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Welsh Phrases
Here's a small selection of useful
phrases in Welsh - keep your fingers crossed we haven't included a few
swear words or insults in there ....
The Welsh language can differ
slightly depending on what part of Wales you happen to be in so the
examples below are general and will get you by if you happen to find
yourself up on a mountain on a cold and dark night ...... 'are you local'
Hello = sut ydych chi? lit.How are you?
Good = da
Very
good = da iawn
Fine, OK = iawn
Fair = Gweddol
Tired out! =
Wedi blino'n lân
Bye = hwyl, da boch chi, hwyl fawr
Thanks = Diolch
Thankyou very much = Diolch yn fawr
Please =
Os gwelwch yn dda
small children can be heard to say plîs
You're welcome = Rydych chi'n groeso
you may also hear
Chi'n groeso, Ti'n groeso
Welcome = Croeso
Welcome to Wales = Croeso i Gymru
Beth ydych eich enw chi? = What is your name?
I am Fred = Fred ydy
f'enw i
Who is there? = Pwy sy 'na?
Me! = Fi!
Beth ydych eich enw teulu chi? = What is your family name?
My
family name is Jones = Jones ydy f'enw teulu i
Where are you from? = O ble ydych chi'n dod?
I am from France =
Rydw i'n dod o Ffrainc.
We are from Spain = Rydyn ni'n dod o Sbaen.
How many children do you have? = Faint o blant gyda chi?
I have 1
child = Mae un blentyn gyda fi
We have 3 children = Mae tri phlentyn
gyda ni
shop, shops, shopping = siop, siopiau, siopio
I want to go shopping today. = Rydw i'n moyn mynd siopio heddiw.
I want = Rydw i'n moyn
I would like = Hoffwn i
I like = Rydw
i'n hoffi orRydw i hoff o
I would like that loaf of bread
please =
Hoffwn i'r torth o fara'na os gwelwch yn dda.
How much = Faint o gosb
May I? = Gaf i?
May I have ...? = Gaf i ...?
You may = Cewch
You may not = Na chwech
Sorry = Mae flin 'da
fi
A lot of = llawer o, lot o
Too much of= gormod o
A little of =
tipyn o, ychydig o
All = pob before the noun , i gyd after
the noun
Excuse me = Esgudoch fi
Open, Closed = ar agor, ar gau
Post Office = Swyddfa'r Post
Newsagent = Siôp Newyddion
Do you have any bread = Oes bara gyda chi?
Yes = Oes
No, we
don't have any bread = Does dim bara gyda ni.
Food = bwyd
Drink = Diod
to drink = Yfed
I am hungry =
Mae chwant bwyd arna fi BR> Are you hungry = Oes chwant bwyd arnat
ti/arnoch chi?
Yes, there is = Oes
No, there isn't = Nac
oes
Beer, pint of beer = Cwrw, peint o gwrw
Water, glass of water =
Dw^r, gwydr o ddw^r
Bread, Toast, loaf of bread = Bara, Tôst,
torth o fara
Carrot(s) = Moron(au)
Lettuce = Bresych
Mushroom(s) = Madarchen(au)
Parsnips = Panas
Potatoes = Tatws
Soup = Cawl
The Welsh do a fine stew!!!! Fish(es) = Pysgoden,
Pysgod
Meat = cig
Beef, Pork, Lamb, Chicken = Cig eidion, Porc,
Oen, Cig iâr
Cheese, Caerphilly Cheese = Caws, Caws Caerffili
Apple(s), Orange(s) = Afal(au), Oren(au)
Honey = melys
Ice cream
= Hufen iâ
Tea, Coffee = Te, Coffi
Mile, Sugar = Llaeth
or Llefrith, Sigw^r
Black coffee, weak tea, strong coffee,
tea with milk = Coffi du, Te gwân, Coffi cryf, Te gyda llaeth
Left, Right, Straight on = Chwith, Dde, Syth ymlaen
Where is ...? = Ble mae ...?
Where are you going ? = Ble ydych
chi'n mynd?
I am going to ... = Rydw i'n mynd i ...
Straight ahead, turn left then second right =
Syth ymlaen, troia
chwith ac wedyn ail dde
troia/troiwch = turn!, ac wedyn - and
then, ail = second
First, second, thrid = cyntaf, ail, trydded
North, South, East, West, Middle = Gogledd, De, Dwyrain, Gorllewn, Canol
What is around here? = Beth sy o gwmpas yma? From, to = o, i
I want to go to Pontypridd = Rydw i'n moyn mynd i Bontypridd
Tourist Information = Gwybodaeth i Ymwelwyr
Motorway, Road, Lane = Traffordd, Ffordd, Lôn
Give way =
Ildiwch!
Slow down! Slow = Arafwch, Araf
Low gear = Gêr
isel
Metres, Yards, Feet, Inches, Mile(s) = Medr, Llath, Troedfedd,
Modfedd, Milltir(oedd)
Bridge = Pont
Railway, Railways, Station, The Station = Rheilfford, Rheilfyrdd,
Gorsaf, Yr Orsaf
Bus, Train, Aeroplane = Bw^s, Trên, Awyren
Car Park = Parc Ceir or Maes Parcio
Airport = Maes Awyr
Port, Ferry = Porthladd, Ferri
Ticket(s), Return ticket, Single
ticket = Tocyn, Tocynnau, Tocyn yn ôl, Tocyn sengl
Can I have
three return tickets to Dynbych? = Gaf I dri thocyn yn ôl i
Ddynbych?
Hotel, Room = Gwesty, Ystafell
Do you have any rooms tonight? = Oes
ystafell gyda chi heno?
Passport = Pasbort
To form a command in Welsh you place the suffix -wch after the verb (if
you are talking to friends etc you can use the suffix -a). For example:
Stop! = Stopiwch
Look! = Edrychwch
Listen! = Gwrandewch
To say Don't use Peidiwch â - the â is followed by aspirate mutation. Â changes to ag before a vowel, for example
Don't walk! = Peidiwch â cherdd! (cerdd = to walk)
Don't
look! = Peidiwch ag edrych
If you are talking to friends then use Paid â, for example: Don't look becomes paid ag edrych
If you really want to be known then add the familiar you into the sentence!!!
DON'T YOU DO THAT! = PAID TI Â GWNEUD HYNNY!
Post Office = Swyddfa'r Post
Museum = Amgueddfa
Bank = Banc
Police Station = Gorsaf Heddlu
Hospital, Pharmacy = Ysbyty,
Fferylltud
Cafe = Cafi
School, University, College = Ysgol,
Prifysgol, Coleg
Church, Cathedral = Eglwys, Eglwys Gaderiol
Street, Square, Road = Stryd, Sqwar, Ffordd
Mountain, Valley, Valleys
= Mynydd, Cw^m, Cwmoedd
Sea, Lake, River, Mouth of River = Môr,
Llyn, Afon, Aber
Swimming Pool = Pwll Nofio
Tower, Bridge =
Tw^r, Pont
What time is it? = Beth ydy'r amser?
Now = Nawr South Wales,
Rwân North Wales
9:23 nine, twenty three = 9:23 , naw, tri ar hugain or (simpler)
naw, deuddeg tri
Half past, half past nine = Hanner wedi, hanner wedi
naw
Quater past, Quater to = Chwater wedi, chwater i
To, Past =
i, wedi
Second, Minute, Hour, Day = Eiliad, Munud, Awr, Dydd
Week, Month,
Year = Wythnos, Mis, Blwydden
Monday = Dydd Llun
Tuesday = Dydd Mawrth
Wednesday = Dydd
Mercher
Thursday = Dydd Iau
Friday = Dydd Gwener
Saturday =
Dydd Sadwrn
Sunday = Dydd Sul
January = Ionawr
February = Chwefor
March = Mawrth
April
= Ebrill
May = Mai
June = Mehefin
July = Gorffenaf
August = Awst
September = Medi
October = Hydref
November =
Tachwedd
December = Rhagfyr
You will see the word Mis (month) placed in front of the months, for
example
in December = ym Mis Rhagfyr
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter = Gwanwyn, Haf, Hydref, Gaeaf
Season
= Tymor
Easter, Christmas = Y Pasg, Nadolig
New Year = Blwydden Newydd
Happy Birthday (to you) = Penblwydd Hapus (i chwi)
May I have Cardiff 01222 123456 = Gaf i Gaerdydd dim un dau dau dau, un dau tri pedwar pump chwech.
Can I speak to ...? = Gaf i siarad â ...?
Telephone = Teleffôn, Ffô
Fax = Ffacs
Coins, Credit Cards = Ceiniogau, Cerdynnau Credyd
20p = 20c / Ugain ceiniog
50p = 50c / Pum-deg ceiniog
1 pound
= un punt
2 pounds = dau bunt
3 pounds = tri phunt
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