Catchphrase Ysbyty Brynaber - Week 104

Key Language

i’r gwaith / i’r ysgol etc.
fi wnaeth (emphasising subject)
pwy / beth / pa

New Words
 
diodydd meddal a meddwol		soft and alcoholic drinks
cystadleuaeth uniongyrchol		direct competition
sigliad					a shaking, a shock
fel arall					otherwise
cweir					a beating
gwag					empty
dyfodol					future
bwriadol				deliberate
cymhleth				complicated
maddau				to forgive
dial					to take revenge
llwyddo					to succeed
ymateb					to react
yn wych				brilliantly
galw heibio				to pop in; literally to call past
gadawodd				he left (past tense of gadael ‘to leave’)
pensaer				an architect
gwaith adeiladu				construction work
bod o a’i fryd ar				to intend; literally to have his mind on
difetha					to destroy
cant a mil o bethau			a lot of things; literally a 100 and a 1000 things
cyflogi					to employ
rhyw gymaint				a certain amount
trystio					to trust
difrifol					serious
ymlacio					to relax
cynnig					to offer
pam lai					why not? literally, why less?
câs					hatred
blêr					nasty, literally messy
nês ymlaen				later on
hollol amlwg				perfectly clear
bygwth					to threaten
llucio					to throw
twp					stupid

Agnes is worried that Jac hasn’t told Brian about his new business yet.  So it comes as a bit of a shock when she bumps into Wendy in the supermarket and discovers that the story’s already out.

Wendy - You and that slimy robber baron you’re shacking up with...Dw i’n clywed eich bod chi’n mynd i ddechrau busnes...
Agnes - Sut yn y byd mawr glywsoch chi?
Wendy - Dim ots ‘bytu hynny...

However, Agnes and Wendy’s quarrel in the supermarket is nothing compared with Brian and Jac’s disagreement in the Yacht club, which ends in Brian assaulting Jac.

Main Grammatical Points

Michelle tells Jenny she’s on her way to work

Michelle - Ar fy ffordd i’r gwaith ydw i nawr

Note that she says i’r gwaith - ‘to the work’, not ‘to work’ as in English.  You must also include the word ‘the’, when you talk about going to school - i’r ysgol,
to town - i’r dre, to church - i’r eglwys, and  to hospital - i’r ysbyty.  

It’s Michelle who found out about Jac’s new garage, as she points out to Brian:

Michelle - Fi wnaeth ffeindio mas fod Jac yn mynd i brynu’r garej ontefe?

If Michelle were making a simple statement about what had happened she’d have said:

Gwnes i ffeindio mas fod Jac yn mynd i brynu’r garej’
’I found out Jac was going to buy the garage.’

But because she’s emphasising the fact that she was the one who’d found out about the garage, she starts with ‘Fi’ followed by the verb ‘wnaeth’.  

‘Fi wnaeth ffeindo mas’ - ‘It was I who found out.’

You can use this emphatic pattern with other verbs as well:

Gwelais i means ‘I saw’, but if you want to say ‘It was I who saw’, you’d say 
‘Fi welodd’.

Atebais i means ‘I answered’.  But, for emphasis, you’d say ‘Fi atebodd’ - ‘It was I who answered.’ 

When Jenny rushes in and announces a crisis, Agnes asks ‘Pwy greisis?’ 
In formal Welsh you’d say ‘pa greisis’, but in speech it’s perfectly acceptable to say ‘pwy greisis’.
Let me refresh your memory about the question words pwy, beth and pa.  
‘Pwy’ means ‘who’ and ‘beth’ means ‘what’.
‘Pa’ also means ‘what’ but ‘pa’ must be followed immediately by a noun, as here:  ‘pa greisis?’ - ‘what crisis?’

Catchphrase Ysbyty Brynaber: Episode 309

Geirfa

diodydd meddal a meddwol		soft and alcoholic drinks
cystadleuaeth uniongyrchol		direct competition
sigliad					a shaking, a shock
fel arall					otherwise
cweir					a beating
gwag					empty
dyfodol					future
bwriadol				deliberate
cymhleth				complicated
maddau				to forgive
dial					to take revenge
llwyddo					to succeed
ymateb					to react
yn wych				brilliantly
galw heibio				to pop in; literally to call past

Jenny visits Chris in the psychiatric unit and Michelle tells Brian he’s very fortunate there were no witnesses to his assault on Jac the previous week.

Meanwhile, Agnes fills Jenny in on the details of Brian and Jac’s current rivalry.  

Golygfa 1

Jenny - Pam na fuasai Jac wedi dweud wrth Brian yn gynt?
Agnes - Dyna’r camgymeriad mawr, ontefe?  Ond roedd Jac yn meddwl fod neb ond ni yn gwybod ei 
fod e wedi prynu’r garej...
Jenny - Sut ddaeth Brian a Wendy i wybod ynte?
Agnes - Does dim syniad gyda fi...
Jenny - Mae’n rhaid fod rhywun yn rhywle wedi dweud rhywbeth wrthyn nhw...
Agnes - Oes.  Yn amlwg.  Ond pwy?  Wel, mae’r peth yn ddirgelwch llwyr i fi...
Jenny - A pryd fydd Jac yn agor y garej yma?
Agnes - Y mis nesaf yma nawr.
Jenny - Ac mae yna siop ynddi hefyd?
Agnes - Oes...
Jenny - Sy’n gwerthu beth?
Agnes - Dipyn o bopeth, rwyt ti’n gwybod...Llaeth, bara, diodydd meddal a meddwol, crisps, 
cylchgronau ac ati...
Jenny - Yn union fel siop Brian felly?
Agnes - Ie...
Jenny - Gelli di ddeall pam mae Brian wedi ymateb fel gwnaeth o - oni elli di?
Agnes - Gallaf...
Jenny - Mi fuasai unrhyw un yn poeni - ac yn panicio - wrth weld cystadleuaeth uniongyrchol yn 
agor dros y ffordd iddo fo...
Agnes - Ond doedd dim eisiau iddo fe fwrw Jac drosodd chwaith.  
Jenny - Beth?
Agnes - Dyna beth wnaeth Brian.  Prynhawn dydd Iau diwethaf.  Yn yr Yacht Club.  Cafodd Jac 
eithaf sigliad...

Golygfa 2

Michelle - All right?
Brian - Mmmmm?
Michelle - You’re lucky you weren’t banned o fan hyn last week, Brian…Lwcus dros ben 
hefyd....
Brian - Diolch ichdi am gadw fy mhart i.
Michelle - Only ‘cause I like you.  Neu fel arall, you’d have been out of that door quicker than 
you could’ve said ‘Jac Whelan’...
Brian - Roedd o’n lwcus na chafodd o ddim cweir gen i.
Michelle - Cweir?  What?
Brian - Cweir.  A duffing.   Beaten up.
Michelle - Lwcus i ti fod y lle hyn yn wag...Beth pe byddai pobl eraill yma?  Beth pe byddai 
rhywun wedi dy riportio ti i’r cops?
Brian - Fuasai ddim ots gen i...
Michelle - Macho, man...!
Brian - Poeni am fy nyfodol ydw i...
Michelle - Gallaf i ddeall hynny...
Brian - Elli di?
Michelle - Wrth gwrs...Byddai unrhyw un yn dy sefyllfa di yn becso am ei ddyfodol...
Brian - A dw i’n siwr fod Jac wedi gwneud hyn yn fwriadol...Yn hollol fwriadol hefyd...
Ond mae yna bethau eraill hefyd...Rhesymau eraill...
Michelle - Fel beth?
Brian - Mae o’n rhy gymleth i egluro...Mae cymaint o hanes rhwng Jac a fi...Ond mi wnaeth yna 
rywbeth ddigwydd...gwnes i drio gwneud rhywbeth iddo fo...Ac ers hynny dydy o byth wedi maddau 
imi...Ac mae o wedi bod yn disgwyl am ei gyfle i ddial arnaf i...
Michelle - A nawr mae e wedi llwyddo i wneud hynny?

Golygfa 3

Jenny - Chris?...Christopher?  Wyt ti’n fy nghlywed i?
Chris - O...hei...ble roeddwn i?
Jenny - Cysgu...Sori - dw i wedi dy ddeffro di?
Chris - Na, na.  Roedd hi’n bryd i fi ddeffro...Faint o’r gloch yw hi?
Jenny - Bron yn chwech...
Chris - Amser swper ynte... Feeding time at the zoo....
Jenny - Sut wyt ti’n teimlo erbyn hyn?
Chris - Sedated.  
Jenny - Ond roeddwn i’n sgwrsio hefo Doctor Figes...
Chris - Fy noctor i...
Jenny - Y seiciatrydd...Ac oedd o yn dweud dy fod ti yn ymateb yn wych i dy driniaeth...
Chris - Achos fy mod i eisiau gwella...I really, really want to more than anything else in the world...I 
really would like to get better...And get my head sorted.
Jenny - Os wyt ti eisiau hynny - dw i’n siwr y gwneith o ddigwydd...
Chris - Dw i’n - what’s I live in hope?
Jenny - Byw mewn gobaith.
Chris - Dw i’n byw mewn gobaith.
Jenny - Da iawn...Reit.  Well i mi fynd...
Chris - Diolch am alw heibio, Jenny...
Jenny - Gwelaf i ti eto, Chris...Hwyl.
Chris - Hwyl!  You mad, stupid  bitch....

 
Catchphrase Ysbyty Brynaber: Episode 310

Geirfa

gadawodd				he left (past tense of gadael ‘to leave’)
pensaer				an architect
gwaith adeiladu				construction work
bod o a’i fryd ar				to intend; literally to have his mind on
difetha					to destroy
cant a mil o bethau			a lot of things; literally a 100 and a 1000 things
cyflogi					to employ
rhyw gymaint				a certain amount

Brian visits his employee, Chris, and tells him about Jac’s new business plans.  

Although Chris seems better, he’s not yet well enough to be discharged.

Meanwhile Brian complains to Agnes about Jac’s behaviour, but unfortunately for Brian he doesn’t get a sympathetic hearing.

Golygfa 1

Agnes - Brian - beth wyt ti eisiau yma?
Brian - Ddim ‘Bore da’ na dim?  Lle mae dy faners di, Agnes?
Agnes - Does dim pwynt iti guro ar ddrws y tŷ, achos so Jac yn y tŷ...
Brian - Meddi chdi.
Agnes - So fe yna.  Gadawodd e gyda’r pensaer ‘bytu hanner awr yn ôl...
Brian - Pensaer?
Agnes - Ie.  Pensaer...
Brian - Sy’n awgrymu yn gryf iawn i fi ei fod o â’i fryd ar ryw fath o waith adeiladu...?
Wyt ti wedi mynd yn dawel iawn?  Beth sydd?
Agnes - Rhaid i fi fynd...
Brian - Beth sydd, Agnes?  Wyt ti wedi colli dy dafod neu beth?
Agnes - Mas o fy ffordd i, Brian...
Brian - Sut wyt ti’n gallu gwneud hyn imi?
Agnes - Sa i’n gwneud dim byd iti...
Brian - Doedd o ddim digon dy fod chdi’n mynd efo Jac Whelan.  Doedd o ddim digon dy fod chdi’n gwneud ffŵl ohonof i...
Agnes - Fi’n gwneud ffŵl ohonot ti?
Brian - Ond rwan rwyt ti’n mynnu difetha fy musnes i!
Agnes - Sa i’n gwneud hynny!
Brian - Jac ynte!  Mae Jac yn gwneud hynny!  A rwyt ti’n hollol fodlon ei fod o’n creu cystadleuaeth imi!  
Beth wyt ti’n drio’i wneud imi, Agnes?  Y?
Agnes - Wyt ti am i fi alw’r heddlu?
Brian - Paid â thrafferthu.  Dw i’n mynd!

Golygfa 2                	

Jenny - Wps!  Sori...
Michelle - Sori.  Fy mai i...
Jenny - Ydych chi’n iawn?
Michelle - Ydw...Sori.  I must have trod on your foot...
Jenny - Dw i’n iawn...Sut mae pethau?
Michelle - O.K.  Ar fy ffordd i’r gwaith ydw i nawr...A chi?
Jenny - Diwrnod off...Sy’n braf...
Michelle - Ffansi dod draw i’r Yacht Club am ginio?
Jenny - Emmm...Na, ddim heddiw...Mae cant a mil o bethau gen i i’w gwneud...
Michelle - Dw i’n fishi hefyd...Dw i’n chwilio am le arall i fyw...
Jenny - Beth sy’n bod ar y lle sydd ganddoch chi rwan?
Michelle - Mae fy landlord eisiau fi mas...Mae fe’n mynd i werthu’r lle i gyd...Mae’r Cyngor yn mynd i 
droi’r ‘site’ yn multi-storey car park...
Jenny - Mi glywais i ryw sôn...
Michelle - A mae ghosts yn yr hen le...
Jenny - Ghosts?
Michelle - Chris.  Although he’s gone...I still feel like he’s haunting me...Irrational, but there you 
go...
Jenny - Gwelais i Chris ddoe...
Michelle - Sut mae e?
Jenny - Gwella lot...
Michelle - But he won’t be allowed out?
Jenny - Na.  Dydw i ddim yn gweld hynny yn digwydd...

Golygfa 3

Chris - Beth ddywedaist ti?!
Brian - Glywais di beth ddywedais i...
Chris - I’m not sure if I did...Dywed e eto...
Brian - Mae Jac Whelan wedi prynu’r garej wag sydd dros y ffordd i fy ngarej i...
A beth sy’n waeth: beth sy’n uffernol ydy:  mae’n union fel fy ngarej i... mae hefyd yn siop
Chris - That’s heavy, man...
Brian - Onid ydy?
Chris - Ydy...But maybe it’s true, maybe it ain’t.
Brian - Na.  Mae hi’n wir, yn hollol wir.  Mae Jac hyd yn oed wedi cyflogi pensaer.  Mae o’n mynd 
i wneud rhyw gymaint o waith adeiladu yno...A does yna ddim byd medraf i ei wneud.
Chris - Mae’n rhaid fod rhywbeth gelli di ei wneud.
Brian - Fel beth?  Dw i wedi bod yn meddwl a meddwl...Wendy a fi...A dw i hyd yn oed wedi bod i weld 
cyfreithiwr...Ond does dim byd gallaf i ei wneud i stopio Jac...
Chris - Gallwn i ei stopio fe.
Brian - Sut?
Chris - Pe byddwn i mas o fan hyn.
Brian - Sut gelli di stopio Jac?
Chris - Rwyt ti’n fy adnabod i, Brian...Dw i’n keen machine.  Dead keen...
Brian - Ond sut gelli di ddod allan o fan hyn?  Wyt ti’n cael dy gloi i mewn yma?
Chris - Yeah...But what if I found a way of getting myself into an ordinary hospital ward?  What 
if I faked my own suicide?

 
Catchphrase Ysbyty Brynaber: Episode 311

Geirfa

trystio				to trust
difrifol				serious
ymlacio				to relax
cynnig				to offer
pam lai				why not? literally, why less?
câs				hatred
blêr				nasty, literally messy
nês ymlaen			later on
hollol amlwg			perfectly clear
bygwth				to threaten
llucio				to throw
twp				stupid

Brian tells Michelle that a friend has promised to help him sort Jac out.
At the hospital, Chris Roberts causes a major crisis...
Golygfa 1

Jenny - Ie, Chris?  Beth wyt ti eisiau?
Chris - Wnei di eistedd?
Jenny - Cês i neges...Doctor Figes yn dweud dy fod ti wedi gofyn am gael f‘y ngweld i...
Chris - Yeah...Do...
Jenny - Beth sydd?  Oes yna ryw broblem?
Chris - Oes...Ond allaf i dy drystio ti?
Jenny - Beth wyt ti eisiau ei ddweud wrthyf i?
Chris - Allaf i dy drystio ti?  ‘Cause I don’t want what I have to say to go any further...
Jenny - Dw i’n addo nad eith o ddim pellach...
Chris - O.K...This is difficult...Mae hyn yn anodd iawn...But I got to tell somebody...Ond...Dw i’n 
teimlo’n ‘desperate’, Jenny...Dw i’n teimlo’n hollol ‘desperate’...
Jenny - Pam na fuaset ti wedi dweud hyn wrth Doctor Figes?
Chris - Dw i wedi dweud wrtho fe...Ond so fe’n gwrando...
Jenny - Wyt ti am i mi fynd ato fo efo chdi?  
Chris - Na, na...Fuasai fo byth yn deall...It’s the noise here...The people here...There’s no 
privacy...And I’m a very private person...But I feel like my head is caving in...These black 
moods come over me and I can’t seem to shift them...
Jenny - Gwranda, Chris...Mae hyn yn ddifrifol...
Chris - Yeah, dw i’n gwybod...
Jenny - Ond mae hi’n bwysig fod Doctor Figes yn cael gwybod yn union sut wyt ti’n teimlo...
Chris - He won’t listen to me...
Jenny - Gad i fi siarad efo fo...Wnei di?
Chris - O.K.  Diolch.

Golygfa 2

Michelle - Dw i’n becso, Brian...
Brian - Pam?
Michelle - ‘Bytu ti...You’re so tense all the time...You never seem to relax...
Brian - …Sut gallaf i ymlacio?  
Michelle - Mae ymlacio yn bwysig...A sa i’n credu fod Wendy lot o help i ti...
Brian - Dim help o gwbl...
Michelle - A dw i’n teimlo taw fi sydd ar fai am hyn...
Brian - Chdi?  Sut?
Michelle - Fi wnaeth ffeindio mas fod Jac yn mynd i brynu’r garej ontefe?
Brian - Does dim bai arnach chdi...Mi wnes ti’r peth iawn yn dweud wrthyf i...Achos yn hwyr neu’n 
hwyrach mi fuaswn i wedi clywed - oni faswn?
Michelle - I still feel guilty, though...Seeing how tormented you are...I wish I could help...
Brian - Mae rhywun wedi cynnig helpu.
Michelle - Pwy?
Brian - Ffrind.
Michelle - A beth mae dy ffrind di yn awgrymu?
Brian - Dydw i ddim yn siwr iawn eto...Ond mae o eisiau helpu...…
Michelle - ‘Drink’ arall?
Brian - Pam lai?
Michelle - Jac hasn’t been here since you pushed him over...
Brian - Da iawn.  Dw i’n falch iawn o glywed...
Michelle - You really hate him - don’t you?
Brian - Ydw - dw i’n ei gasâu o â chas perffaith.
Michelle - This could end tragically...
Brian - Gall...Mi allai hyn fynd yn flêr iawn...

Golygfa 3

Agnes - ...a beth arall ddywedodd y pensaer?  Mmmm-hmmm...Ydy hynny’n golygu fod yn rhaid - 
Jenny - Agnes - 
Agnes - Jenny - beth sydd?
Jenny - Ddoi di efo fi?
Agnes - I ble?  Beth sy’n bod?  Sori, Jac...Mae gwaith yn galw a dw i’n gorfod 
mynd...Ie...Fe siaradaf i gyda ti’n nês ymlaen...
Jenny - Tyrd...Mae creisis...
Agnes - Pwy greisis?
Jenny - Chris...
Agnes - Chris?  Beth sydd wedi digwydd?
Jenny - Mae o’n bygwth lladd ei hun...
Agnes - Lladd ei hun?  
Jenny - Ydy!
Agnes - Yffach!  Sut?
Jenny - Mae o wedi llwyddo i ddringo ar ben tô yr uned seiciatryddol a mae o’n bygwth lluchio 
ei hun i lawr...
Agnes - Beth?
Jenny - Agnes - tyrd - brysia!
Jenny - A dim ond y bore yma oedd hi...
Agnes - Oedd hi beth?
Jenny - Y bore yma gwnes i rybuddio Ken Figes fod Chris yn teimlo’n ‘desperate’...Ond mae hi’n hollol 
amlwg na chymerodd o na neb arall ddim sylw o beth wnes i ei ddweud...
Agnes - O, yffach!  Gobitho ei fod e heb wneud dim byd twp!
Jenny - Gobeithio wir!

Synopsis

Brian has an argument with Jac at the Yacht Club and ends up assaulting him.  Fortunately for him Michelle doesn’t ban him.

Jenny tells Michelle that Chris is responding to treatment but isn’t ready to be discharged yet.
But Chris of course has other ideas.

Test yourself 
 
1.	What are soft drinks in Welsh?
	
	(a)	diodydd meddwol
	(b)	diodydd meddygol
	(c)	diodydd meddal	

2.	How would you translate ‘otherwise’?
	
	(a)	fel arall
	(b)	fel eraill
	(c)	fel amgen

3.	What is the Welsh equivalent of ‘he left’?
	
	(a)	addawodd
	(b)	gadawodd
	(c)	gafaelodd

4.	How would you say, ‘I’m on my way to work’?
	
	(a)	Dw i ar fy ffordd i waith
	(b)	Dw i ar fy ffordd i’r gwaith
	(c)	Dw i ar fy ffordd at waith

5.	Which of the following phrases is the equivalent of ‘lots of things’?
	
	(a)	mil a chant o bethau
	(b)	mil ac un o bethau
	(c)	cant a mil o bethau

6.	How would you translate the expression ‘sooner or later’?
	
	(a)	yn fuan neu’n hwyrach
	(b)	yn hwyr neu’n hwyrach
	(c)	yn gynt neu’n hwyrach