29.3.11

Nos fawrth y nawfed ar hugain o Fawrth...


Dyma'r llun wnes i dynnu nos fawrth, dwi ddim yn credu bod pawb yn dweud 'Caws' !

21.3.11

hoff eiriau...

While learning a language there are some words you discover which just seem to have a particular appeal. One such word in Welsh perhaps is 'Cwtsh' (partly through Gavin and Stacey?!). Sadly you won't find Cwtsh in the dictionary (yet), as it's apparently a slang word which is in fact is derived from English! 'Cofleidiad' (the first choice dictionary word for 'hug') is unlikely to attract as much affection. Popty-ping (microwave) is another word which is more likely to be used than the dictionary standard and very dry 'Meicrodon'.

Here are a few other words which I like:

pendwmpian - doze
pitran patran - pit-a-patter
igam-ogam - zig zag
brasgamu - to stride
loncian - to jog
mynd lincyn loncyn/mynd ling-di-long - to jog along in life
lol - nonsence

brasgamu - can be used as an example of 'word building'.

cam - a step
camu - to step
camfa - stile (i.e. stepping place, the ending 'fa' meaning place of)
brasgamu - to stride ('bras' meaning 'rough', and the 'c' of 'camu' soft mutating on contact to 'g').

There are many better examples I'm sure, but it's often the case that learning one word can lead you to understand several others.

5.3.11

Eisteddfod y Dysgwyr 2011

Roedd Eisteddfod y Dysgwyr (Gogledd Ddwyrain Cymru) 2011 yn llwyddiant ysgubol dwi'n credu, efo nifer mawr (dros 200) yn mwynhau noson o gystadlu cyffeillgar. Gobeithio wnaethoch chi fwynhau'r profiad o wylio a chystadlu hefyd!

Uchafbwyntiau (highlights) y noson - yn ól ymateb y cynulleidfa - oedd   a) perfformiad o 'Galon Lan' (os dwi'n cofio'n iawn) ar y bagbibau (bagpipes), a   b) 'medley' o glasuron Abba gan griw o ddysgwyr lliwgar o ardal Wrecsam,   ac wrth gwrs c) cystadleuaeth y sgetsh ;)

Da iawn i bawb wnaeth cyfrannu at noson wych, a llongyfarchiadau mawr i Les Barker o Fwlchgwyn ger Wrecsam am ennill y Cadair.

Dyma fideo o'r sgetsh gwnaeth ennill (wel yr unig sgetsh a dweud y gwir..)! 



geirfa

llwyddiant ysgubol - sweeping success
ennill-win
cystadlu-compete
cyfeillgar-freindly
profiad - experience
yn o^l - according to (it can of course mean 'back' as well)
cynulleidfa-audience
lliwgar-colourful
cystadleuaeth-competition
cyfrannu-contribute