Talking about other people
Sgwrs mewn tafarn / A conversation in a pub. Listen to the dialogue two or three times, then study the vocabulary and grammar. Come back to the dialogue after that.

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eraint: Helo Menna, s'mae? (s'mae is short for sut mae, meaning
how's things/how's it going)

Geraint: Lle mae Dafydd heno? (Where is Dafydd tonight?)

Menna: Mae o adra. Mae o'n sâl. (He's at home. He is ill.)

Geraint: Wel, lle mae Phil?

Menna: Mae Phil yn gweithio heno.

Geraint: Ydy Phil yn gweithio yn Safeways rwan?

Menna: Ydy. Ers mis.

Geraint: Ydy o'n licio'r gwaith?

Menna :Nac ydy. Mae o isio swydd arall.

Geraint: A dw i isio peint! Be wyt ti isio?

Menna: Seidr dw i'n meddwl.

(After Geraint gets the drinks, Menna asks about Geraint's wife, Mair.)

Menna: Sut mae Mair ?

Geraint: Mae hi'n iawn, ond mae hi wedi blino efo'r dysgu.

Menna: Lle mae Mair yn dysgu?

Geraint: Mae hi'n dysgu yn Ysgol Dafydd ap Gwilym.

Menna: Ydy hi'n dysgu lefel A?

Geraint: Nac ydy, ond mae hi'n brysur iawn.

Menna: Wel, dw i'n mynd i'r clwb Tenis rwan. Hwyl.

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Vocabulary
s'mae? / How's things?, How's it going ?
adra / home, at home
sâl / ill
swydd / job
arall / another, other
swydd arall / another job
peint / pint
efo / with
ysgol / school
prysur iawn / very busy
meddwl / to think , thinking
dysgu / to teach, teaching OR to learn, learning
The context will usually make the intended meaning clear.
mynd / to go, going
Dw i'n mynd / I'm going, I go
i'r / to the

Note: i = to and y = the, but i y is a clash of vowels and this is changed to i'r.

Generally, if a vowel precedes y, then y becomes 'r.
e.g. Y car The car but Mae'r car…. The car is…..

Mae'r car yn y garej / The car is in the garage
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Grammar Section
Recap:
By now, you know that dw i = I am and dach chi = you are/are you
So we have:
Dw i'n gweithio / I am working
Dach chi gweithio / You are working
Dach chi'n gweithio? / Are you working?/Do you work?
Ydw / Nac ydw

In the Dialogue, you heard:
Mae Phil yn gweithio. Mae Phil = Phil is.
Thus: Mae Phil yn gweithio = Phil is working.

In North Wales, the word he is the single sound o.
He is = mae o.
Thus: Mae o'n gweithio = He is working/He works

she is = mae hi.
Thus: Mae hi'n gweithio = She is working/she works.

1 John works in Safeway. (help: in Safeway = yn Safeway)
2 He lives in Bangor
3 Siân teaches in Llandudno
4 She likes coffee (use licio)
5 John likes teaching Welsh (use hoffi. Welsh = Cymraeg)
6 She likes living in Aberystwyth (use hoffi)