Unit 1 Flashcards
tutor
tiwtor (m)
tiwtoriaid
without
heb (prep.) [+SM]
course
cwrs (m)
cyrsiau
Welsh
Cymraeg
learner
dysgwr (m)
dysgwyr
nervous
nerfus
very
•very good
right
•he’s right
iawn
•da iawn
iawn
•mae e’n iawn
welcome
croeso
don’t
formal
peidiwch
verb ‘to be/being’
bod (v.)
everything
popeth (m)
Don’t be nervous.
Peidiwch â bod yn nerfus.
Everything will be alright.
Bydd popeth yn iawn.
Who are you?
formal
Pwy dych chi?
I’m Ta’neal.
Ta’neal dw i.
Adjectives following (-blank-) singular nouns mutate (-blank-).
•good evening
Adjectives following -feminine-singular nouns mutate -softly-.
•noswaith dda
‘da’ softly mutates to ‘dda’ after
feminine noun ‘evening’
(f) noun: noswaith=evening
adj: da=good
- Adjectives follow (-blank-).
- good morning
- good afternoon
- Adjectives follow -nouns-.
- bore da
- prynhawn da
very nervous
nerfus iawn
How are you? (formal)
How are you? (informal)
- Sut dych chi?
- Sut wyt ti?
note: rwyt is proper,
‘r’ dropped in speech
and
•Simply explain the type of
mutation involved with ‘and’
•When does ‘a’ change to ‘ac’?
1) a dog and a cat
2) an apple and an orange
3) i’m going and she is too
a (conj.)[+AM]; ac (conj.)
•’a’ causes aspirate mutation in following letters
c=ch; p=ph; t=th
•’ac’ before a vowel and ‘mae’
1) ci a chath
2) afal ac oren
3) dw i’n mynd ac mae hi hefyd
here is/this is
- here is a cat
- here is a horse
- this is Russell
dyma (v.)[+SM]
- dyma gath
- dyma geffyl
- dyma Russell
Original: cath/ceffyl
of/from
- a pound of butter
- from Wales
o (prep.)[+SM]
- pwys o fenyn
- o Gymru
Original: menyn/Cymru
with/against/to (prep.)
1) to eat with a spoon
2) to fight against
3) to speak to
â (prep.)[+AM]; before vowels ‘ag’
1) bwyta â llwy
2) ymladd â
3) siarad â
where?
•Where is he?
ble? (interrog)
•Ble mae e?
to come (v.)
1) to bring
2) to find
3) to come to understand
4) comes from
5) Tom is from Wales.
dod (v.)
1) dod â [+AM]
2) dod o hyd i [+SM]
3) dod i ddeall
4) dod o [+SM]
5) Mae Tom yn dod o Gymru.
ond
but (conj.)
Wales
Cymru