Common Phrases

[LowriSian]

Well, how about some common Welsh phrases?


Like

Cau yr drws - Close the door
(I think I spelt that right?)

Just simple sentence structures - it'd really help me and maybe others?

[Cadwgan]

Here are some good basic learning-related sentences:

Rydw i'n dysgu Cymraeg------I'm learning Welsh
Dydw i ddim yn deall--------I don't understand
Dydw i ddim yn gwybod --------I don't know
Beth ydy/yw ... yn Saesneg?--------What is ... in English?
Beth ydy/yw ... yn Gymraeg?--------What is ... in Welsh?

Are these too basic for you?

[Sioni]

Well, how about some common Welsh phrases?


Like

Cau yr drws - Close the door
(I think I spelt that right?)

Just simple sentence structures - it'd really help me and maybe others?

Cau'r drws.
Caewch y drws.

[Arwen]

How about conversational stuff like:

Shwd ydych chi? = How are you? (formal)
Rwy'n iawn. = I am fine.
Ble ydy'n tŷ bach? = Where's the toilet? (Is that right Sioni?)
Ble ydyn ni'n mynd? = Where are we going?
Arwen dw i. = I am Arwen.

[Sioni]

Ble ydy'n tŷ bach? = Where's the toilet? (Is that right Sioni?)
Ble rydyn ni'n mynd? = Where are we going?

Ble mae'r tŷ bach? Where's the toilet?

[Arwen]

Ble ydy'n tŷ bach? = Where's the toilet? (Is that right Sioni?)
Ble rydyn ni'n mynd? = Where are we going?

Ble mae'r tŷ bach? Where's the toilet?

Thank you.

[Pawl ap Derek]

Ble mae'r tŷ bach? Where's the toilet?

As in "where's the little house?", an idiom? Rydw'n deall (am I understanding)?

Pawl

[Sionned]

You are correct! Tŷ bach is the term used for bathroom or toilet and does, in fact, translate to "little house". I suppose that comes from when it was a little house out back!

I have another phrase I'd like to know. When I was learning German one of the first phrases I learned was "langsammer, bitte" - slower, please. I could try to talk to someone and if they rattled on too fast, I'd just say that. How do I say that ('slower, please' or something similar) in Welsh? I'm assuming something like "yn araf, os gwelwch yn dda" - but is there a better way?

Thanks!

Sionned

[Hazel]

As you supposed, "yn araf, os gwelwch yn dda" according to Cwrs Mynediad. And yes, are there other ways? Always good to have variety.

[Sioni]

I have another phrase I'd like to know. When I was learning German one of the first phrases I learned was "langsammer, bitte" - slower, please. I could try to talk to someone and if they rattled on too fast, I'd just say that. How do I say that ('slower, please' or something similar) in Welsh? I'm assuming something like "yn araf, os gwelwch yn dda" - but is there a better way?

Thanks!

Sionned

Yn araf, os gwelwch yn dda. is good, of course.

Perhaps some others would be:

Arafach, os gwelwch yn dda. Slower, please.
Rhy gyflym/Rhy glou - Too fast.

[Arwen]

How about 'Siaradwch yn araf, plîs'? (Speak slowly, please.)

[dafydd]

You are correct! Tŷ bach is the term used for bathroom or toilet and does, in fact, translate to "little house". I suppose that comes from when it was a little house out back!

I have another phrase I'd like to know. When I was learning German one of the first phrases I learned was "langsammer, bitte" - slower, please. I could try to talk to someone and if they rattled on too fast, I'd just say that. How do I say that ('slower, please' or something similar) in Welsh? I'm assuming something like "yn araf, os gwelwch yn dda" - but is there a better way?

Thanks!

Sionned

A litle house is Tŷ bychan
wrth gwrs, yn y gogledd
Tŷ bach = "lle chwech"

If someone is talking too fast say "Gan bwyll!" - Steady on!

[rumncola]

Caewch y drws.

now that brings back memories of my Nana she always used to shout that to us lol ..........and now I do it to my own children Ah!
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[Hazel]

If someone is talking too fast say "Gan bwyll!" - Steady on!

Dafydd, I like that for "slowly,please". The translation of it makes me wonder if it can also mean, in another sense, "be careful" or "take it easy". Maybe someone is worried about something. Would that be a good response? Thank you.

[dafydd]

If someone is talking too fast say "Gan bwyll!" - Steady on!

Dafydd, I like that for "slowly,please". The translation of it makes me wonder if it can also mean, in another sense, "be careful" or "take it easy". Maybe someone is worried about something. Would that be a good response? Thank you.

Yes, it does mean that as well.