Welsh/Mynediad/Lesson 6

Dialogue

Richard: Lisa, mae dy ffôn di'n canu!

Lisa: O, reit...(on the phone) Helo - beth sy'n bod? Beth wyt ti'n neud yn yr orsaf heddlu? Wel, dwi'n gorffen yn hwyr heddiw. Iawn. Ta-ra. (hangs up phone) Ah...plant. Oes plant gyda chi, Richard?

Richard: Oes. Mae un mab ac un ferch gyda fi.

Lisa: Maa pump o blant gyda fi. Pum merch.

Richard: Jiw jiw!

Vocabulary

Cymraeg	English
Oes	Is there?
Plant	Children
Gyda	With
Plentyn	Child

Grammar

Welsh Vocabulary • Lesson 6 • audio (upload) Y Teulu The Family
English	Cymraeg
Mother	Mam
Father	Tad
Brother	Brawd
Sister	Chwaer
Son	Mab
Daughter	Merch
Dog	Ci
Cat	Cath

The Nasal Mutation

Original Letter	After Mutation
C	Ngh
P	Mh
T	Nh
B	M
D	N
G	Ng
Ll
M
Rh

Review

• Of the 9 letters that mutate, the first six (C, P, T, B, D, G) can also undergo the Nasal Mutation.
• Yn (in) causes a Nasal Mutation.
• While in English we say, I have something, Welsh uses the pattern, There is something with me. Mae in Welsh translates as 'There is' or 'There are'. Mae plant gyda fi for example. To ask the question, use the interrogative version of mae, oes. Oes plant gyda chi?
• To answer an Oes question, use Oes for 'Yes, there is' or 'Yes, there are'. Nac oes is the negative version, for 'No, there isn't' or 'No, there aren't'.