Catchphrase Ysbyty Brynaber - Week 101

Key Language

dere + i fi + verb
-ish, -ist (NW verbal endings)
truan o

New Words

conan (SW)				to complain
teg					fair, just
stŵr					a fuss
cwpla (SW)				to finish
llanw (SW)				to fill
ffurflenni				forms
gad hi fod 				let it be
cadw					to put, in this context; also to keep, to preserve
dim golwg o				no sign of
rhoi					to put, in this context; also to give
beth ydw i haws? (NW)			what’s the point?; literally what am I easier?
clywist 					you heard; NW form of clywaist
dudish					I said; NW form of dywedais
ar bigau’r drain 				on tenterhooks; literally, on bramble thorns
callaf					most sensible 
gwrthwynebu				to oppose
y drwg					the problem, in this context; literally the evil
yn wastad				always
dof i 					I’ll come (future tense of dod)
trwy’r amser				all the time; literally through the time
mawr o ddewis				not much choice
edrych ymlaen 				to look forward to
strêt					straight
truan o 					poor thing
busnesan (SW)				to interfere
ers hydoedd				for ages
o’i le					wrong, out of place
benthyciad				a loan
cynllun					a plan
manwl					detailed
golygu					to mean
mewn golwg				in mind ; literally in sight
pwyso a mesur				to weigh up (a situation); literally to weigh and measure
cael i drefn				to get under control
yn union gyferbyn			exactly opposite
gwerthfawrogi				to appreciate
cystadleuaeth				competition
penwan					very angry, in this context; literally giddy

Brian’s had a difficult week.  He doesn’t know how to tell Rhodri that it’s not possible for him to go and live with him and Wendy.

Wendy -You shouldn’t have promised him in the first place...That was your mistake...Dy gamgymeriad 
mawr ti...
Brian - Doeddwn i ddim yn gweld y peth yn broblem, nac oeddwn?
Wendy - Well it is!  But don’t go on about it!

But Rhodri isn’t Wendy’s only problem.  She suspects Brian is having an affair with Michelle.  So when she makes an unexpected visit to the Yacht Club and finds him there, she launches into a verbal attack on Michelle.

Brian - Paid â chreu stŵr wnei di.
Wendy - You think I’m daft?  You think I don’t know that you’ve slept with him?

Michelle also hears some alarming news from Chris Roberts, who’s still in the psychiatric unit:

Chris - I’m determined to get out of this mad hell hole.  And then, once I’m free, things are going to happen to a few people - so, they’d better watch out...

Main Grammatical Points

As Wendy gives Vicky a bath she says: ‘Dere i fi olchi dy gefn di’.   
‘Dere’ is the normal way of saying ‘come on’ in South Wales.  But here ‘dere’  is followed by ‘i fi’ and a verb’ - which is of course mutated!  Listen again.  ‘Dere i fi olchi dy gefn di’.  Literally this translates as:  ‘Come for me to wash your back’.   It’s the equivalent of saying ‘Let me wash your back’.
You could also use this pattern to say ‘Let’s go’ - Dere i ni fynd.
or ‘Let me see’ - Dere i fi weld.

In one of their angry exchanges, Brian says to Wendy:

Brian - Glywist ti be ddudish i? 

which means ‘Did you hear what I said?’

Glywist ti and dudish i are the short past tense forms of  the verbs ‘clywed’ and ‘dweud’.
The formal past tense ending when referring to oneself is ‘-ais’ , as in dywedais i - ‘I said’, but Brian, in his northern dialect says ‘-ish’ - as in ‘dudish i’.
Other examples are:

gwelish i - I saw 
prynish i - I bought

The phrase for ‘oh, poor you’ in Welsh is ‘o, druan ohonot ti’, as Michelle says to Brian, when she sympathises with him for all his problems.
 ‘Truan’ means ‘poor’ in the sense of ‘wretched’ or ‘miserable’ and must not be confused with ‘tlawd’, which means ‘poor’ in the sense of being short of money.  It may interest you to know that the word ‘truant’ is one of the few English words borrowed from Welsh.  Yes, it makes you think of ‘truants’ in a different light, doesn’t it?.  They are unhappy people who can’t cope, not just lazy ones who can’t be bothered turning up to school or work.

Catchphrase Ysbyty Brynaber: Episode 300

There’s no end to Brian and Michelle’s bickering at the moment.

Meanwhile Jac needs a substantial bank loan to realise his new dream.

Geirfa

conan (SW)				to complain
teg					fair, just
stŵr					a fuss
cwpla (SW)				to finish
llanw (SW)				to fill
ffurflenni				forms
gad hi fod 				let it be
cadw					to put, in this context; also to keep, to preserve
dim golwg o				no sign of
rhoi					to put, in this context; also to give
beth ydw i haws? (NW)			what’s the point?; literally what am I easier?
clywist 					you heard; NW form of clywaist
dudish					I said; NW form of dywedais

Golygfa 1

Agnes - Dewch nawr...Amser gwely...Rhodri...’Beca...Lan staer, os gwelwch chi’n dda....
Rhodri - O, mam! roedden ni’n gwylio hynny...
Agnes - Dim ots gyda fi.  Mae gyda chi’ch dau ysgol yfory...A sa i moyn unrhyw gonan nawr...Dewch 
ymlaen...Off â chi...
Rhodri - Pam ydw i’n gorfod mynd i’r gwely yr un pryd â ‘Beca?  So fe’n deg!
Agnes - Rhodri - dere nawr: sa i moyn dechrau dadlau - 
Rhodri - Smo fe’n deg o gwbl!
Agnes - Smo lot o bethau yn y byd yma’n deg -
Rhodri - Plis, mam -
Agnes - Na.  Sa i moyn clywed rhagor o gonan.  Lan â ti.  Cer nawr.  A dw i am i chi’ch dau frwshio’ch 
dannedd...  
Jac - Aethon nhw i fyny?
Agnes - Yffach!  Do.  Ond ar ôl lot o stŵr.  Wyt ti wedi cwpla llanw’r ffurflenni yma ar gyfer y banc eto?
Jac - Ddim cweit...
Agnes - Rwyt ti wedi bod wrthi am oriau yn barod...
Jac - A byddaf i wrthi am oriau eto hefyd...
Agnes - Gad hi fod am heno nawr...
Jac - Na.  Dw i eisiau i’r ffurflenni yma fod yn y post yfory.
Agnes - Sa i’n deall...
Jac - Deall beth rwan?
Agnes - Pam ti moyn benthyg arian...
Jac - Am nad oes gen i ddim digon o bres...
Agnes - Ond ar ôl i ti werthu’r tŷ...Roeddwn i’n meddwl bod hynny yn ddigon ar gyfer sefydlu busnes...
Jac - Oedd - ar gyfer sefydlu busnes siop...  Ond erbyn hyn, dw i wedi gweld rhywle arall dw i’n keen 
iawn i brynu...
Agnes - Ond roeddwn i’n meddwl dy fod ti wedi rhoi dy fryd ar y siop yna welson ni’n dau ar y stryd fawr...?
Jac - Roeddwn i...Tan i mi weld rhywle arall...Rhywle efo potensial gwell o lawer.  So...
Agnes - Ble ynte?  Yn y dref o hyd...?
Jac - Ie...
Agnes - Ond ddim ar y stryd fawr?
Jac - Na...Ddim ar y stryd fawr...
Agnes - A siop wag yw hon hefyd?
Jac - Ie.  Siop wag a rhywbeth arall gwag ar hyn o bryd hefyd...Dyna pam mae’r pris dipyn yn fwy.
Agnes - A dyna pam wyt ti angen benthyg arian?
Jac - Yep.  So...Gwell i fi ddal ati.
Agnes - A gwell i fi fynd lan staer i weld os yw’r plant yna wedi brwshio’u dannedd...

Golygfa 2

Wendy - ...a dere i fi olchi dy gefn di hefyd...dyna ti.  Oeddet ti’n hoffi hynny, Vicky?
Brian - Lle mae’r gyllell fara?
Wendy - Beth?
Brian - Lle mae’r gyllell fara?  Lle wyt ti wedi ei chadw hi?
Wendy - Yn yr un lle ag arfer...
Brian - Wel, dydy hi ddim yna...
Wendy - Edrych eto...
Brian - Dw i wedi edrych fwy nag unwaith yn barod...Ond does yna ddim golwg ohoni hi...
Brian - Lle uffern wyt ti wedi ei rhoi hi, Wendy?
Wendy - Rwyt ti’n useless.  You can never find anything!
Brian - Cer di i chwilio ynte.  Gwell i mi aros yma efo Vicky -
Wendy - No way.  I’m not going down those stairs.  I’ve been up and down them like a yo-yo all day...
Wendy - What are you gawping at?
Brian - Beth ydw i haws?
Wendy - Beth?
Brian - Beth ydw i haws, meddwn i?
Wendy - What are you on about?
Brian - Dim...
Wendy - Don’t sulk.  I can’t stand it when you sulk.
Brian - Dw i’n mynd...
Wendy - Mynd i ble?
Brian - Allan...
Wendy - Don’t tell me...To the Yacht Club?
Brian - Na...
Wendy - I bet.
Brian - Dydw i ddim yn mynd i’r Yacht Club...
Wendy - Where else?
Brian - Am y canfed tro, does yna ddim byd yn mynd ymlaen rhyngof i a Michelle...dim byd!  Wyt ti’n deall?
Brian - Glywist (glywaist) ti fi?  Wendy?  Glywist (glywaist) ti beth ddudish (ddywedais) i?
Wendy - Pryd wyt ti’n dod yn ôl ynte?
Brian - O fewn hanner awr.  Dim ond mynd i nôl take-away i chdi a fi ydw i.  Wneith pizza y tro i swper 
heno?
Wendy - Whatever.  So long as I don’t have to cook it.

Catchphrase Ysbyty Brynaber: Episode 301

Brian collects an excited Rhodri from Agnes’s, but his excitement is soon dampened when he hears what his father has to tell him. . . 

Geirfa

ar bigau’r drain 				on tenterhooks; literally, on bramble thorns
callaf					most sensible 
gwrthwynebu				to oppose
y drwg					the problem, in this context; literally the evil
yn wastad				always
dof i					I’ll come (future tense of dod)
trwy’r amser				all the time; literally through the time
mawr o ddewis				not much choice
edrych ymlaen 				to look forward to
strêt					straight

Golygfa 1

Agnes - Rhodri?  Dere i lawr...Bydd dy dad yma unrhyw eiliad i dy nôl di...
Rhodri - Byddaf i lawr nawr, mam...
Agnes - Jac...Dw i ar bigau’r drain...  
Jac - Does dim eisiau i ti fod...
Agnes - Dw i’n ffaelu helpu’r ffordd dw i’n teimlo...
Jac - Dydw i ddim yn gweld pam na fedr Brian ddweud wrth Rhodri yn ei dŷ ei hun...
Agnes - Na fi...
Jac - Dweud wrth Brian mai dyna fuasai’r peth callaf ynte...
Agnes - Dwi wedi dweud wrtho fe! Fwy nag unwaith.  Sa i moyn cael fy llusgo i mewn i hyn i gyd.  
Mater rhwng Brian a Rhodri yw e...
Jac - Dyna fo ynte.  Does dim eisiau i chdi deimlo’n euog neu’n embarassed...
Agnes - Dw i’n hollol fodlon i Rhodri fynd i fyw gyda Brian trwy’r amser...Ond Brian sy’n 
gwrthwynebu...
Jac - Neu Wendy yn yr achos yma?
Agnes - Ie.  Wendy...Hi yw’r drwg...
Jac - Y peth pwysicaf ydy fod Rhodri ddim yn meddwl mai ti sydd ar fai...
Agnes - Dydy e ddim.  Dw i wedi dweud wrtho fe...O, yffach!  Dacw fe!  Mae Brian yma...
Jac - Gad i fi agor y drws...
Agnes - Ti?  Pam?
Jac - Ti sydd yn wastad yn gwneud...
Agnes - Ie, ond...
Jac - Ydy hi ddim yn bryd i fi ddechrau gwneud?
Agnes - Os ti moyn...
Jac - Ydw...Brian - tyrd i mewn...
Brian - Na, dim diolch.  Ddof i ddim.  Dw i’n iawn fan hyn...
Jac - Paid ag aros tu allan - mae hi’n oer...
Brian - Ydy Rhodri yn barod?
Jac - Mae o wrthi’n pacio i fyny grisiau... Edrycha, mêt - rwyt ti’n gadael i’r gwynt oer ddod i mewn i’r 
tŷ...Tyrd i mewn, er mwyn i mi gael cau’r drws...
Brian - Dau funud ynte.
Agnes - Rhodri?  Dere - mae dy dad yn aros amdanat ti...  
Brian - Agnes - s’mai?
Agnes - Iawn.  A ti?
Brian - Iawn.
Jac - Paned, Brian?
Brian - Na.  Newydd gael un.
Agnes - Wyt ti’n bwriadu dweud y newyddion drwg wrth Rhodri nawr?  Dweud bod hi ddim yn bosibl 
iddo fe ddod i aros gyda ti trwy’r amser?
Brian - Ydw...
Agnes - Wyt ti’n gwneud peth call, Brian?
Brian - Does gen i fawr o ddewis, Agnes.
Rhodri - Haia, dad!
Brian - Hei, Rhods!  Wyt ti’n barod?
Rhodri - Ydw! 
Brian - Da iawn chdi...
Rhodri - Ta ra, mam...
Agnes - Gwelaf i di ddydd Sul, Rhodri...
Rhodri - Dw i’n ffaelu aros i fyw gyda ti trwy’r amser, dad!
Agnes - Cofia dy sgarff, Rhodri.
Rhodri - Pryd fydd hynny yn digwydd, dad?
Agnes - Wyt ti’n clywed beth ddywedais i, Rhodri?  Cofia dy sgarff.
Rhodri - Dad - pryd fyddaf i’n dod i fyw atat ti yn y tŷ newydd?
Brian - Rhodri, edrycha...
Rhodri - Dw i’n really edrych ymlaen!
Brian - Dw i ddim cweit yn gwybod sut i ddweud hyn...
Jac - Jest dweud yn strêt, Brian...
Brian - Cadw di dy drwyn allan o hyn, Jac...
Rhodri - Pryd, dad?  Pryd?
Brian - Rhodri, gwranda...Mae hyn yn anodd, reit...A dw i’n gwybod ei bod hi’n anodd i chdi 
hefyd...
Agnes - So fe’n bosibl, Rhodri.
Rhodri - Ond roeddet ti wedi addo i fi, dad!
Brian - Do, dw i’n gwybod fy mod i wedi, Rhods...Ond...
Rhodri - Ond beth?
Brian - Gad i ni fynd i’r car!
Rhodri - Pam wyt ti ddim moyn fi?
Brian - Dydy hynny ddim yn deg.  Wrth gwrs fy mod i eisiau chdi!  A chei di ddwad acw am hanner yr 
wythnos yr un fath yn union!
Rhodri - Ond pam na chaf i ddod i fyw atat ti am byth?  Achos dy fod ti ddim moyn fi?
Brian - Rhodri!  Wrth gwrs fy mod i eisiau chdi!  Ond dydy o jest ddim yn bosibl!
Rhodri - Dw i’n dy gasâu ti!  Casâu ti!  Wyt ti’n clywed?
Agnes - Rhodri!

Catchphrase Ysbyty Brynaber: Episode 302

Jac discloses to Agnes the nature of his new business venture, but he’s determined to keep it secret for the time being.

Meanwhile Michelle’s female intuition is spot on . . . 

Geirfa

truan o 					poor thing
busnesan (SW)				to interfere
ers hydoedd				for ages
o’i le					wrong, out of place
benthyciad				a loan
cynllun					a plan
manwl					detailed
golygu					to mean
mewn golwg				in mind; literally in sight
pwyso a mesur				to weigh up (a situation); literally to weigh and measure
cael i drefn				to get under control
yn union gyferbyn			exactly opposite
gwerthfawrogi				to appreciate
cytradleuaeth				competition
penwan					very angry, in this context; literally giddy

Golygfa 1

Michelle - Poor you...
Brian - Ie...Druan ohonof i...
Michelle - Druan ohonot ti, Brian...Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea...
Brian - Wendy Keating a’r môr mawr glas ti’n feddwl...!
Un ar ddeg oed ydy Rhodri...A mae Wendy yn ddau ddeg pump...Ond buasech chdi’n meddwl 
o’r ffordd mae hi’n bihafio, mai hi ydy’r plentyn...
Michelle - Beth wyt ti’n mynd i’w wneud?
Brian - Beth allaf i ei wneud? Mae Rhodri yn meddwl mai fi sydd ddim eisiau fo...
Michelle - Which is so not true...
Brian - Wrth gwrs.  Buaswn i wrth fy modd tasai fo yn byw efo fi trwy’r amser...
Michelle - Ond?
Brian - Dyna’r peth...Dyna’r dam peth...Does dim gobaith newid meddwl Wendy...Dim ffordd.
Michelle - Sori...Sa i eisiau...What I mean is...Listen...Dydw i ddim eisiau busnesan na dim...  it’s none of my business...But this has been going on for quite a while now hasn’t it?
Brian - Ers hydoedd...
Michelle - And what strikes me...And please don’t get me wrong - O.K.?  But beth sy’n fy nharo i fel 
rhywun sy’n edrych ar hyn o’r tu fas...With an objective eye, so to speak is...well...
Brian - Beth?
Michelle - I daren’t say it....
Brian - Na, na.  Dywed beth sydd ar dy feddwl di...
Michelle - Ond wyt ti’n addo...Do you promise not to take it the wrong way?
Brian - Ydw, siwr...Beth?  Michelle...Dywed beth sydd ar dy feddwl di...
Michelle - Yn onest...A bydd yn onest nawr, Brian...Ond wyt ti wir yn hapus gyda Wendy?
Sori.  I’ve over-stepped the mark....  
Brian - Na, rwyt ti heb...
Michelle - I know I have...
Brian - Dwyt ti ddim...
Michelle - Sori...
Brian - Na, rwyt ti heb ddweud dim byd o’i le...
Michelle - Siwr?
Brian - Rwyt ti wedi dweud y gwir...Dyna’r cwbl...

Golygfa 2

Agnes - Wyt i’n iawn?
Jac - …Aros am funud...Jest i fi allu...
Agnes - Gad i fi symud y gadair olwyn yma mas o’r ffordd...
Jac - Dyna ni...Dw i mewn...
Agnes - Sut aeth dy gyfarfod di gyda rheolwr y banc?
Jac - Grêt...
Agnes - Oedd e’n glên?
Jac - Clên iawn.
Agnes - A ges ti’r benthyciad oeddet ti moyn?
Jac - Fwy neu lai...
Agnes - Fwy neu lai?  Beth wyt ti’n ei feddwl?
Jac - Dydy o ddim yn fodlon gadael i mi gael pres nes fy mod i’n cyflwyno cynllun busnes mwy 
manwl.  So...
Agnes - Beth mae hynny’n ei olygu, Jac?
Jac - Bydd rhaid i fi wneud ychydig bach mwy o waith.
Agnes - Ah-huh.  Ond ers i ti newid dy feddwl am werthu computers dwyt ti byth wedi dweud wrthyf i 
yn gymwys pa fath o fusnes sydd gyda ti mewn golwg 
Jac - Dw i heb ddweud hynny rhag ofn na ddaw yr holl beth i ddim byd yn y diwedd...
Agnes - Ond o dy adnabod ti...Dw i’n siwr cei di’r cyfan i drefn...
Jac - Dydw i ddim mor siwr...
Agnes - Pam wyt ti mor bryderus?
Jac - Garej ydy hi.
Agnes - Ond dywedais ti dy fod ti ddim am fynd yn ôl i’r busnes ceir ail law?
Jac - Do, dw i’n gwybod...Ond...
Agnes - Ond beth?
Jac - Ar ôl pwyso a mesur ...Dyna’r busnes dw i’n ei adnabod orau...Ond mae gan y garej yma siop 
sy’n gwerthu pob math o bethau hefyd...
Agnes - A ble yn gymwys fydd y garej yma?
Jac - Dyna’r peth...Mae’r garej dw i’n gobeithio ei phrynu union gyferbyn â garej Brian.  
Agnes - Wyt ti’n tynnu fy nghoes i?
Jac - Na.  Byddaf i dros y ffordd.  Fwy neu lai.
Agnes - Sa i’n credu bydd Brian yn gwerthfawrogi’r gystadleuaeth ryw lawer.
Jac - Fydd Brian ddim yn gwerthfawrogi’r gystadleuaeth o gwbl...
Agnes - O, yffach...na fydd!  Aiff e’n hollol benwan!
Jac - A dyna pam mae hi mor bwysig i ni gadw’r peth yn hollol dawel.  Tan fydd y ‘deal’ wedi cael ei orffen a’r ‘property’ - y garej a’r siop - safely in the bag!

Synopsis

Agnes and Jac discuss Brian’s refusal to have Rhodri live with him full time.  They come to the conclusion that it’s Wendy who’s objecting.

Meanwhile Jac has changed his mind about starting a computer business and has set his sights on buying a garage.

Test yourself

1.	How would you say’ it isn’t fair’?

	(a)	Dydy hi ddim yn union.
	(b)	Dydy hi ddim yn deg.
	(c)	Dydy hi ddim yn ffair.

2.	Which of the following means ‘to be short of money’?

	(a)	bod yn brin o bres
	(b)	bod yn gwta o bres
	(c)	bod yn llwm o bres

3.	What phrase corresponds to ‘You’ve set your heart on it’?

	(a)	Rwyt ti wedi rhoi dy ganol arno.
	(b)	Rwyt ti wedi rhoi dy ben arno.
	(c)	Rwyt ti wedi rhoi dy fryd arno.

4.	How does Wendy say to Vicky, ‘Let me wash your back’?

	(a)	Dere i mi olchi dy gefn di.
	(b)	Dyro i mi olchi dy gefn di.
	(c)	Dyro i mi olchi dy gefn di.

5.	Which expression corresponds to ‘you poor thing’?

	(a)	Druan ohonot ti!
	(b)	Tlawd ohonot ti!
	(c)	Ti druan beth!

6.	Which of the following means ‘to weigh up’ a situation?

	(a)	pwyso i fyny
	(b)	pwyso a mesur
	(c)	pwyso a meddwl