Catchphrase 2003: Ysbyty Brynaber - Week 22

Key language

Faint o/Sawl
Rhy + adjective

New words

o ddifri	serious
anhygoel	incredible
perffaith	perfect
lledaenu 	to spread
gyda’n gilydd 	together
cyfansoddiad	constitution
go gryf	quite strong
gei di weld 	you’ll see
ogla (NW)	smell
gorau glas		very best
paratoi	to prepare
ymladd	to fight
achos		case			
er mwyn	in order to
beth aeth o’i le	what went wrong
gwahanu	to separate
adroddiadau	reports
yn union	exactly
dim mwy,dim llai	no more, no less
gollwng 	to let go
brifo	to hurt
rhannu	to share
congl	corner
cam 	a wrong

Dic has been trying to apologise to Jenny for his indiscretion in the kitchen after the golf match.  Jenny seems to have been enjoying the attention that Dic is giving her.

Brian meanwhile called to see Wendy in her flat but a phone call from Agnes cut short his visit and he was forced to answer some awkward questions about his whereabouts.  As usual he managed to lie his way out of trouble!
 
Main Grammatical Points

There are two ways of asking How many?

Faint o

Faint o blant sy gyda chi?			How many children have you got?
Faint o bobl oedd yn y gêm?			How many people were at the match?
Faint o docynnau fyddwch chi’n brynu?		How many tickets will you be buying?
Faint o geir weloch chi ?				How many cars did you see?

You will note that Faint o is followed each time by the plural form of the noun 

Faint o blant - plant - plural of plentyn child/children 
Or Faint o geir - ceir - plural of car 

To use this construction you must be sure of the plural forms of nouns 

Sawl is the other form of the question - How many

Sawl brawd sy gyda chi
Sawl tocyn fyddwch chi’n brynu

Sawl always takes the singular form of the verb

A little word that crops up often in conversation is rhy meaning too

Jenny says 	Roedd hi’n rhy sâl i siarad hefo fi - She was too ill to talk to me.

Note that rhy is followed by the soft mutation

Rhy brysur 
Rhy fach
Rhy gynnar
Rhy dawel

Note that Ll and Rh do not mutate after rhy.

Rhy llawn 		too full
Rhy rhwydd		too easy

One note of caution 

Too much is gormod - rhy gormod is a common mistake among Welsh learners

Dw i wedi bwyta gormod.

Note the pronoun that follows dianc - to escape is dianc rhag - to escape from

Does dim dianc rhag y ffliw yma 
There’s no escaping from this flu

Does dim dianc rhagddo fe
There’s no escaping from it

Here are some vocabulary and phrases:

Ar wastad ei chefn			Flat out on her back
Cyfansoddiad				constitution
Gwneud fy ngorau glas 			to do my very best
Dim mwy, dim llai			no more, no less
Cam mawr 				a great wrong
Gwneud iawn am			to make up for

Ysbyty Brynaber: Episode 63

Dic, Arwyn and Jenny are discussing the flu epidemic - Agnes is the latest to be struck down.

Brian calls to see Wendy at her flat.  Brian tells her that he has been trying to get Agnes to retract her statement to the Disciplinary Panel but to no avail.  He tells Wendy that he will look after her and that he has already put down a new deposit on a new flat for her. 

Geirfa

o ddifri			serious
anhygoel		incredible
perffaith		perfect
lledaenu 		to spread
gyda’n gilydd 		together
cyfansoddiad		constitution
go gryf			quite strong
gei di weld 		you’ll see
ogla (NW)		smell
gorau glas		very best

Golygfa 1

Dic - 	Y ras hwylio?
Arwyn - Ie…
Dic - 	Y ras hwylio?  Dwyt ti ddim o ddifri?
Arwyn – Ydw,  Richard.  Hollol o ddifri.  Sawl gwaith sydd eisiau i fi ddweud wrthot ti?  Y ras hwylio 
oedd yn gyfrifol…
Dic - 	Dw i’n ffeindo’r peth yn anhygoel.
Arwyn - Dydy e mor ddim mor anhygoel a hynny pan rwyt ti’n meddwl am y peth.  A gweud y gwir, dw 
i’n credu ei fod e’n gwneud perffaith ‘sense’…
Jenny - Be sy’n gneud perffaith ‘sense’?
Arwyn - Yr hyn ddwedais i wrthot ti neithiwr am y ras hwylio, Jenny…
Jenny - O, hynny…
Dic - 	Anhygoel…
Jenny - Ydy, mae o’n anhygoel pan mae rhywun yn stopio i feddwl am y peth…
Arwyn - Ond dyna sut mae epidemics yn lledaenu ontefe?
Arwyn - Rwyt ti’n lwcus dy fod ti heb gael y ffliw yma, Richard.
Jenny - A fi…
Arwyn - Sy’n anhygoel, pan rwyt ti’n meddwl ein bod ni’n cysgu yn yr un gwely gyda’n gilydd bob nos, 
Jenny…
Dic - 	Oedd rhywun yn dweud gynnau bod Sister Rees yn sâl…
Jenny - Ers echdoe.
Arwyn - Agnes, druan…A sut mae hi?  Wyt ti’n gwybod?
Jenny - Ar wastad ei chefn yn y gwely.
Dic - Ges ti sgwrs gyda hi?
Jenny - Na.  Oedd hi’n rhy sâl i siarad hefo fi.  Brian atebodd y ffôn…
Arwyn - Ydy Brian wedi dala’r byg yma ‘te?
Jenny - Na.  Ddim eto…
Arwyn - A beth am y plant?
Jenny - Mae’r ddau wedi bod yn sâl iawn…Rhodri a Brenda…A dweud y gwir, yn ôl be ddwedodd 
Brian - roedd rhaid iddo fo fynd i nôl Brenda o’r ysgol yr wythnos diwethaf…
Dic - 	Yffach!  Does dim dianc o gwbl rhag y ffliw yma oes e?
Arwyn - Na.  Ac rwyt ti’n bownd o’i gael e, Richard.
Dic - 	Gobeitho ddim…
Arwyn - A ti, Jenny…
Jenny - Na, go brin…Dw i’n amau.  Mae gen i gyfansoddiad go gryf… 
Arwyn - Gei di weld…gei di weld…

Golygfa 2

Wendy - Pwy sydd ‘na nawr eto?
Brian - Heia…
Wendy - Brian…Ma’ sypreis…
Brian - Jyst galw heibio ar fy ffordd nôl i’r garej…Ti’n well erbyn hyn?
Wendy - Eitha…Ydw…’Less aches and pains…’
Brian - Ti’n edrach lot gwell, beth bynnag..
Wendy - Ydw i?
Brian - Wyt…Mae dipyn mwy o liw yn dy focha di nag oedd yna yr wythnos diwetha…
Wendy - Yr wythnos diwetha I felt like death warmed up…Ti’n dod i mewn ‘te?  Or are you just going 
to loiter there like some old pervert…?
Wendy - What’s up?
Brian - Hen ogla ’damp’ sy’n y ’passage’ yma.
Wendy - I’ve got used to that…Dere i mewn i’r palas.
Ishte…Sori…Let me move these clothes out of the way…Dyna ti…
Brian - Diolch…
Wendy - Sori bod y lle yma dipyn bach yn - what’s the word?
Brian - Blêr?
Wendy - Blêr?  Ie?
Brian - Wel…ia…Tony Blair. Ha.Ha…
Wendy - Beth yw blêr?  
Brian - Ychydig bach yn…ti’n gwbod…messy…
Wendy - That’s the word then.  Blêr.  Sori bod y lle yma yn bler or should that be flêr?
Brian - Flêr.
Wendy - Flêr.  Ond mae hi’n job anodd iawn i trio cadw un ystafell a tiny galley kitchen yn 
daclus… Actually, it’s a nightmare…Beth yw nightmare yn Gymraeg?
Brian - Hunllef…
Brian - Wendy…Dw i’n gwybod dy fod ti’n poeni am ddydd Iau…
Wendy - Wrth gwrs fy mod i’n poeni am dydd Iau!  For God’s sake don’t state the obvious, man!  
Wouldn’t you be: if you were up in front of a Hospital Disclipinary Panel for slapping your Agnes…?
Brian - A fel gwnes i ddweud wrthot ti dydd Sul, dw i wedi bod yn gweithio ar Agnes…
Wendy - Have you?
Brian - Do!  Dw i wedi trio ei chael hi i dynnu’r cwbl nôl.
Wendy - And any luck?
Brian - Ddim hyd yn hyn…Mae Agnes wedi dal y byg ffliw ‘ma…Mae hi’n sâl yn y gwely…A siarad 
ydy’r peth diwetha mae hi eisiau ei wneud rwan…
Wendy - I know exactly how she feels…You just want to curl up and die…
Brian - Dyna’r broblem…Roeddwn i wedi gobeithio basai hi yn ôl ar ei thraed heddiw…A basai hi nôl 
yn y gwaith ond dw i ddim yn meddwl bydd hi’n ddigon da i fynd yn ôl tan dydd Iau….
Wendy - Oh, great!  That’s really good news for me isn’t it…?
Brian - Ond dw i yn trio fy ngora…Dw i’n trio fy ngorau glas drostot ti, Wendy…
Wendy - Thanks anyway…
Brian - A gad imi ddweud un peth wrthot ti…Does dim ots sut eith hi dydd Iau…Dim ots be wneith 
ddigwydd…Fydd dim eisiau i ti boeni…O.K.?
Wendy - I’ll be jobless…
Brian - Efallai…Ond does dim eisiau i ti boeni…Achos mi wna i edrych ar dy ôl di…A’r peth cynta dw 
i’n mynd i wneud ydy ffeindio fflat iawn i ti…Fflat cynnes…
Wendy - A dream come true…
Brian - A paid ti â phoeni…Mi dala i y ‘deposit’ a’r ‘rent’ a’r costau i gyd…
Wendy - Oh, Brian!  You’re just too good to be true…

Ysbyty Brynaber: Episode 64

Dic and Wendy discuss the impending Disciplinary Panel.  He tries to persuade her to go with him for a drink but she will have none of it.  

Geirfa	

paratoi	to prepare
ymladd	to fight
achos		case			
er mwyn	in order to
beth aeth o’i le	what went wrong
gwahanu	to separate
 
Golygfa 1

Dic - 	Wendy - Heia.
Wendy - Hi.
Dic - 	Sut wyt ti?
Wendy - You know me…Still plodding on…
Dic - 	Sut wyt ti wedi bod yn cadw?  
Wendy - Beth yw e i ti?
Dic - 	Dim ond gofyn…Roedd un o’r nyrsus…Ceri, dw i’n credu…yn dweud dechrau’r wythnos dy fod 
ti wedi bod yn sâl…
Wendy - Sick as a parrot…
Dic - 	Beth ‘te?  Y byg ffliw hyn?
Wendy - Ie…
Dic - 	Ond ti’n well nawr?
Wendy - Lot gwell…
Dic - 	Dw i’n meddwl ‘bytu ti o hyd…A dw i’n becso ‘bytu ti…
Wendy - …Dw i’n siwr…
Dic - 	Mi odw i!  Onest!
Wendy - Wel, os oedd Ceri wedi dweud wrthot ti fy mod i’n sâl - pam na fyddet ti wedi ffonio neu alw i 
weld sut roeddwn i?  Os oeddet ti’n becso bytu fi gymant â hynny?
Wendy - Ti ddim wir yn becso dim ‘bytu fi…
Dic - 	Dw i wedi bod yn uffernol o fishi…
Wendy - See you around, Dic.
Dic - 	Wendy!  Wendy!  Dishgwl!
Wendy - What now?
Dic - 	Dw i’n moyn sgwrs…
Wendy - ‘Bytu beth?
Dic - 	Yfory.  Dw i’n becso ‘bytu beth sy’n mynd i ddigwydd…
Wendy - It’s none of your business…
Dic - 	Beth wyt ti’n mynd i ddweud wrth y Panel Disgyblu?  Wyt ti wedi paratoi?
Wendy - Paratoi?
Dic - 	Ie…
Wendy - Beth yw’r pwynt?
Dic - 	Er mwyn ymladd dy achos…
Wendy - Hy!
Dic - 	Wendy, mae’n rhaid iti!  
Wendy - Pam ddylen i?
Dic - 	Er mwyn cael dy job nôl!  Dyna pam!
Wendy - Who says I want it back?
Dic - 	Beth arall wyt ti’n mynd i wneud ‘te?

Golygfa 2

Dic - 	Plîs alla i ddod i mewn?
Wendy - I beth?
Dic - 	Jyst am bum munud.
Wendy - Na, Dic.
Dic - 	Plis, Wendy.
Wendy - Pum munud ‘te.  A dim munud yn fwy.  O.K, pal?
Dic - 	O.K.  Ti’n annheg, ti’n gwbod…
Wendy - Annheg?
Dic - 	Unfair.
Wendy - Dw i’n gwybod beth yw annheg!  Yffach!
Dic - 	Sori…
Wendy - Dw i ddim yn hollol ‘thick’, ti’n gwbod!
Dic - 	Wnes i ddim dweud dy fod ti…Wnes i ddim dweud dy fod ti, Wendy…A ti’n gwybod yn iawn beth 
dw i’n feddwl ohonot ti…
Dic - 	Dw i’n meddwl dy fod ti’n grêt…Dw i wastad wedi meddwl dy fod ti’n grêt…Ti’n ddoniol, ti’n 
siarp, ti’n witty…
Wendy - O.K.  O.K…
Dic - 	Ac mae jest meddwl ‘bytu beth sy wedi digwydd rhyngon ni yn…wel…a bod yn berffaith 
onest…Mae e’n torri ‘nghalon i…A dw i jest ddim yn deall beth aeth o’i le…Dyna pam…
Wendy - Look: pum munud ddwedes i…
Dic - 	Wyt ti?
Wendy - Ydw…
Dic - 	Wyt ti’n gwybod pam rydyn ni wedi gwahanu?
Wendy - We’re not suited…We’re just not made for each other…
Dic - Dw i’n credu ein bod ni.
Wendy - Dw i ddim…
Dic - 	Allwn ni ddim trio eto?
Wendy - Na.
Dic - 	Plis?
Wendy - Na.
Dic - Jyst…Edrycha…beth am inni gwrdd am ‘drink’ neu rywbeth…?
Wendy - Does dim pwynt, Dic.
Dic - 	Jyst ‘drink’.  Dim byd mwy…
Wendy - Na…
Dic - 	Un ‘drink’.…
Wendy - A beth wedyn?  Ddim jest un ‘drink’ ti eisiau, ie?  And anyway, I’m seeing someone else.
Wnest ti ‘nghlywed i?
Dic - 	Do.
Wendy - So…Tomorrow is another day..
Dic - 	Ie…Well i fi fynd ‘te.  A Wendy?  Pob lwc iti gyda’r Panel Disgyblu yfory.
Wendy - Thanks.
Dic - Hwyl ‘te…

Ysbyty Brynaber: Episode 65

Wendy is waiting to appear before the Disciplinary Panel.  Firstly she meets Arwyn Saunders.  She then sees Jenny Saunders and she demands that the truth be told about the incident in Agnes Rees’office.  There’s a scuffle and Dic intervenes.

Later that evening Wendy meets up with Brian where they discuss the outcome of the panel’s deliberations.

Geirfa

adroddiadau		reports
yn union		exactly
dim mwy, dim llai	no more, no less
gollwng 		to let go
brifo			to hurt
rhannu			to share
congl			corner
cam 			a wrong

Golygfa 1

Arwyn - Nyrs Keating…
Wendy - Not for long.  Just plain Wendy Keating after today, Dr Saunders.  Ex-trainee nurse.  R.I.P.  
to a short career…
Arwyn - Ie…Wel…A sut mae pethau fel arall?
Wendy - Ddim yn dda iawn…
Arwyn - Mae’n flin gyda fi bytu beth wnaeth ddigwydd…
Wendy - Dydych chi’m yn gwybod beth wnaeth ddigwydd ydych chi?
Arwyn - Wel…dw i wedi darllen yr adroddiadau i gyd...
Wendy - Sister Agnes Rees slapped me.  And I slapped her back.  And the second slap is the only 
one Dr Saunders - your wife - witnessed…
Arwyn - Dyna’ch fersiwn chi, wrth gwrs.
Wendy - Dyna’r gwir!
Arwyn - Ie…Wel…Mater i’r Panel Disbyglu yw hyn ynte?
Wendy - Ie.  In less than half an hour.  And my fate’s decided…

Golygfa 2

Wendy - Oi!
Jenny - Sori?
Wendy - Ti.  Dere ‘ma…
Jenny - Wendy: edrychwch rwan: ond dw i ddim yn meddwl ein bod ni’n dwy i fod i siarad hefo’n gilydd 
cyn inni fod o flaen y panel disgyblu…
Wendy - Sod the panel disgyblu!  Dw i eisiau gair gyda ti!
Jenny - Wendy -
Wendy - Ti’n mynd i ddweud y gwir wrthyn nhw?
Jenny - Dw i’n mynd i ddeud yn union beth welais i.  Dim mwy, dim llai…
Wendy - A beth yn gwmws welaist ti, dim mwy, dim llai?
Jenny - Edrycha rwan -
Wendy - Na!  Edrycha di: dw i eisiau iti ddweud y gwir - O.K.?
Dw i eisiau i ti ddweud beth wnaeth ddigwydd go iawn yn office Agnes Rees.  I want you to say how 
that malicious spiteful bitch slapped me and I had to defend myself by slapping her back -
Jenny - Mae’n well i fi fynd -
Wendy - Ddim tan wyt ti’n addo dweud y gwir!
Jenny - Wendy -
Wendy - Ti’n addo dweud y gwir?
Jenny - Aw!  Gollwng fy mraich i!
Wendy - Ti’n addo?
Jenny - Wendy!  Gollwng!
Dic - …Wendy!  Paid!  Gad i Dr Saunders fynd!
Wendy - O, I won’t!  Because they’re all in this together!  This is a stitch-up!  This isn’t justice -
Jenny - Aw!  Aw!  Aw!
Dic - Wendy, ti ddim ond yn gwneud pethau’n waeth i ti dy hunan!
Wendy - Promise me that you’ll tell the truth!
Jenny - Gollwng fi!  Gollwng fi wnei di - ti’n brifo!
Wendy - Promise me!  Promise me!

Golygfa 3

Brian - Diod arall?
Wendy - …Na…No…Dw i wedi cael digon…
Brian - Siwr?
Wendy - Ydw…Siwr…Absolutely siwr…
Brian - Ti eisiau rhannu y peint yma sgen i?
Wendy - Go on then…Pour it into my glass…What a day!
Brian - Paid â phoeni…Mi ddaw tro ar fyd eto…
Wendy - Tro ar fyd?  Beth ddiawl mae hynna’n feddwl?
Brian - Y daw pethau yn well…
Wendy - In your dreams, pal…
Brian - Ti byth yn gwybod beth sy rownd y gongl nesaf…
Wendy - Dw i’n gwybod beth sy rownd y gongl nesa’…Unemployment…
Brian - Ddim am hir dw i’n siwr…
Wendy - A dy wraig di, Brian…Your angelic little Mother Teresa Agnes…Dyna pwy sy’n ‘responsible’ 
am hyn…Hi roiodd slap i fi…
Brian - Ddwedaist ti hynny wrth y panel?
Wendy - Ddwedais i popeth…Ddwedais i bopeth…O’r dechre i’r diwedd…I told them how Sister Rees, 
your wife, Brian…Had had it in for me from the word go…Back in the autumn she - oh you don’t want 
to know…
Brian - Ydw, ydw.  Nôl yn yr hydref…Beth wnaeth hi?
Wendy - Dwedodd hi fy mod i wedi bod yn ‘rude’ i’r ‘bank manager’ ‘ma…A real dirty old man…Percy 
Edwards or something, I can’t even remember his name now…God!  Dw i’n…Faint o’r gloch yw 
hi?
Brian - Stop tap…
Wendy - Yn barod?
Brian - Dere - af fi â ti nôl gartre…
Wendy - A ti’n aros y nos?
Brian - Na…
Wendy - Pam?
Brian - Sut alla i Wendy?
Wendy - Dw i eisiau ti, Brian…Dw i eisiau rhywun gyda fi heno…
Brian - Fydden i wrth fy modd - ond yn anffodus, dw i’n gorfod mynd yn ôl gartre…Neu fydd 
cwestiynau yn cael eu gofyn…
Wendy - Pam ti eisiau mynd yn ôl at y bitsh fenyw ‘na?
Brian - Tyrd!  Well i fi fynd â ti yn ôl…
Wendy - Sut wyt ti’n gallu byw gyda ast fel yna? 
Brian - Gawn ni sgwrs am Agnes a fi rhywbryd eto…A dw i’n gwybod fod Agnes wedi gwneud cam 
mawr iawn hefo ti, Wendy…Ond mi wna i’n iawn am bob dim, dw i’n addo…
Wendy - You’ll look after me won’t you?
Brian - Wrth gwrs, Wendy, wrth gwrs…

Synopsis 

Wendy’s plan to revenge her wrongdoing at the hands of Agnes Rees has been put in place.  She is now having an affair with the philandering Brian Rees.

Test yourself

1.	What is the Welsh for the phrase ‘doing my very best’?

	a)	gwneud fy ngorau gwyrdd 	  
	b)	gwneud fy ngorau glas
	c)	gwneud fy ngorau coch
		 	
2.	Translate ‘too much work’ into Welsh

	a)	rhy gwaith
	b)	rhy gormod o waith
	c)	gormod o waith

3.	What is the Welsh for ‘no more, no less’? 

	a)	dim mwy, dim llai
	b)	mwy a llai 
	c)	dim mwy, dim llawer

4.	What’s the Welsh for ‘to fight’? 

	a)	ymladd
	b)	ymddwyn
	c)	ymdrechu

5.	How would you ask ‘How many children do you have?’ in Welsh?
	
	a)	Faint o blentyn sy gyda chi?
	b)	Sawl plant sy gyda chi?
	c)	Sawl plentyn sy gyda chi?
	 
6.	How would you translate ‘What went wrong?’ into Welsh?

	a)	Beth sy’n bod?
	b)	Beth sy’n mynd o’i le?
	c)	Beth aeth o’i le?