Yy, helo... yy, gohebydd o’r papur lleol dw i.
Menyw 1 - Beth?
Rhys - Gohebydd o’r papur lleol dw i.  Oes eiliad ‘da chi?
Menyw 1 - I beth?
Rhys - Dw i ddim ond eisiau siarad â chi am eich plant.  Dim ond cwpl o gwestiynau.
Menyw 1 - Fel beth?
Rhys - Yy... Sut ’dych chi’n ymdopi â’ch plant?
Menyw 1 - Yn eitha da, diolch yn fawr.
Rhys - Na, na, pwy sy’n dod â’ch plant i’r ysgol fel arfer yn y bore?
Menyw 1 - Fi, wrth gwrs.
Rhys - A phwy sy’n mynd â nhw adre yn y prynhawn?
Menyw 1 - Fi, eto.
Rhys - Iawn, diolch.
Menyw 1 - Croeso!

It doesn’t sound as though that person was very keen on speaking to him!  Rhys introduces himself by saying: gohebydd o’r papur lleol ’dw i - (I’m a reporter from the local paper).  ’Dw i ddim ond eisiau siarad â chi am eich plant - (I only want to talk to you about your children).  Dim ond cwpl o gwestiynau - (only a couple of questions).  Fel beth? the interviewee asks - like what?  Sut ’dych chi’n ymdopi â’ch plant? - (how do you cope with your children?)  Perhaps not the best question.  Yn eitha da, diolch yn fawr - (quite well, thank you very much).  Na, na - (No, no), Rhys says.  Pwy sy’n dod a’ch plant i’r ysgol fel arfer yn y bore? - (who brings your children to the school usually in the morning?)  Fi, wrth gwrs - (me, of course).  A phwy sy’n mynd â nhw adre yn y prynhawn - (and who takes them home in the afternoon?)  Fi eto - (me again).      

Week 64, Tuesday.  Today we’ll learn
mynd â, dod â, gaf i?, cewch

You’ll hear again the phrases mynd â - to take, and dod â - to bring.  Cwrdd - (to meet) - is another verb that is followed by â.  Cwrdd â rhywun - (to meet someone).  Cwrddais i â ffrind echdoe - (I met a friend the day before yesterday).  The first words that Rhys will say are gaf i, a very useful phrase.  Gaf i ofyn cwestiwn? - (may I ask a question?) and in spoken Welsh you will hear Ga i where the ‘f’ disappears.  Gaf i fynd â’r llyfr ’ma adre? - (can I take this book home?)  Gaf i has its own word for yes: cewch - (yes, you may).  Gaf i adael? - (can I leave?)  Cewch - (yes, you may).  Other new words are hwyr - (late).  The phrase fel rheol means as a rule.

Listen to the dialogue:
Rhys - Gaf i ofyn cwestiwn i chi, os gwelwch yn dda?
Menyw 2 - Cewch.
Rhys - Pwy sy’n mynd â’ch plant i’r ysgol bob bore?
Menyw 2 - Mae’n dibynnu.  Weithiau fi, weithiau fy ngwr.
Rhys - Ac yn y prynhawn?  Pwy sy’n dod â nhw adre?
Menyw 2 - Mae fy ngwr yn cwrdd â nhw ar ôl yr ysgol, fel rheol.
Rhys - Ydi e’n hwyr weithiau?
Menyw 2 - Ydy, yn aml!
Rhys - Dych chi’n poeni amdanyn nhw bryd hynny?
Menyw 2 - O, nac ydw.  Maen nhw’n ddiogel.  Hwyl.

Rhys asks his second interviewee: gaf i ofyn cwestiwn i chi os gwelwch yn dda? - (may I ask you a question please?).  It looks as though this interview’s going to go more smoothly.  Cewch - (yes, you may).  Pwy sy’n mynd a’ch plant i’r ysgol bob bore - (who takes your children to school every morning?)  Mae’n dibynnu - (it depends).  Weithiau fi, weithiau fy ngwr - (sometimes me, sometimes my husband).  Ac yn y prynhawn - (and in the afternoon) - pwy sy’n dod a nhw adre? - (who brings them home?)  Mae fy ngwr yn cwrdd a nhw ar ôl yr ysgol, fel rheol - (my husband meets them after school, as a rule).  Ydy e’n hwyr weithiau? - (is he late, sometimes?)  Ydy, yn aml - (yes, often).  ’Dych chi’n poeni amdanyn nhw bryd hynny - (do you worry about them at that time?)  Nac ydw - (no).  Maen nhw’n ddiogel - (they’re safe).

Week 64, Wednesday.  Today we’ll learn
gaf i?, na chewch, perthyn, anghywir, gwaeth byth, prifathro, personol

Let’s see how Rhys gets on with his third interviewee.  Before that, some grammar and vocabulary.  We saw yesterday how you say may I - gaf i.  And remember you can also say Ga i.  Ga i ddod? - (may I come?)  And the answer: cewch - (yes).  But how do we say no?  The answer is: na chewch.  Ga i eistedd i lawr? - (may I sit down?)  Na chewch - (No, you may not).  Perthyn is the verb to belong.  Ydy hwn yn perthyn i chi? - (does this belong to you?)  Anghywir means wrong.  Mae’n anghywir - (it’s wrong).  Cael rhywbeth yn anghywir is to get something wrong.  Rwyt ti wedi cael y gwaith yn anghywir - (you’ve got the work wrong).  We’ve had the phrase uwch byth before.  Uwch is higher, uwch byth is even higher.  You can make the same construction with gwaeth - (worse).  Gwaeth byth - (even worse).  We’ve had athro before, as well - teacher.  Prifathro is, literally, chief teacher, or as you’d say in English, headteacher.  One more easy word: personol: it means personal.  Rhys faces a difficult customer in this interview.

Listen to the dialogue:
Dyn 1 - Dw i ddim yn hoffi’r papur lleol.  Maen nhw’n cael popeth yn anghywir.
Rhys - Wel, dw i ddim yn gweithio i’r papur mewn gwirionedd.  Dw i ar brofiad gwaith.
Dyn 1 - Beth!  Mae hynny’n waeth byth!  Gwell i rywun ddweud wrth y prifathro!
Rhys - O... Yy... Ga i ofyn cwestiwn i chi, te?
Dyn 1 - Iawn, cewch.  Beth ’dych chi eisiau gofyn?
Rhys - Dych chi’n cwrdd â’ch plant yn yr ysgol fel arfer?
Dyn - Bob amser, ydw.
Rhys - A ’dych chi’n dod â nhw i’r ysgol yn y bore?
Dyn - Fel arfer, ydw.  Ond bore fory, bydd fy ngwraig yn dod a nhw.
Rhys - Gaf i ofyn i chi pam?
Dyn - Na chewch!  ’Dych chi’n gofyn cwestiynau personol iawn!

The man tells him: dw i ddim yn hoffi’r papur lleol - (I don’t like the local paper).  Maen nhw’n cael popeth yn anghywir - (they get everything wrong).  So Rhys tries to distance himself from them.  Dw i ddim yn gweithio i’r papur mewn gwirionedd - (actually, I don’t work for the paper).  Dw i ar brofiad gwaith - (I’m on work experience).  Beth! - (what!) the man exclaims.  Mae hynny’n waeth byth - (that’s even worse).  I suppose you can’t blame him for feeling slightly worried.  Gwell i rywun ddweud wrth y prifathro - (somebody had better tell the headteacher!)  But I think the man’s only joking with Rhys, who meekly asks: gaf i ofyn cwestiwn? - (can I ask a question?)  Iawn, cewch - (O.K., yes you can).  Beth ’dych chi eisiau ofyn? - (what do you want to ask?)  ’dych chi’n cwrdd â’ch plant yn yr ysgol fel arfer? - (do you meet your children at school usually?)  Bob amser, ydw - (every time, yes).  A dych chi’n dod â nhw i’r ysgol yn y bore? - (and you bring them to school in the morning?)  Fel arfer, ydw - (usually, yes).  Ond bore fory, bydd fy ngwraig yn dod â nhw - (but tomorrow morning, my wife will be bringing them).  Ga i ofyn i chi pam? - (may I ask you why?)  Na chewch, is the answer - no, you may not.  ’Dych chi’n gofyn cwestiynau personol iawn - (you ask very personal questions).

Week 64, Thursday.  Today we’ll learn
cytuno â, holi, codi plant

Another verb that is followed by A is cytuno - (to agree).  Cytuno â rhywun - (to agree with somebody).  ’Dyn ni wedi cytuno â’n gilydd i siarad amdano fe - (we’ve agreed with each other to talk about it).  We’ve heard codi before when it means to get up.  Faint o’r gloch ’dych chi’n codi? - (what time do you get up?)  But codi can also mean to pick up.  Faint o’r gloch ’dych chi’n codi’r plant? - (what time to you pick the kids up?)  Another new verb: holi - it’s what Rhys has been doing at the school: to interview.  Mae e’n holi pobl yn yr ysgol - (he’s interviewing people at school).  Let’s see how he gets on this time.

Listen to the dialogue:
Rhys - Esgusodwch fi.
Menyw 3 - What’s that, love?
Rhys - ’Dych chi’n siarad Cymraeg?
Menyw 3 - Siarad Cymraeg.  Ydw.  Tipyn bach.
Rhys - ’Dw i’n holi pobl am godi eu plant o’r ysgol - pwy sy’n gwneud y gwaith.  ’Dych chi bob amser yn dod 
â’r plant i’r ysgol yn y bore?
Menyw 3 - Ydw.
Rhys - A mynd a nhw adre yn y prynhawn?
Menyw 3 - Ydw.
Rhys - A does neb arall yn cwrdd â nhw weithiau?
Menyw 3 - Nac oes.
Rhys - ’Dych chi wedi cytuno â’ch gwr i wneud hyn?
Menyw 3 - Ydw.
Rhys - Diolch

Well, Rhys seemed to get a slightly more positive, if one-word, response that time!  First he asks his interviewee: ’dych chi’n siarad Cymraeg? - (do you speak Welsh?)  Ydw.  Tipyn bach - (yes.  A bit).  ’Dw i’n holi pobl am godi eu plant o’r ysgol - (I’m interviewing people about picking up their children from school) - pwy sy’n gwneud y gwaith? - (who does the work, who does it?).  ’Dych chi bob amser yn dod â’r plant i’r ysgol yn y bore? - (do you always bring the children to school in the morning?)  A mynd â nhw adre yn y prynhawn? - (and take them home in the afternoon?)  A does neb arall yn cwrdd â nhw weithiau? - (and no one else meets them sometimes?)  Notice the answer: nac oes.  ’Dych chi wedi cytuno â’ch gwr i wneud hyn? - (have you agreed with your husband to do this?)

Week 64, Friday.  Today we’ll learn
cwrdd â, cytuno â, dod â, mynd â

Let’s summarise the verbs we’ve seen this week that are followed by A.  Mynd â - (to take), dod â - (to bring), siarad â - (to speak to), cwrdd â - (to meet), cytuno â - (to agree with).  We’ll now hear the last of Rhys’ interviews outside the school about how parents share the responsibility for delivering and picking up their children.

Listen to the dialogue:
Rhys - Ga i siarad â chi, os gwelwch yn dda?
Dyn 2 - Cewch.
Rhys - Dw i’n holi pobl am godi eu plant o’r ysgol ar gyfer y papur lleol.
’Dych chi wedi cytuno â’ch gwraig i fynd a’ch plant i’r ysgol?
Dyn 2 - Ydw.  Mae hi’n gwneud y gwaith.
Rhys - O... Dych chi ddim yn dod â nhw i’r ysgol te?
Dyn 2 - Nac ydw.
Rhys - A dych chi ddim yn mynd â nhw adre ar ôl yr ysgol?
Dyn 2 - Nac ydw.
Rhys - Hm. Yy.. Ond ’dych chi’n cwrdd â nhw yn yr ysgol?
Dyn 2 - Does dim digon o amser gyda fi, yn anffodus.
Rhys - Oes plant gyda chi yn yr ysgol ’ma?!
Dyn 2 - Nac oes.
Rhys - Pwy ’dych chi, te?
Dyn 2 - Fi ydi’r prifathro!

Not a very successful start to Rhys’ journalistic career, perhaps!  Ga i siarad â chi os gwelwch yn dda, he asks - can I speak to you, please.  Cewch - (yes).  Dw i’n holi pobl am godi eu plant o’r ysgol - (I’m interviewing people about picking their children up from the school - ar gyfer y papur lleol - (for the local paper).  ’Dych chi wedi cytuno a’ch gwraig i fynd a’ch plant i’r ysgol? - (have you agreed with your wife to take the children to school?).  Ydw, is the answer: yes.  Mae hi’n gwneud y gwaith.  Rhys is totally puzzled because he assumed all these people were dropping their children off at school.  ’Dych chi ddim yn dod â nhw i’r ysgol - (don’t you bring them to school?)  Nac ydw - (no).   A ’dych chi ddim yn mynd â nhw adre o’r ysgol - (and you don’t take them home from school?)  Curiouser and curiouser.  Ond ’dych chi’n cwrdd a nhw yn yr ysgol? - (but you meet them at school?)  Does dim digon o amser gyda fi yn anffodus - (I don’t have enough time, unfortunately).  Then the penny drops.  Oes plant gyda chi yn yr ysgol ’ma? - (have you got children in this school?)  Nac oes - (no).  Pwy ’dych chi, te - (who are you, then?)  Fi ydi’r prifathro - (I’m the headteacher).