| |
Just a random selection
of really useful phrases that it’s worth memorising.
Some you can use as filler in your conversations to give you
time to think, others just don’t make sense when you
translate them literally.
| dyna
ni/‘na ni |
there
we are, that’s it |
| dyna
ti/‘na ti |
there
you are |
| ‘te/de |
then |
| iawn
‘te |
ok then |
| a dweud y gwir |
to tell the truth |
| mewn
gwirionedd |
in
fact, in truth |
| gyda
llaw |
by
the way |
| beth
bynnag |
whatever,
anyway |
| i’r
dim! |
perfect! |
| ‘tydy |
isn’t
it? |
| nerth
dy ben |
with
all your might |
| yr
union beth |
just the thing |
| rhoi
wybod i mi |
let
me know |
| dros
ben |
exceedingly,
very much so |
| o’n
i’n meddwl hynny |
I
thought so |
| tybed |
I
wonder |
| beth sy'n bod? |
What's the matter? |
phrases which
mean ‘y’know’
sti
timod
chimod
phrases which
mean ‘honestly’
yn onest
wir i ti
wir i chi
wir yr
yn wir
| hynny
phrases |
|
| ar
hyn o bryd |
at
the moment |
| hyd yn hyn/hyd yma |
so far, till now, still, yet |
| hyd
hynny |
up
to that time |
| hyn
oll |
all
this |
| fel
hyn |
like
this, in this way |
| fel
hynny/fel ‘ny |
like
that, in that way |
| bryd
hynny/bryd ‘ny |
at
that time |
| wedi
‘ny |
after
that, then |
| erbyn
hyn |
before
this, by now, so far |
| serch hynny |
however,
nonetheless, despite that |
| hyn
o dro |
on this occasion |
| |
|
| vague
time phrases |
|
| bob
tro/bob amser |
every
time, each time |
| y
tro cyntaf |
the
first time |
| y
tro yma |
this time |
| trwy’r
amser |
all
the time |
| yn
ystod |
during |
| fel
arfer |
usually |
| o
dro i dro |
occasionally |
| yn
aml |
often |
get
the text document
|
|
