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BBC - Catchphrase - Ysbyty Brynaber - Week21
Week 21 - Main grammatical points
...ydy.../...yw...
A small word that you often come across is ydy meaning is or are.
Rhodri ydy f'enw i
Beth ydy dy enw di - Note that in speech the th is dropped and it becomes Be' di d'enw di
Pwy ydy hi
This form is mainly used in north Wales.
The south Wales equivalent is yw
Rhodri yw f'enw i
Beth yw dy enw di?
Pwy yw e?
Look out for these differences between Jenny and Arwyn and Brian and Agnes.
Ordinal numbers
Agnes says: Ti yn y Llys ar y pymthegfed o Ebrill
Y pymthegfed - the fifteenth
Let's have a quick look at other ordinal numbers from ten to twenty
Unfed ar ddeg - eleventh
Deuddegfed - twelfth
Trydydd ar ddeg - thirteenth
Pedwerydd ar ddeg - fourteenth
Pymthegfed - fifteenth
Unfed ar bymtheg - sixteenth literally first on fifteen
Ail ar bymtheg - seventeenth
Deunawfed - (two nines) eighteenth
Ugeinfed - twentieth
wedi (cael) eu
Brian asks - Sut oeddwn i i wybod fod y ceir wedi eu dwyn?
Ceir wedi eu dwyn - cars that have been stolen
Wedi eu dwyn
Bwyd wedi ei gogionio - cooked food
Dillad wedi eu golchi - washed clothes
Tatws wedi eu rhostio - roast potatoes
In speech the pronouns are hardly heard - ceir wedi dwyn
Note also that the preceding pronouns cause the usual mutations
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