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Weather

When we first meet a person the weather is an useful conversation starter.

To ask what the weather is like in Welsh we say:

Sut mae'r tywydd?How's the weather?

In Welsh, everything is feminine or masculine. No word corresponds to 'it'. The weather is feminine - a 'she'. So we say: Mae hi'n dwym - It's warm (which could also mean 'she's warm').

Mae hi'n braf.It's fine.
Mae hi'n wyntog.It's windy.
Mae hi'n bwrw glaw.It's raining.
Mae hi'n dwym / gynnes.It's warm.
Mae hi'n ddiflas.It's miserable.
Mae hi'n stormus.It's stormy.
Mae hi'n bwrw eira.It's snowing.
Mae hi'n oer.It's cold.
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