gwaith papur yr Eisteddfod...

Dwi wedi anfon ffurflen cais ar gyfer cystadleuaeth 'Y Sgets' at swyddfa'r Eisteddfod yr wythnos yma.
Er bod mis Awst yn teimlo pell i ffwrdd ar hyn o bryd,  mi fydd yr haf efo ni cyn i ni sylweddoli...  dwi'n edrych ymlaen yn eiddgar!

Mae blas ar yr Eisteddfod ar gael yn fan hyn  

anfon - send (the word 'gyrru' - to drive, can also be used for send)
ffurflen - form
cais - entry
ar gyfer - for (as in 'on behalf of')
er bod - though
pell - far
cyn - before
sylweddoli - realise
yn eiddgar - eagerly
blas - taste
ar gael - available
fan hyn - here (this place)

Dyfodol S4C...

S4C, or 'Sianel Pedwar Cymru' is going through a very turbulent time at the moment.  The responsibility for funding the channel is being passed over to the BBC, and the level of this funding is being slashed over the next few years. The BBC for their part have said they are happy to let the Welsh channel have editorial indipendence, though sceptics (e.g. Cymdeithas yr Iaith) don't trust these assurances.  The responsibility for S4C somewhat suprisingly still lies with the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport in London, and not as you might expect with the Welsh Assembly Government in Cardiff.  Jeremy Hunt made himself unpopular in Wales by announcing the new funding arrangements without even letting the S4C authorities aware of his plans. You can imagine that the Welsh language TV station doesn't rate high on his list of priorities.

All this has come on top of huge changes in the world of broadcasting,  unexplained resignations and several PR disasters by the powers that be at S4C... difficult times.

That said, S4C is very important to the Welsh language. I've found it a valuable tool while learning, and though there aren't any programmes directly aimed at learners at the moment they do provide resources on the website.

Over the next couple of weeks there is a chance to tell the powers that be what we (and remember S4C is looking for viewers from outside Wales as well) want from a slimmed down S4C, and what you think of their services/programmes.   It's important that we learners express our opinions as well, so go to the website and 'mynegwch eich barn'!  in English or Welsh!!


mynegwch eich barn - express your opinion

Be' ydy dy hoff albwm Cymraeg....?

"Be' ydy dy hoff albwm Cymraeg di?"

Dyma'r cwestiwn wnes i glywed wrth i mi droi'r radio ymlaen ar y ffordd adre o'r ysgol neithiwr! 

Wythnos diwetha roedd Lisa Gwilym (cyflwynydd y rhaglen) yn gofyn i wrandawyr ei rhaglen  "Be' ydy dy hoff frechdan di?"   (Ella bod gynni hi gopi o 'Gwrs Sylfaen' yn y stiwdio!)

A dweud y gwir roedd y cwestiwn am yr albwm Cymraeg yn eitha annodd i ateb, ond roedd y cwestiwn am frechdanau yn hawdd iawn..  BLT o M&S... ar hyn o bryd,  ond be' amdanoch chi?

wrth i mi - as i
cyflwynydd - presenter
gwrandawyr- listeners
a dweud y gwir - to tell the truth
eitha - quite/fairly
hawdd - easy
ar hyn o bryd - at the moment

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' !

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.

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

Cofnideos...

Dwi ddim yn siwr bod y gair 'cofnideo' yn un 'swyddogol', ond dyma'r gair sy'n cael ei defnyddio gan Chris Cope (Americanwr sy'n byw Nghaerdydd ac sydd wedi dysgu'r iaith 'ma) i ddisgrifio ei fideo blogs Cymraeg.   Cymysgedd ydy o o'r gair 'cofnodi' (to record) a 'fideo' (video -wrth gwrs!).
Maen nhw'n gwerth eu gwylio, ond mewn un o ei 'gofnideos' yr wythnos yma, mae Chris yn ein cyfeirio ni at gofnideo arall, hynny ydy 'Wales Shark'.   Mae'n anodd disgrifio y rhain, ond maen nhw yn Saesneg efo rhyw fath o wers Cymraeg yn rhan ohonynt.

geirfa:

swyddogol - official
cymysgedd - a mixture
cyfeirio - to direct (as in directs us to)
y rhain - these
rhyw fath - some sort
gwes - lesson
ohonynt - of them.