Note the difference between the words ymladd - to fight and ymládd. Both words are spelt the same, but the stress is applied in different places to distinguish between them. Ymladd - to fight and ymládd - to be exhausted. Can you hear the difference in stress? If you find it difficult, remember that you can say 'cwffio' or 'paffio' which both mean 'to fight' and you can say 'dw i wedi blino'n lân' to say 'I'm exhausted'. 'Dw i wedi blino'n lân' - literally 'I'm clean tired'!

In Welsh we use of lot of English loan words as I'm sure you've noticed, but if you use English words, make sure you use them in the correct place. One of our favourites is the word 'just'. Let's look at the position of this word though when we slip it into a Welsh sentence - you'll see a very basic pattern.

Oeddwn i jest yn meddwl amdanat ti...
I was just thinking about you...

Jest comes between the pronoun and the 'yn'.

Mae Jac jest wedi siarad gyda hi.
Jac has just spoken to her.

Jest comes between the pronoun and 'wedi'.

O'n i jest ar fin mynd allan
I was just about to go out.

Jest comes between the pronoun and 'ar fin' (about to).

Maen nhw jest ar y ffôn.
They're just on the phone.

Jest once again comes directly after the pronoun.

Recently we learnt the word hoff meaning favourite followed by a noun. For example:

Fy hoff le - My favourite place
Dy hoff raglen - Your favourite programme
Eu hoff fwyd - Their favourite food.

But if you want to say that something is your favourite without qualifying what that favourite thing is, you use the word 'ffefryn'.

Beth yw dy hoff liw?
What's your favourite colour?
Melyn yw fy ffefryn
Yellow's my favourite?

Chris asks Jenny - "Pa un yw dy ffefryn - Indian neu Chinese?"
Which is you favourite - Indian or Chinese?