Catchphrase 2001 Wythnos 41

Week 41, Monday.  Today, you'll learn:
mae rhywbeth gyda fi, diolch yn fawr, clip papur

We’re going to remind ourselves of the Welsh way of saying to have. Remember you have to say something is with me in Welsh. Gyda fi, gyda ti, gyda fe, gyda hi, gyda ni, gyda chi or gyda nhw. Mae amser gyda fi - (I’ve got time), literally: there is time with me. To ask a question you use oes: oes amser gyda fi? - (have I got time?) Does dim amser gyda fi - (I haven’t got time). Let’s join Guto and Bethan in the office where clip papur - a paper clip - comes into its own.

Listen to the conversation:
Guto - Bethan, oes amser gyda ti i edrych ar yr llungopiwr ‘ma?
Bethan - Beth sy’n bod nawr?
Guto - Mae e wedi torri i lawr eto.
Bethan - Oes clip papur gyda ti?
Guto - Oes. Ond pam...
Bethan - Mae eisiau clip papur arna i i drwsio’r llungopiwr.
Guto - O.
Bethan - Dyna fe, dw i’n meddwl...)
Guto - Diolch, Bethan.
Bethan - Croeso. Guto, oes amser gyda ti i wneud coffi?
Guto - Nac oes. Dw i’n rhy brysur.
Bethan - Diolch yn fawr.

Guto obviously hasn’t learnt the lesson that one good turn deserves another! First of all, he asks Bethan: oes amser gyda ti - (have you got time); oes amser gyda ti i edrych ar yr llungopiwr ‘ma? - (have you got time to look at this photocopier?) Beth sy’n bod nawr, Bethan asks - what’s wrong now? Mae e wedi torri i lawr eto - (it’s broken down again). Oes clip papur gyda ti? - (have you got a paper clip?) Oes - (yes, I have). Ond pam - (but why?) Mae eisiau clip papur arna i - (I need a paper clip), Bethan explains, i drwsio’r llungopiwr - (to mend the photocopier). She manages it, and Guto says diolch. Croeso - (you’re welcome). Then comes the return favour: oes amser gyda ti i wneud coffi? - (have you got time to make a coffee?) Nac oes - (no, I haven’t). Dw i’n rhy brysur - (I’m too busy). Diolch yn fawr - (thank you very much).

Week 41, Tuesday.  Today, you'll learn:
oes pensil gyda ti?/ydy’r pensil gyda ti? llyfr nodiadau, geiriadur

We’re reminding ourselves of how you say to have in Welsh. Can you hear the difference between these two sentences: mae clip papur gyda fi, and, mae’r clip papur gyda fi - yes, one means I have A paper clip, and I have THE paper clip. The difference is important when it comes to questions. Oes clip papur gyda ti? - (Have you got A paper clip?) - (literally, is there A paper clip with you?) Ydi’r clip papur gyda ti? - (Have you got THE paper clip?) - (literally, is THE paper clip with you?) Just a couple pieces of vocabulary before we begin. Nodiadau are notes you would write in a lesson. So llyfr nodiadau is note book. Geiriadur is the word for dictionary. Catrin is going to her first dosbarth nos, her first night class in French.

Listen to the dialogue:
Catrin - Reit, dw i’n barod i fynd.
Guto - Oes pensil a llyfr nodiadau gyda ti?
Catrin - Oes.
Guto - Ydy dy eiriadur di gyda ti?
Catrin - Nac ydy. Does dim eisiau geiriadur arna i. 
Guto - Nac oes? Oes arian gyda ti i dalu am baned?
Catrin - Nac oes. Does dim amser gyda ni i gael paned.
Guto - Ydy’r cyfeiriad gyda ti?
Catrin - Guto!
Guto - Ydy allwedd y car gyda ti? Hwyl, cariad.
Rhys - Yy, Mam...
Catrin - Mae’n flin ‘da fi, Rhys, does dim amser gyda fi nawr. Rhaid mynd, dw i’n hwyr!
Dw i’n barod i fynd - (I’m ready to go). Guto is not taking Catrin very seriously. Oes pensil a llyfr nodiadau gyda ti? - (have you got a pencil and notebook?) Oes - (yes), I have. Ydy’r geiriadur gyda ti - (have you got your dictionary?) Nac ydy - (no I haven’t). Does dim eisiau geiriadur arna i - (I don’t need a dictionary). Oes arian gyda ti i dalu am baned? - (Have you got some money to pay for a cup of tea?) Nac oes - (no, I haven’t). Does dim amser gyda ni i gael paned - (we don’t have enought time to have a cup of tea). Guto’s next question is too much for Catrin: ydy’r cyfeiriad gyda ti? - (have you got the address?) Then he asks, ydi allwedd y car gyda ti? - (have you got the car key?) Catrin very sensibly ignores him. An interruption from Rhys at this point is just what isn’t needed: mae’n flin ‘da fi, Rhys, does dim amser gyda fi nawr - (I’m sorry, Rhys, I’ve got no time now). Rhaid mynd - (I’ve got to go). Dw i’n hwyr - (I’m late). Gwrandewch eto.

Week 41, Wednesday.  Today, you'll learn:
cwrdd, tal, llygaid, glas, gwallt, melyn, cwrdd 

Let’s take the opportunity to go through some of the colours in Welsh. You should have met coch - (red), du - (black), and gwyn - (white), before. Gwyrdd is green. Glas is blue. Melyn - (yellow). Some new words: tal means tall - mae hi’n dal - (she’s tall). Llygaid are eyes - mae llygaid gwyrdd gyda fi - (I’ve got green eyes). Gwallt is hair. Gwallt melyn - (yellow hair) or, as you would say in English, blond hair. Cwrdd â, two words, means to meet - dw i’n cwrdd â rhywun heno - (I’m meeting someone tonight). Guto calls into the pub where he bumps into his old friend Linda, who is having difficulty learning Welsh. She doesn’t seem as depressed as usual this evening.

Listen to the conversation:
Guto - S’mae, Linda! Rwyt ti’n edrych yn hapus. Beth sy’n bod?
Linda - Dw i wedi cwrdd â bachgen newydd.
Guto - O...?
Linda - Ie. Mae’n dal ac mae llygaid glas a gwallt melyn gyda fe...
Guto - ...ac mae’n chwarae rygbi i Gymru!
Linda - Nac ydy. Ond mae Ferrari coch gyda fe.
Guto - Hm. Oes diod gyda ti?
Linda - Nac oes. Gwin plis.
Guto - Hm - ro’t ti’n arfer cael peint.
Guto - Dim nawr. 
Guto - Coch neu wyn?
Linda - Gwyn.

Rwyt ti’n edrych yn hapus - (you look happy). Beth sy’n bod? - (what’s up?) What’s Linda’s answer? Dw i wedi cwrdd â dyn newydd - (I’ve met a new fellow). What’s he like? Mae’n dal - (he’s tall). Mae llygaid glas a gwallt melyn gyda fe - (he’s got blue eyes and blond hair). What hasn’t he got? Guto is sarcastic when he adds - ac mae’n chwarae rygbi i Gymru - (and he plays rugby for Wales). Perhaps not, but he’s still fairly well endowed - mae Alfa Romeo coch gyda fe - (he’s got a red Alfa Romeo). Guto is more interested in drinking, however. Oes diod gyda ti? - (have you got a drink?) Linda asks for gwin - (wine). Guto is surprised. Ro’t ti’n arfer cael peint - (you used to have a pint). But this is the new Linda. Things have changed. Dim nawr - (not now). Coch neu wyn? - (red or white?) 

Week 41, Thursday.  Today, you'll learn:
roedd pensil gyda fi, atodiad, dwylo, syniad

We've recently been looking at examples of to have in the present. Oes pensil gyda chi? - (have you got a pencil?) Ydi’r llyfr gyda chi? - (Have you got the book?) The past tense is easier because you don’t differentiate between the two types of question. Oedd pensil gyda chi? - (did you have a pencil?) Oedd y llyfr gyda chi? - (Did you have the book?) Some new words: atodiad is supplement, of the sort that comes with your newspaper. Yr atodiad teledu - (the TV supplement). Syniad means idea - does dim syniad gyda fi - (I’ve got no idea). Dwylo are hands. Catrin and Rhys are trying to watch the TV when they are interrupted by Guto.

Listen to the conversation:
Guto - Dw i’n edrych am yr atodiad teledu.
Catrin - Ble rhoiaist ti fe?
Guto - Dw i ddim yn gwybod. Dyna pam dw i’n edrych. Roedd e gyda fi neithiwr.
Rhys - Roedd y papur gyda fi neithiwr. Welais i ddim o’r atodiad.
Guto - Oes syniad gyda ti, Catrin?
Catrin - Nac oes! Beth oedd gyda ti yn y gegin?
Guto - Roedd e yma neithiwr...
Catrin - Guto, beth sy gyda ti yn dy ddwylo di?
Guto - Yy.. o, ie. Wel doedd e ddim gyda fi gynnau fach.

Dw i’n edrych am yr atodiad teledu - (I’m looking for the TV supplement). Ble rhoiaist ti fe? ( where did you put it?) Dw i ddim yn gwybod - (I don’t know). Dyna pam dw i’n edrych - (that’s why I’m looking). Remember dyna pam? It literally means, there’s why. Roedd e gyda fi neithiwr - (I had it last night). Rhys tries to help: roedd y papur gyda fi neithiwr - (I had the paper last night). Welais i ddim o’r atodiad - (I didn’t see the supplement). Remember, for the past tense of gweld - (to see) - you removed the final d before adding the endings. The g at the beginning disappears in the negative: welais i ddim - (I didn’t see). 

Oes syniad gyda ti, Catrin? - (have you got any idea, Catrin?) Beth oedd gyda ti yn y gegin? - (what did you have in the kitchen?) Then Catrin remarks - beth sy' gyda ti yn dy ddwylo? - (what have you got in your hands?) Guto had it all along, it seems. Doedd e ddim gyda fi gynnau fach - (I didn’t have it a moment ago), Guto protests. 

Week 41, Friday.  Today, you'll learn:
cwyno, symud, golygfa, siwr o fod

While we’re reminding ourselves of how to say to have in Welsh, let’s revise how you say you’ve got something wrong with you. Tost means, literally, poorly. You can apply it to any part of the body. Bola is the word for stomach. Mae bola tost gyda fi - literally, I’ve got a poorly stomach, or as we should say in English, I’ve got a stomach ache. Cefn is back, so what is cefn tost? - yes, a back ache. Llwnc means throat, so how would you translate llwnc tost? - not throat ache, but sore throat. Some more new vocabulary: golygfa - (view). It’s a feminine word, so yr olygfa is the view. Cwyno is to complain. Symud is to move. Catrin has just been visiting Uncle Elwyn in the old people’s home - let's see how he's getting on. 

Listen to the conversation:
Catrin - Iawn, te, Wncl Elwyn. Dw i’n mynd nawr.
Elwyn - Hwyl, Catrin.
Catrin - Hwyl, nawr.
Nyrs - Mae e’n edrych yn hapus, Mrs Lloyd.
Catrin - O, ydy, ydy. Mae e’n hapus iawn nawr.
Nyrs - Doedd e ddim i ddechrau. Yn gynta, doedd e ddim yn hoffi’r bwyd. Roedd bola tost gyda fe. Roedd e’n cwyno am yr olygfa, am bopeth. Symudon ni’r cadeiriau. Ond wedyn roedd cefn tost gyda fe. Ac roedd llwnc tost gyda fe...
Catrin - Achos y sigarets, siwr o fod.
Nyrs - Sigarets, Mrs Lloyd? Dydy e ddim yn ysmygu yma.
Catrin - Hm.

After leaving Uncle Elwyn, Catrin goes to chat about him with the nurse. Mae e’n edrych yn hapus - 
(he looks happy). Catrin says: mae e’n hapus iawn - (he's VERY happy). The nurse explains: doedd e ddim i ddechrau - (he wasn’t to begin with). Yn gynta' - (first of all), doedd e ddim yn hoffi’r bwyd - (First he didn’t like the food). Roedd bola tost gyda fe - (he had a stomach ache). Roedd e’n cwyno am yr olygfa ( he complained about the view), am bopeth - (about everything). Symudon ni’r cadeiriau - (we moved the chairs). Wedyn roedd cefn tost gyda fe - (then he had a back ache). Ac roedd llwnc tost gyda fe - (and he had a sore throat). Catrin has her suspicions as to why this should be: achos y sigarets, siwr o fod - (because of the cigarettes, no doubt) - siwr o fod - (probably). The nurse is having none of it: dydi e ddim yn smocio yma - (he doesn't smoke here). Doesn’t he, indeed? 

Test yourself on what you've learned this week:
1.	She's got time is?
a)	Mae amser gyda fi
b)	Mae amser gyda hi
c)	Mae amser gyda fe

2.	What is the word for dictionary?
a)	Llyfr nodiadau
b)	Gwers
c)	Geiriadur

3.	Green is?
a)	Gwyrdd
b)	Glas
c)	Melyn

4.	She's got blue eyes is?
a)	Mae llygaid coch gyda hi
b)	Mae llygaid du gyda fe
c)	Mae llygaid glas gyda hi

5.	What is - have you got the book?
a)	Ydi'r llyfr gyda chi?
b)	Oedd y llyfr gyda chi?
c)	Oedd y llyfr gyda fe?

6.	Back ache is?
a)	Bola tost
b)	Llwnc tost
c)	Cefn tost