Welsh/Mynediad/Lesson 17

Dialogue

To do:
Script dialogue to include sickness vocabulary

To do:
Introduce sickness vocabulary

This phrase means What's wrong?

More examples:

- Beth sy'n bod ar John?

- Beth sy'n bod ar Mary?

So you must use the preposition ar (on) with this phrase to ask about other people. Beth sy'n bod ar [someone]?

Like the preposition i (to, for), ar has several personal forms:

In use:

Like when talking about possession, we must use the Oes/Mae patterns for talking about illness. Oes is for questions, and Mae is for statements.

Certain illnesses use the gyda (with) pattern:

Mae pen tost gyda fi.

I have a headache

Certain illnesses use the ar (on) pattern:

Mae annwyd arno fe.

He has a cold.

The general rule of thumb is: if the illness mentions a body part, use gyda. If the illness does not, use ar.