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16 October 2014
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Shopping

In this section we will concentrate on shopping.

  • Cofiwch - rhowch any new vocabulary in your 'cadw-mi-gei'.
    • Wyt ti'n hoffi siopa?Do you like shopping?
    ydw / nac ydwyes / no
    Ble rwyt ti'n siopa fel arfer?Where do you shop usually?
    Dw i'n siopa yn yr archfarchnad.I shop in the supermarket.
    Dw i'n siopa yng nghanol y dref.I shop in the town centre.
    Dw i'n siopa yn y farchnad.I shop in the market.

  • Cofiwch - mae treiglad meddal ar ôl berf yn y gorffennol, ar ôl 'o', ac ar ôl 'ga i?'
  • Remember - there is a soft mutation after a verb in the past tense, after 'o', and after 'gaf i ?'
  • You will sometimes see Ga i? written as Gaf i?. Both forms have the same meaning, but Gaf i? is more common in spoken Welsh.


    • Dillad ddillad
    bara fara
    pys bys
    moron foron
    tusw dusw
    Gest ti fargen?Did you have a bargain?
    Do, ces i lawer o fargeinion.Yes, I had a lot of bargains.
    Naddo, ches i ddim bargeinion.No, I didn't have any bargains.

    Mae 'siop' yn fenywaidd (feminine), felly dyn ni'n treiglo y gair nesaf (we mutate the following word). Edrychwch ar yr enghreifftiau yma - look at these examples:

    Siop faraBaker's
    Siop ddilladclothes shop
    Siop lyfraubook shop
    Siop lysiaugreengrocer's
    Siop bysgodfishmonger
    Siop bapur newyddnewsagent's
    Siop deganautoy shop
    Siop losinSweet shop
    Siop anifeiliaid anwesPet shop
    Dw i'n mynd i'r siop fara.I'm going to the baker's.

  • We use 'dw i'n mynd i' when talking about the shops above. But, when the shop refers to a person we say 'dw i'n mynd at'. Er enghraifft - for example:
    • Dw i'n mynd at y cigydd.I'm going to the butcher's
    Dw i'n mynd at y fferyllydd.I'm going to the farmacist.
    Dw i'n mynd at y crydd.I'm going to the cobbler's.
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