Early Flashcards
Basics
diwetha
last
argraffydd
argraffyddion
printer
printers
does gan X ddim
X doesn’t have
does gandynn nhw ddim
they don’t have
mae gynni hi
she has
mae gynnon ni
we have
ffatri
ffatrioedd
factory
factories
roedd gynnyn nhw
they used to have
mae gynnyn nhw
they have
cae
caeau
Mutates to gae
field
fields
roedd gan X
X used to have
mae ganddyn nhw
they have
gardd
Mutates to ardd
garden
oes gen ti
do you have
oes gynni hi
does she have
nac oes
no (answering oes?)
oes gynnoch chi
do you have
ceffyl
ceffylau
horse
horses
dafad
defaid
mutates to ddefaid
a sheep
sheep
carafán
carafánau
Mutates to garafán
caravan
caravans
does gen i ddim
I don’t have
does gynni hi
she doesn’t have
cloch
clychau
CLAWKH
Mutates to chloch
bell
bells
brechdan
brechdanau
sandwich
sandwiches
jiráff
JIRARF
giraffe
ni
we / us
oes
OYSS
is there
are there
oes X gyda ti?
do you have X ?
nac oes
oes
No (I don’t have)
Yes (there is / he does have)
ar hyn o bryd
BREED
at the moment
geiriadur
GAYRIĀDEER
dictionary
telyn (F)
telyn dda (a good x - dda because F)
harp
steil
STAYL
style
does dim X gyda
don’t have
ysbyty
ysbytai
UZBŪTTY
hospital
hospitals
bythynnod
cottages
aethon nhw â
did they take
trydan
TRDN
mutates to drydan
electricity
rhif
rhifau
number
numbers
bws
BUOHSS
bus
cyrraedd
to arrive at
arriving
wedi cyrraedd
have arrived
have reached
ugain
EEGAYN
Mutates to hugain
twenty
hanner nos
midnight
hanner dydd
midday
bum munud ar hugain
25 minutes
gwely
bed
yr amser
the time
deuddeg
ddeuddeg
DAYTHEG
THAYTHEG
twelve
un ar ddeg
eleven
tan
until
lwcus
lucky
pres
arian
PRERSS
money
cath
cathod
cat
cats
car
ceir
KAYRH
car
cars
fi
I / me
fe
he / him
mae arian gyda fi
I have money
nhw
them
tacluso
TĀCLISSO
to tidy up
ma’s
out
mynd ma’s
to go out
bwydo
to feed
ysgubo
to sweep
allan
out / exit
glanhau
to clean
ddesg
desk
rŵan
now
dorri
to cut
torri
to break
yr hwylio
the sailing
chwarter
quarter
o’r gloch
o’clock
hanner
half
awr
hour
wedi
past
hanner awr wedi
half past
faint o’r gloch ydy hi ?
what time is it ?
mewn munud
in a minute
os gweli di’n dda
please
os gwelwch chi’n dda
please
baned o goffi
Compare “paned” = “cup of tea”
a cup of coffee
pren mesur
MESSIR
ruler
pensil
PĒNSIL
pencil
cwestiwn
KWESTYON
question
ga i gerdded ?
may I walk ?
talu
TALLYH
to pay
fenthyg
VENTHIG
Mutates to benthyg
to borrow / lend
ofyn
OVINN
to ask
naddwr
NATHOOER
sharpener
ga i dalu am … ?
talu mutates to dalu
may I pay for .., ?
ga i ofyn am … ?
may I ask about … ?
bechgyn
boys
eto
EHTO
yet
again
wedi
to have
(past tense instead of yn)
ymolchi
to wash (myself)
wedi ymolchi
have washed
got washed
wedi cael
have had
yn gynnar
GUNNAR
early
uwchben
YUHKEBEN
above
siop
siopau
shop
shops
nant
nentydd
stream
streams
yr ogof
ogofâu
the cave
caves
ffynnon
ffynhonnau
FUHNONN
well
wells
tŷ
tai
house
houses
llefrith
some/any milk
shwmae
s’mae
Hi / hello
dref
Dialect
town
licio
Dialect
to like
losin
LOSSIN
sweets
a sweet
ga i oren ?
may I have an orange ?
cei
KAY
yes (you may/can)
plîs
please
omled
omelette
ga i fynd ?
may I go ?
pysgod
PESGOD
mutates to bysgod
fish
paned
mutates to baned
cup of tea
diod
Mutates to. ddiod
drink
Noun
wen
white
deilen
a leaf
llyfrgell
library
ger
near (the?)
Efrog
York
archfarchnad
archfarchnadoedd
supermarket
supermarkets
Caerfyrddin
Mutates to. Gaerfyrddin
Carmarthen
y Fenni
Abergavenny
nghanol
middle
yng nghanol y dre
in the middle of the town
castell
cestyll
Mutates to chastell
castle
castles
mynd i siopa
to go shopping
siopa
to shop
canol
centre
hefyd
too / also / as well
ynys
UHNISS
island
ar
on / at / to
arth
bear
eliffant
elephant
llygoden
mouse
mice
cwningen
cwningod
rabbit
rabbits
llew
HLAW
lion
cranc
crancod
crab
crabs
crwban
tortoise
pryf
pryfed
PREEVE
insect
insects
buwch
BEEYEWK
cow
a
ac
ac is pronounced ag
and
and (before a vowel)
hwyaden
WHEEADDEN
duck
anifail
ANNIEVILE
animal
morfil
whale
mwnci
MOOWUNKY
monkey
teigr
TAIYGUR
tiger
mochyn
mutates to fochyn [VOGGINN]
pig
carw
deer
copyn
COPPINN
spider
gŵydd
GŌŌWITH
goose
neidr
NAYDURR
snake
siarc
SHARKH
shark
iâr
hen / chicken
dolffin
DŌLFINN
dolphin
pili-pala
PILLY
butterfly
pa liw ?
what colour ?
gafr
GAVURR
goat(s)
tylluan
tylluanod
Mutates to dylluan
TUCHLEEANN-OD
owl
lwynog
Mutates to. llwynog
fox
dyfrgi
dyfrgwn
- / DUVRUHGOON
otter
otters
brân
brain
- / BRYNE
- Mutates to frân [VRARN]
crow
crows
draenog
draenogod
hedgehog
hedgehogs
barcudiaid
BARKIDDIEYED
kites (bird)
bresych
cabbage
blaidd
wolf
gwenynen
gwenyn
bee
bees
ci
cŵn
dog
dogs
cylchgrawn
magazine
treiffl
TRAYFUL
trifle
arall
another
blodbresych
cauliflower
wedyn
afterwards
wal
wall
llawr
floor
nenfwd
ceiling
dre
town
mewn tre
in a town
clywed
to hear
hearing
llong
ship
rywbeth
Mutates to rhywbeth
something
peintio
to paint
painting
adael
Mutates to. gadael
to leave
rywbeth arall
Something else
o’ch chi’n
were you …?
did you …?
dlawd
poor
coginio
to cook
doedd hi ddim
she was not
malwod
snails
tynnu llun o
to take a picture of
pan
Not a question
When
BUT followed by Q form of verb
preifat
PREEVAT
Mutates to. breifat
private
garddwr
Mutates to arddwr
gardener
y gorffennol
the past
lle ?
where ?
lle aeth X
where did X go
dw i eisiau diod
DEEEOD
I am thirsty
I want a drink
dw i eisiau bwyd
I am hungry
I want food
adre
home
lemonêd
lemonade
aur
EYE-UR
gold
dyn
DEEN
man
gwin
GWEEN
wine
glaw
rain
wythnos
week
roedd
was
roedd hi’n
she/it was
diflas
mutates to ddiflas
miserable
dull
boring
y bore ‘ma
this morning
trwm
Mutates to. drwm
heavy
deilen
dail
a leaf
leaves
y gaeaf
winter
y gwanwyn
Spring
yr haf
summer
am
for
am yr haf
for the summer
tymor
Mutates to. dymor
term
season
am dymor yr hydref
for the autumn term
cwympo
CWIM
to fall
o’n i’n iawn ?
was I right ?
ro’n
I was
I used to
ro’n i’n byw
I was living
I lived
o’n
yes (I did/was)
ro’n i’n arfer
I used to
I was usually
nesa
next
drws nesa
next door
hir
long
roedd X yn arfer
X used to
X was —ing
bwrw eira
BUHROO
snowing
ydy hi’n bwrw eira ?
Note weather is F - hi
is it snowing ?
oer
OYR
cold
heulog
HAYLOG
sunny
braf
fine
mae hi’n braf
it’s fine
bwrw glaw
GLAU
raining
cymylog
Mutates to. gymylog
CUMUHLOG
cloudy
sych
SEEUKH
dry
gwyntog
GWINDOG
windy
mae hi’n wyntog
it’s windy
niwlog
foggy
stormus
STOREMIZ
stormy
bwrw cesair
KESSEYE-UR
to hail
hailing
tywydd
TOOITH
weather
rhy
HREE
too
dwym
DOOIM
warm
wlyb
W-LEEB
wet
well
better
bydd hi’n
it will be …
sut bydd y twydd
how will the weather be
ond
but
waeth
worse
codi
to get. up
ffonio
to phone
ddarllen
to read
‘na
that (after a noun)
cystadlu
Mutates to. gystadlu
to compete
ras
rasys
race
races
ysgrifennu
to write
nofel
a novel
teclyn
teclynnau
Mutates to declyn
gadget
gadgets
desg
desk
aderyn
adar
bird
nirds
oed
old
dw i’n saith oed
I am seven years old
symiau
SUMMEE-EYE
sums
yn yr ysgol
at school
adio
to add
tynnu
TUNNEE
(to) take away
to pull
rhannu
RHANNY
divided by
sharing
to divide
lluosi
HLLEEOSSY
times (ie multiplied)
mae … yn hafal i
equals
is equal to
echdoe
the day before last
the day before yesterday
pryd o fwyd
PREED O VOID
Mutates to. bryd
a meal
blasus
delicious
tasty
neithiwr
yesterday evening
last night
gwneud
GOONAID
make
bwrdd
Mutates to. frwdd. VWRTH
table
echnos
the evening/night before last
lolfa
lounge
llanast
a mess
gwych
excellent
great
cadair
cadeiriau
Mutates to. gadair or chadair and. gadeiriau
chair
chairs
ddim byd
nothing
lawer
Mutates to llawer
much
a lot
dodrefn
Mutates to. ddodrefn
furniture
dros
over
penwythnos
weekend
lampau
lamps
nos Wener
on Friday evening/night
ddydd Llun diwetha
last Monday
banc
bank
pam ?
why ?
ddoe
THOY
yesterday
i weld
to see
bwthyn
BOOTHIN
cottage
gyda
with
yno
there
siop lyfrau
bookshop
ffrind
friend
eglwys
EGGLOYCE
church
clwb
club
nos Lun
(Note single L …)
on Monday evening
â’r
a’r
to the
and the
eglwys fach
Mutated from bach as eglwys is F
small church
Eryri
Snowdonia
do
yes (she did)
gynhadledd
conference
naddo
no (they didn’t)
chwarel
quarry
caffi
cafe
tafarn
tafarnau
y dafarn (tafarn is M or F?! so can mutate)
pub
pubs
the pub
aros
to wait
to stay
mynd i aros
going to wait
sinema
cinema
chwaraeon
sports / games
sboncen
squash (the game)
pwll
pool
pwll nofio
swimming pool
yr gwaith
(the) work
rygbi
rugby
felly
so
therefore
nos Wener
Friday evening
capel
chapel
traeth
beach
heno
tonight
this evening
yfory
tomorrow
ymweld â
ymweld ag
to visit
gwylio
Mutates to. wylio
to watch
Gwlad Groeg
GROYG
Greece
Yr Almaen
Germany
yr Eidal
Italy
mynd i’r Eidal
going to Italy
yr Aifft
Egypt
Ffindir
Finland
gweithio yn y Ffindir
working in Finland
ar bwys
near
mynd i hwylio
going to sail
Ffrainc
France
Llydaw
Brittany
Lloegr
HLOYGER
England
Iwerddon
Ireland
yr Alban
Scotland
Sbaen
Spain
Norwy
Norway
o
from
dod
to come
Tsieina
SCHEENA
China
yr Ariannin
Argentina
Ewrop
OUR-ROPP
Europe
yr Antarctig
Antarctia
Awstralia
Australia
yr Iseldiroedd
the Netherlands
Arctig
Arctic
Affrica
Africa
Aberteifi
ABERTAYVY
Cardigan
Abertawe
Swansea
actores
actress
ysgrifennydd
ysgrifenyddes
USGRIVENITH
secretary (m)
secretary (f)
di-waith
unemployed
ar ffern
on a farm
pa liw yw’r trên?
pa liw yw e?
what colour is the train ?
what colour is it?
esgidiau
shoes
esgidiau rhedeg
running shoes
tei
(neck) tie
het
hat
hosan
sanau
sock
socks
hosanau
stockings
gwerthu
to sell
gwregys
belt
t-crys
t-shirt
sgarff
scarf
maneg
menig
glove
gloves
g
golchi
to wash (things)
blows
BLOAHZ
blouse
gwisgo
to wear
drws y car
car door
siopwr
shopkeeper
sgert
skirt
mecanic
mechanic
siwt (F)
a suit
bore dydd Gwener
on Friday morning
athrawes (F)
teacher (F)
siwmper
jumper
côt law
côt is F, hence glaw mutates to law
raincoat
gwenu
to smile
gwyrdd
GOOOERTH
green
gwisg
a uniform
lliw
a colour
swyddfa
office
fel
as
mewn
mewn car = in a car
yn y car = in the car
in (a)
buwch (F)
buchod
cow
cows
dych chi’n hoffi ?
do you like ?
dw i’n hoffi
I like
dw i ddim yn bwyta
I do not eat
dw i’n mwynhau yfed coffi
I enjoy drinking coffee
mae Megan yn hoffi fe
Megan likes him
dydd Llun
Monday
dydd Mawrth
Tuesday
dydd Mercher
Wednesday
dydd Iau
DEETH EE-EYE
Thursday
dydd Gwener
Friday
dydd Sadwrn
Saturday
dydd Sul
Sunday
heddiw
today
ddydd [day]
ON ____day
nos Fawrth
nos is F, so Mawrth mutates to Fawrth [VAWRTH]
on Tuesday night
nos Iau
Thursday night
bore Sadwrn
Saturday morning
mynd i nofio
going swimming
caru
to love
dim o gwbl
not at all
sgipio
to skip
skipping
cyfrif
KUVREEV
to count
counting
wyt ti’n
do you
are you
gweithio
to work
working
hwylio
HOYLIO
to sail
sailing
gwrando
gwrando ar
to listen
listening
to listen to
mae e’n
he is
it is
ydy e’n ?
is he?
fe
him
it
mae hi’n
she is
dyw hi ddim
she is not
ar
to
dwlu ar
dotes on
really likes
drws (M)
drysau
door
doors
dyn n’in
DEEN
we are
pinafal
pineapple
cwrw
beer
dŵr
water
pysen
pys
a pea
peas
madarchen (F)
madarch
mushroom
mushrooms
selsigen
selsig
a sausage
sausages
bara
bread
cennin
leaks
pannas
parsnips
llaeth
milk
bwyta
to eat
yfed
to drink
prynu
to buy
i
As in prynu i Megan = buy for Megan
for
tegan (M)
teganau
toy
toys
teledu
television
mwynhau
to enjoy
cerdded
to walk
walking
cig
cigoedd
CEAYG / HKIGOYTH
meat
meats
mafonen (F)
mafon
a raspberry
raspberries
ydyn nhw’n ?
are they?
do they?
sglefrio
to skate
skating
maen nhw’n
they are
agor
to open
ar agor
open
(on a sign)
cau
KEYE
to close
ar gau
wedi cau
closed (on a sign)
rwyt ti’n
you are
cerddoriaeth
music
smygu
SMUGGEE
dim smygu
to smoke
no smoking
chwerthin
to laugh
laughing
iâ
ice
sglefrio iâ
ice skating
castell
castle
Castell Nedd
Neath
Manceinion
Manchester
gweddol
not bad
so-so
lliwio
to colour
colouring
mynd am dro
to go for a walk
llun
a picture
yma
here
dysgu
to learn
learning
(also to teach!)
Cymraeg
Welsh
menyn
MENINN
butter
hefyd
too
as well
swper
supper
ble ?
where ?
byw
to live
gyrru
to drive
driving
cinio
CHINNIO
dinner
ioga
yoga
chwaith
either
yn
in
at
iawn
very
OK
fine
sut
how
menyw
menywod
(dynes DIALECT)
woman
women
pwy
who
caws
COWSSE
cheese
smwddio
to iron
ironing
ond
but
lemon
lemon
brecwast
breakfast
mefusen (F)
mefus
MEVISS
a strawberry
strawberries
oren (F)
orenau
orange
oranges
llysieuyn (M)
llysiau
HLISSAYIN
a vegetable
vegetables
reis
RRAISE
rice
afal
afalau
an apple
apples
eisiau
to want
dw i eisiau
dw i ddim eisiau
NOTE: no following yn
I want
I don’t want
ydw
yes (I do)
cath (F)
cathod
cat
cats
bacwn
BAKOON
bacon
tost
TAWST
toast
nac ydw
No (I don’t)
taten (F)
tatws
a potato
potatoes
siocled
chocolate
grefi
gravy
ydy Megan eisiau … ?
does Megan want … ?
cawl
soup
sudd
juice
cysgu
to sleep
moronen (F)
moron
a carrot
carrots
neu
NAYH
or
mêl
MERL
honey
neu’r
or the
cwpwrdd
COOPOURRTH
cupboard
cyri
KIRRY
curry
beic
BAYK
bike
pêl (F)
peli
PERL
Mutates to bêl
a ball
balls
ffôn
FAWN
phone
gweld
GOOELD
to see
blasu
BLAHSEE
to taste
dyn ni eisiau
we want
mynd i’r gwely
to go to bed
cegin (F)
y gegin
Feminine singular mutates after y
kitchen
ar y bwrdd
on the table
cyfieithu
to translate
cyfieithwch
translate! (imperative)
cariad
love (noun)
ffordd (F)
road
wrth
by
wrth y drws
by the door
siwgr
sugar
tebot
teapot
bag
case
parod
Mutates to barod after yn
ready
wyt ti’in barod?
are you ready?
basged (F)
y fasged
Mutates to fasged after y/yn
a basket
the basket
y tu allan
UH TEE ACTHLAN
outside
brysiwch
hurry! (imperative)
mewn pryd
PREED
in time
dewch i mewn
come in!
edrychwch
look! (imperative)
edrych (ar)
to look (at)
pacio
to pack
packing
coll
ar goll
missing
dan
under
papur
paper (eg newspaper)
siwr o fod
sure to be
arhoswch funud
Munud mutates
wait a minute!
dyma’r …
here’s the …
wrth gwrs
cwrs mutates
of course
diolch byth
BEETHE
thank goodness
Blywddyn Newydd (dda)
(Happy) New Year
drôr
drawer
llyfr
book
munud
minute
peth
thing
cadair (F)
y gadair
a chair
the chair
desg (F)
y ddesg
a desk
the desk
noswaith (F)
So noswaith dda (da mutated)
evening
bod
to be
pob
Mutates to. bob
every
bob nos
every night
od
odd
wn i ddim (wir)
I (really) don’t know
y stafell ymolchi
the bathroom
dyma chi
here you are
o’r diwedd
at last
tywel
towel
lliain ymolchi
flannel
face-cloth
basn
basin
gyda llaw
by the way
sebon
soap
ffenestr (F)
ffenestri
a window
windows
fel arfer
as usual
poeth
…yn boeth
Poeth mutates to. boeth
hot
tân
fire
gwres
heat
ymlaen
on (eg switched on)
dyma le!
LLE = place; mutation drops an L
what a place!
brwsh dannedd
toothbrush
dant
dannedd
tooth
teeth
past dannedd
toothpaste
drych
DREEKH
mirror
crib (F)
y grib
a comb
the comb
lloft
upstairs
chwilio am
to look/search for
oes … ?
is there … ?
Answer oes = yes there is
does dim …
there is no(t) …
rydw i
I am