Wythnos 7	Est ti allan heddiw?

Cefndir		Yn y stryd, Gartref, Swyddfa	
	
Actorion		Catrin
Guto
			Bethan
			Rhys
			Glenys (who's got flu and doesn't say much)
+ older woman			
	
Iaith allweddol	Es i
			(Ble) Est ti / Aethoch chi
			Do/Naddo
			Mae hi'n braf
			
Geirfa			ddoe / y flwyddyn ddiwethaf	
mynd am dro / mynd â'r ci am dro / mynd at y doctor
annwyd
			cyfarfod
prynu
	banc, parc
			nos Sadwrn

Week 7, Monday.  Today, you’ll learn:
Es i 
Mynd am dro
Mae hi'n braf
banc, parc

Starting with this lesson - a new phase.  We're going to help you extend your Welsh by introducing talking about the past - you did; until now we've focused on saying what you do or what you're doing.  Dw i'n byw, dw i'n gweithio, dyn ni'n hoffi, dych chi'n hoffi? Wyt ti eisiau - and so on.  I'm sure you remember dw i'n mynd - I'm going.
 
We're going to start with saying where you went, and today, the key phrase es i - I went. Es i i Gaerdydd - (I went to Cardiff).  Es i i Fangor - (I went to Bangor).  Es i i siopa - (I went shopping).  Es i i'r archfarchnad - (I went to the supermarket). 

It's a lovely day - Mae hi'n braf.  That's what Catrin says to an elderly neighbour when they meet on the way to the village.  To respond to Mae hi'n braf, people often say Ydy wir - the equivalent of yes, it is.

Today you'll also hear mynd am dro - (go for a walk).  Dyn ni'n mynd am dro - (we're going for a walk).

So, watch out for Es i, mae hi'n braf and mynd am dro … decide where Catrin and Llinos are going today and see if you can work out when Mrs Richards went shopping.

Listen to this dialogue
Catrin - Helo Mrs Richards.  Sut dych chi?
Mrs R - Helo Catrin.  Iawn diolch, sut ‘dych chi?
Catrin - Da iawn diolch.  Mae hi'n braf.
Mrs R - Ydy wir … Ydy Llinos yn cysgu?
Catrin - Nac ydy, nac ydy.
Mrs R - Helo Llinos.
Catrin - Dyn ni'n mynd am dro.
Mrs R - Hyfryd - mae hi'n braf.
Catrin - Dyn ni'n mynd i'r banc … ac i siopa
Mrs R - Es i i siopa dydd Sadwrn.  Es i i'r archfarchnad.
Catrin - … a dyn ni'n mynd am dro i'r parc.
Mrs R - Hyfryd …  Es i i Lanelli dydd Sul - gyda Brenda.
Catrin - O?  Sut mae Brenda?  Helo Mr Williams.  Mae hi'n braf.
Mrs R - Ydy wir.

Iawn?  How much did you follow?  Did you understand Mrs Richards asking if Llinos is sleeping? - Ydy Llinos yn cysgu?  And did you follow that Catrin and Llinos are going to the bank and to do some shopping, then going for a walk to the park?  Dyn ni'n mynd i'r banc … ac i siopa … a dyn ni'n mynd am dro i'r parc.

Mrs Richards did her shopping on Saturday - dydd Sadwrn; yn yr archfarchnad - (in the supermarket). 

She said Hyfryd a couple of times.  You've heard it before, used by Bethan to describe a person working in the swyddfa.  It's used widely in much on the same way as nice or lovely in English. 
Mrs Richards also told Catrin that she went to Llanelli on Sunday with Brenda.  Es i i Lanelli dydd Sul - gyda Brenda.  That's her daughter.

You’ve heard Mae hi'n braf - (it's fine).  In Wales, a conversation often starts by saying something about the weather, we'll introduce you soon to more weather comments - given that in our climate mae hi'n braf is only going to be appropriate one day in every ten!  Most of them start with Mae hi - which you've learnt as meaning She is.  That's because there is no word for 'it' in Welsh - we use he or she instead. 

So … if it's fine where you are, don't forget to say Mae hi'n braf to the next person you meet!

Week 7, Tuesday.  Today, you’ll learn:
Est ti allan / Est ti i …
Ble est ti?

We've got two new key questions for you. 

Est ti? - (did you go?) Est ti allan? - (did you go out?) Est ti i Gaerdydd? - (did you go to Cardiff?)  Est ti am dro? - (did you go for a walk?) Est ti i'r banc - (did you go to the bank?) 

And - there are different words for Yes and No when you're answering questions about things you did in the past.  Yes is Do; No is Naddo.  Do, naddo.

The second key question is Ble est ti? - (Where did you go?)

Here is a conversation which took place in the Lloyds's house when Guto came home from work last night.  He is in the doghouse.  And, although trying very hard to be a New Man today, it doesn't sound as if Catrin's going to forgive him just yet for ignoring her opinions about the family holiday.

He's asking Catrin about what she's been doing, and you'll hear do - (yes), and naddo - (no).  Try and work out where she's been.

Listen to this dialogue
Guto - Helo cariad.  Shw mae? Mae hi'n braf!  Wyt ti eisiau coffi cariad?
Catrin - Dim diolch.
Guto - Est ti allan heddiw?
Catrin - Do.
Guto - Est ti i siopa?
Catrin - Do.
Guto - Est ti i Gaerdydd?
Catrin - Naddo.
Guto - Est ti i’r banc?
Catrin - Do.
Guto - Est ti i’r archfarchnad?
Catrin - Naddo.
Guto - Ble est ti?
Catrin - Allan.
Guto - Est ti â Llinos am dro?
Catrin - Do.  Dere Llinos … dere at Dadi …  Est ti am dro gyda Mami heddiw?  Do?  O …
Guto - Hy!  Dw i’n mynd allan.

Hmmm.   He didn't get much joy out of Catrin today did he!  He asked her if she went out today - Est ti allan heddiw? if she went shopping - Est ti i siopa? if she went to Cardiff - Est ti i Gaerdydd? if she went to the bank - Est ti i'r banc? if she went to the supermarket - Est ti i'r archfarchnad? and all he got in reply was Do - (yes) or naddo - (no).  Even when he finally asked Ble est ti? - (where did you go?) all he got was allan - out. 

As always, the best way of remembering a new language is to use it.  The sooner you ask someone a few questions starting with Est ti or Ble est ti, the sooner these are going to become part of your active Welsh.  Active language is language that you feel comfortable using, words that come to your mind fairly readily, compared with passive language, which you understand but don't readily use.  Don't forget that it's perfectly normal to understand more than you can use when you're learning a new language.  Think of small children - how much they understand before they can actually say much.

For practice, you might think of a list of places and repeat Est ti with each one, saying (to yourself) Est ti i'r banc heddiw? Est ti i Lanfair heddiw?  Then you can answer Do or Naddo.

Week 7, Wednesday.  Today, you’ll learn:
Aethoch chi
cyfarfod
prynu
ddoe / y flwyddyn ddiwethaf

You’ve heard Guto asking Catrin where she went - Est ti?  Now, you're going to hear the chi form of the same question, which you'd use with someone you don’t know quite so well - Aethoch chi.  

You use it in the same way as Est ti.  Aethoch chi allan? - (Did you go out?)  Aethoch chi i'r banc - (Did you go to the bank?)  Aethoch chi i'r cyfarfod? - (Did you go to the meeting?)
Four new words for you: cyfarfod, as you just heard, is a meeting.  Prynu is to buy.  Two words which you'll find useful now that you're learning to talk about past events: ddoe - (yesterday) and y flwyddyn ddiwethaf - (last year).

Guto and Bethan are both busy in the office but they manage a rather disjointed conversation as they work.  Bethan asks Guto if he went out at lunchtime - aethoch chi allan amser cinio? and he tells her he went to town - i'r dref.

See if you can pick out where else he's been and where he and Catrin went on holiday last year.

Listen to the dialogue
Bethan - Guto … aethoch chi allan amser cinio? 
Guto - Y … do … i’r dref.
Bethan - Aethoch chi i’r banc?
Guto - Naddo, dim heddiw.
Bethan - Guto … aethoch chi i’r cyfarfod ddoe?
Guto - Do … ond Bethan … dim ‘aethoch chi’ … ‘est ti’.  Ti - iawn?
Bethan - O Guto! … Dw i’n ateb y ffôn - 01222 84 27 35 … Naddo.  Do.  Do, es i ddoe.  Dim problem.  Hwyl.
Guto - Bethan?
Bethan - Mm?
Guto - Wyt ti’n prynu cyfrifiadur?
Bethan - Ydw … Dych chi … wyt ti’n prynu car?
Guto - Wel … dw i ddim yn gwybod.  Mae Catrin eisiau mynd i Ffrainc eleni.  Ond dw i ddim eisiau mynd.
Bethan - Ble aethoch chi y flwyddyn ddiwethaf?
Guto - I Florida.  O Bethan.
Man - Helo.  Esgusodwch fi.  Ydy Mr Huws ar gael?
Bethan - Helo Phil, shw mae?  Mae’n braf …

Wel!  So Guto wants Bethan to stop using chi and use ti. 

How much did you understand?  Bethan wanted to know if Guto went out at lunchtime Aethoch chi allan amser cinio? and he said Do - (yes), I did; i'r dref - (to town).  When she asked aethoch chi i'r banc? - (did you go to the bank), he said Naddo, dim heddiw - (No - not today), and did he go to the meeting yesterday?  Aethoch chi i'r cyfarfod ddoe? Yes - Do.

He and Catrin went to Florida last year - y flwyddyn ddiwethaf.

Guto asked Bethan if she is buying a computer:  Wyt ti'n prynu cyfrifiadur? and she asks him if he's buying a car:  Wyt ti'n prynu car?

Don't forget that you use the chi form not only with a person you're not very familiar with but also with more than one person.  This is why Bethan reverted to using aethoch chi at the end to ask where Guto and the rest of his family went on holiday last year.  Ble aethoch chi y flwyddyn ddiwethaf? … even though she's now calling Guto ti.

Ble aethoch chi y flwyddyn ddiwethaf? How would you answer?

Week 7, Thursday.  Today, you’ll learn:
mynd â'r ci am dro
mynd at y doctor
annwyd

Mae Catrin yn siarad ar y ffôn …  She is phoning her mother-in-law, who obviously knows nothing of the current frosty state of affairs in the Lloyd's - and Catrin's not about to tell her! 

She’ll use words and phrases you know, such as Mae'n braf - (it's fine); ddoe - (yesterday); and Dw i ddim yn clywed (I can't hear).  And familiar words in new contexts.  Remember dod - dw i'n dod o Flaenau Ffestiniog?  Catrin tells Glenys she's going for a walk and asks if she want to come - Dych chi eisiau dod?
 
The only new language you'll hear today is annwyd - (a cold) and the phrase 'to take the dog for a walk' - mynd â'r ci am dro.  Dog is ci, mynd â'r ci am dro. 

Glenys isn't very well - and Catrin can’t get much out of her - but see if you can work out where she was yesterday - ddoe; and where Catrin said she and Llinos went yesterday.  

Listen to the dialogue
Glenys - Helo?
Catrin - Helo Mam, shw mae?
Glenys - O … iawn.
Catrin - Mae’n braf heddiw … dw i’n mynd â Llinos am dro.  Dych chi eisiau dod?  Dych chi eisiau mynd â’r ci am dro.
Glenys - Nac ydw … annwyd.
Catrin - Beth?  Dw i ddim yn clywed.
Glenys - Annwyd.
Catrin - O mae’n flin gyda fi.  Wel … mae’n braf.  Es i am dro ddoe - i’r parc … ac i siopa.
Glenys - O.
Catrin - Ble aethoch chi ddoe?  Aethoch chi i’r dref?
Glenys - Naddo.
Catrin - Ble aethoch chi?
Glenys - … i’r gwely.
Catrin - Aethoch chi at y doctor?
Glenys - Naddo … gwyliau?
Catrin - Beth?  Gwyliau?  Wel, dyn ni ddim yn mynd i Ffrainc eleni.  Dyn ni’n mynd i Ogledd Cymru … i Borthmadog.  Neu i Abersoch.  Dydy Guto ddim eisiau mynd i Ffrainc.  Wel … hwyl Mam - tan yfory.
Glenys - Hwyl.

Well, Catrin obviously didn't want to mention the holiday saga to Glenys. 

Did you understand what she did yesterday Es i am dro ddoe - (I went for a walk yesterday).  I'r parc … ac i siopa - (to the park … and shopping).

And did you understand where her mother-in-law went?  Not i'r dref - (to town), but i'r gwely - (to bed).  Catrin asked if she went to the doctor's Aethoch chi at y doctor? - but the answer was Naddo - (No).

As you'll have noticed, the word mynd - (go) is used a lot.  It's used to tell someone where you're going: dw i'n mynd i Marks & Spencers; it's used to say what you're going to do - dw i'n mynd i siopa; mynd â is used to say to take someone or something - wyt ti'n mynd â Rhys i'r clwb rygbi? mynd â'r ci am dro, and it's used in expressions such as go for a walk - dyn ni'n mynd am dro.
This is why it's important to be familiar with it, both in the present … and in the past: es i i Marks & Spencers; aethoch chi at y doctor? est ti â Rhys i'r ysgol? es i am dro i'r parc.

So … make sure you practise!

Week 7, Friday.  Today, you’ll learn:
Nos Sadwrn

Well, do you remember, a few lessons ago, Rhys had to record a tape for a school project and that it was less than inspiring?  Well, his teacher took a pretty dim view of it and he's been told to have another go. 

The tape’s a lot longer this time.  There are very few words you don't know in it - but you will hear words you know used in a different context.  Nos Sadwrn, which you hear right at the end, is Saturday night.  Dydd Sadwrn - (Saturday), nos Sadwrn - (Saturday night).

See how many facts about Rhys you can gather.  It might help to group them loosely under four headings - home, school, hobbies, holidays. 

Listen to the dialogue
Rhys Lloyd dw i.  Dw i'n byw yng Nghaerdydd gyda Mam a Dad a Llinos y babi.  Ym … mae Dad yn gweithio mewn swyddfa, mae Mam yn helpu yn yr ysgol feithrin ac mae Llinos … y … mae Llinos yn cysgu a bwyta … a chwarae. 

Dw i'n mynd i'r Ysgol Gyfun - dw i'n hoffi mathemateg a gweithio gyda cyfrifiadur … ond dw i ddim yn hoffi Ffrangeg, na Cymraeg … na gwaith cartref chwaith. 

Dw i'n hoffi nofio a dw i'n mynd i'r pwll nofio yn aml gyda Dad - bob wythnos.  Dydy Mam ddim yn dod - dydy hi ddim yn hoffi nofio.

Dw i'n chwarae rygbi - dw i yn y tîm cyntaf.  Hefyd, dw i'n chwarae gyda'r tim lleol - dw i newydd ddechrau.  Es i i Bontypridd gyda'r tîm dydd Sadwrn.

Ym … y flwyddyn ddiwethaf es i i Florida … eleni dyn ni'n mynd i Ogledd Cymru - mae Dad eisiau car newydd.  Dw i eisiau car newydd hefyd … ond dydy Mam ddim - mae hi eisiau cegin newydd.
Ym … nos Sadwrn es i i'r dafarn - ond dydy Mam a Dad ddim yn gwybod. O …

I think he realised that his last comment wasn't the cleverest thing to put on record. Nos Sadwrn es i i'r dafarn - ond dydy Mam a Dad ddim yn gwybod - (On Saturday night I went to the pub - but Mum and Dad don't know).

How much did you pick up?  As far as his home is concerned, he tells us he lives in Cardiff with his family, his father works in an office, his mother helps in the nursery school - and Llinos sleeps and eats and plays - mae Llinos yn cysgu a bwyta a chwarae. 

In the High School, he likes maths and working with computers - gweithio gyda cyfrifiadur - but he doesn't like French, Welsh or homework either - dw i ddim yn hoffi Ffrangeg, na Cymraeg … na gwaith cartref chwaith.

He likes swimming and often goes to the swimming pool.  In fact every week - bob wythnos - with his father.  His mother doesn't come - dydy Mam ddim yn dod - because she doesn't like swimming.

He plays rugby in the school first team - y tîm cyntaf - and he's just started playing for the local team - dw i newydd ddechrau.  And Es i i Bontypridd gyda'r tîm dydd Sadwrn - (I went to Pontypridd with the team on Saturday).

And then holidays - well, we all know about the Lloyd's holidays!  Florida last year, North Wales this year - and all because Guto wants a new car! 

If you got the gist of most of what Rhys was saying you should be very pleased with yourself, and if you compare that with what you understood a few lessons ago, then it just shows what progress you're making. 

6 questions to test yourself:

1.   What is - I’m going:
(a)  Dw i’n gweithio
(b)  Dw i’n mynd
(c ) Dw i’n hoffi

2.   What is - I went to the supermarket:
(a)  Es i i siopa
(b)  Es i i’r archfarchnad
(c ) Es i i Fangor

3.   What is - the weather is fine:
(a)  mae’r tywydd yn braf
(b)  mae hi’n braf
(c ) mae’r tywydd yn hyfryd

4.   What is - Did you go for a walk?
(a)  Est ti i’r banc?
(b)  Est ti am dro?
(c )  Est ti allan?

5.   Where did Guto and Catrin go on holiday last year?
(a)  Florida
(b)  Ffrainc
(c ) Cymru

6.   What is the word for ‘go’?
(a)  ddoe
(b)  naddo
(c )  mynd