15.9.10

noson cofrestru... Registration evening.....

English below

Mi fydd y noson cofrestru ar nos fercher Fedi 22ain rhwng 6-8yh.

Mi fydd y dosbarthiadau eu hun yn dechrau yr wythnos wedyn:  blwyddyn 3 ar nos fawrdd Medi 28ain,  a blwyddyn 2 ar nos fercher Medi 29ain.

Os dach chi ddim yn gallu mynegi'r noson cofrestru paid poeni.   Cewch chi  ffoniwch y Coleg i roi'ch enw lawr, neu jysd troi fyny i'r dosbarth.

Dwi'n edrych ymlaen at weld pawb, a dychweled at y coleg, gobeithio eich bod chi!

Hwyl am y tro, Neil 


The Registration Evening is on Wed 22nd September between 6-8pm.

The classes themselves will begin the following week:  Year 3 on Tue 28th Sept,  and year 2 on Wed 29th Sept.

If you are unable to attend the registration evening don't worry.   You can phone the college to put your name down, or just turn up to the class.

I'm looking forward to seeing everybody, and returning to college, I hope that you are!

Bye for know, Neil

8.9.10

Pen Lly^n (The Lly^n Peninsula)

English follows:

Wnaethon ni dreulio wythnos hyfryd ym Mhen Lly^n, lle gaethon ni dywydd andros o braf (diolch byth!).  Gobeithio wnaethoch chi mwynhau eich gwyliau chi, lle bynnag yn y byd yr aethoch chi.

Ges i nifer o gyfleoedd ymarfer fy Nghymraeg, o siop sglodion yn Nefyn, i siop sglodion Aberdaron a nifer o lefydd rhwng y ddau! Mae tafodiaeth cryf Pen Lly^n yn gallu bod yn eitha annodd i ddysgwyr i'w ddeall, a ches i drafferth cwpl o weithiau,  ond fel y cyfriw ges i ymateb cadarnhaol i fy Nghymraeg 'sgowsaidd'.  Fel dwedodd yr hogan oedd yn gweithio yn siop bach y traeth ger Tudweiliog: 'Mae unrhyw Gymraeg yn well na dim Cymraeg o gwbl'. Cymerais i hon fel rhywbeth cadarnhaol, ond yn ól Jill, 'canmoliaeth gwatwarus' gallai hynny wedi bod... pwy a wir!

Yn son am Ben Lly^n, mae 'na gyfres newydd yn dechrau ar S4C yr wythnos yma, am yr ardal hyfryd yma.   Mae cyfres 'Pen Llyn Harri Parri' yn cael ei gyflwyno wrth reswm gan Harri Parri (am enw da!), brodor o Ben Lly^n, ond un sydd wedi byw yng Nghaernarfon ers degawdau.   Mae o'n ymweled á llefydd ei blentyndod, a rhai dydy o byth wedi ymweled á nhw o'r blaen.   Trowch yr is-deitlau ymlaen (mae gynno fo dafodiaeth cryf!) a mwynhewch y golygfeydd ysblenydd!

Porth Towyn ger Tudweiliog

We spent a lovely week at the end of August on the Lly^n peninsula, where we had really fine weather (thank goodness).  I hope you enjoyed your holidays, wherever in the world you went.
I had a number of oppurtunities to practice my Welsh, from a chip shop in Nefyn to the chip shop in Aberdaron, and a few places between the two!   The strong Lly^n dialect can be hard for learners to understand, and I had problems a couple of times, but on the whole I had a positive response to my 'scowsish' Welsh.  As the girl who was working in the small beach shop near Tudweiliog said: 'Any Welsh is better than none'. I took this to be something positive, but according to Jill this could have been a backhanded compliment... who knows! 

Talking of Pen Lly^n,  there's a new series starting on S4C this week about this lovely area.   The series, 'Pen Llyn Harri Parri' is presented of course by Harri Parri (great name!), a native of the Llyn, but one who has lived in Caernarfon for decades.  He visits the places of his childhood, and some which are completely new to him.    Put the subtitles on, (he's got a thick accent!) and enjoy the splendid views!