BBC - Catchphrase - Ysbyty Brynaber - Week58
Week 58 - Main grammatical points
Comparison of irregular adjectivesA number of irregular comparative forms of adjectives feature in this week's episodes. Let's take a closer look at some of them: Drwg - cynddrwg â/mor ddrwg â - gwaeth - gwaethaf Dwi ddim yn cofio storm waeth ers amser
I don't remember a worse storm for some time Note the form gwaethaf - the worst Although the last letter in written Welsh is gwaethaf, in speech, this f is lost and it becomes gwaetha. Note also that with the superlative forms (those adjectives ending in est) the emphatic sentence must be used - the verb does not come at the beginning of the sentence.
Fe ydy'r gwaetha Hi ydy'r lleia.Nhw ydy'r ola Note that whatever the tense the verb will always be in the third person Nhw oedd y gwaetha
Ti fydd y cynta It's also worth noting that whereas in English when comparing two objects that the comparative form is used Tom and Paul - Tom is the taller In Welsh we use the superlative degree - Tom ydy'r tala Here are a few other irregular adjectives:
Mawr (big) - cymaint â (as big as) - mwy (bigger) - mwya (biggest)
Bach (small) - cyn lleied â (as small as) - llai (smaller) - lleia (smallest)
Da (good) - cystal(as good as) - gwell (better) - gorau (best)
Brian says:
Ar eich ôl chi Arwyn - After you Arwyn
And later he says:
Dw i newydd dorri ar eich traws chi - I've just cut across you
Note the personal forms of the preposition where in Welsh the preposition has two elements:Ar ôl the pronoun comes before and after the second element
Ar fy ôl i
Ar dy ôl di
Ar ei ôl e/o
Ar ei hôl hi
Ar eich ôl chi
Ar ein hôl ni
Ar eu hôl nhwAr draws
Ar fy nhraws i
Ar dy draws di
Ar ei draws e/o
Ar ei thraws hi
Ar ein traws ni
Ar eich traws chi
Ar eu traws nhwNote however that when a noun is used it follows the preposition:
Yn lle'r ferch - instead of the girl
Yn erbyn Gareth - against GarethOther prepositions that follow the same pattern:
Yn lle (instead of) - yn fy lle i(instead of me)
O flaen (in front of) - o fy mlaen i(in front of me)
Yn ymyl (near) - yn dy ymyl di (near you)
Wrth ochr (by the side of) - wrth ein hochr ni (by our side)
Yn erbyn (against) - yn eu herbyn nhw(against them)
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