Hi again,
I just wanted to say a big thank you to Aron and Katrin for their work with level 1. I finished it today. I will go over the last lesson a few times to sound it down into my brain, but I am really grateful for the resource of such an easy way to learn.
I used some of the welsh to my landlord after two weeks, made a mistake and told them I had been learning about 3 weeks, they were surprised that I had so many phrases, which is only down to your course and way of teaching. I am trying to ge the confidence to use it more.
Do you find that some people have different ideas about the right way to say things? I have a friend who says that mae hāin means it is, I thought it meant she is, I thought it is was maeān they just thought that was weird. As Iām so new to this perhaps some one could help me with that.
Thanks again.
Croeso and da iawn for doing so well!!
Mae hiān - she/it is
Mae o/eān - he/it is
Maeān - he/she/it is
Things in Welsh have a gender. So āitā has a gender. So all of the above mean āit isā. So you and your friend were spot on 
Dal ati/keep at it! Sounds like youāre doing well! My advice, push on to level two. Youāll cover some of the old stuff as you go. You donāt need to ālearnā this stuff word for word itās all about patterns of speech. So donāt worry about ever getting 100%. Just push on and youāll fly!
Sounds as though youāre doing brilliantly - just keep at it! 
Diolch yn ffawr.
It was good of you to reply so quickly, thanks again. That made sense, I wonder though, Is there an easy way to find out what things are male/female?
I was planning to give myself a week to go over the last challenge and listening exercise every evening, sounding it down as it were, and then move on to the next level.
Loving learning,
Jan
If you find one let me know 
Iāve not come across one. There are a few pointers (please donāt worry about learning these) that Iāve gradually become aware of: If itās mutated after ātheā itās female (gym: campfa - y gampfa), if it has an adjective , that can be a clue - toilet: ty bach (small house), bach hasnāt mutated so ātyā is masculine.
Really though, you donāt need to worry. If you say āmae hiānā but for ātyā no-one would really mind. It wouldnāt stop the conversation. Thatās why maeān is so handy 
Have a go at pushing on to level 2 without your revision week. I think youāll be pleasantly surprised when level 1 stuff comes up again, itāll come back to you
Me too! Itās worse when dealing with animals! ci - male, cath - female, and I always had male cats and most of my dogs have been female!! I have real trouble āDyma Toffi. Mae hiā¦ā I just know people will think, āOnd ci mae o!ā
If it helps, talking about an individual animal you can use their actual gender. You wouldnāt talk about Toffi as āitā. She mae hi is correct
I know, Anthony, but it feels odd! I couldnāt possibly say āmae oā, but I still expect folk to correct me (not friends who know sheās a bitch, but strangers!) Mind I am very unlikely to meet any Welsh speaking strangers now I am in Scotland! It was much worse in mid and north Wales when travelling with my Cavaliers!
Some words give away their gender just by what they end in - thereās a nice list in the Grammar Ā§Ā§50-51, and I think I also put a briefer summary in Basic Welsh, quite near the beginning.