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Yn ôl i wers 10- Back to lesson 10 Gwers 11 / Lesson 11 How to
ask "May I ….." Owen: Ga i helpu. Dw i'n hoff iawn o arddio. Dafydd: Cei, wrth gwrs. Wela i ti am ddeg o'r gloch. Owen: Iawn, hwyl. Dafydd: Hwyl. Geirfa / Vocabulary gardd / garden yr ardd / the garden Ga i…? / may I…? helpu / to help wrth gwrs / of course hoff / fond hoff iawn o / very fond of garddio / to garden/gardening wela i ti / I'll see you o'r gloch / o'clock deg o'r gloch / ten o'clock am ddeg o'r gloch /at ten o'clock hwyl / 'bye (hwyl has other meanings as well) Gramadeg / Grammar How to say: "May I……" The phrase Ga i…. is introduced here as a stock phrase. If it is used before a verb, it means May I ..?. It is used very often indeed. To understand its derivation, would require more advanced knowledge of Welsh, but you can safely use it after working through this lesson, provided you know how to answer the question/request that starts with Ga i. Ga i helpu? / May I help? Ga i fynd? / May I go? Ga i ddwad i'r parti? / May I come to the party? Ga i ista yma? / May I sit here? ( ista is commonly used for eistedd - to sit) You can see (and, more importantly hear!) that Ga i triggers the soft mutation where possible. Exercise 11.1 Ask if you may do the following: Click on the left hand phrase first to hear it, as there are some new words. prynu
tatws (buy potatoes): hear
it How to respond to Ga i..? The responses to requests beginning with Ga i ….. are as follows: Familiar Cei (You may): Na chei (You may not) |
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