I would like to know which verb out of tollti, tywallt amd arllwys is generally used in the Gwynedd / Pen Llyn region for things like “to pour a cuppa / glass of wine”. What about “to pour with rain”, would that be different? Many thanks in advance for any assistance with this, as its for a little project of mine…
You can absolutely say ‘Dw i wedi gollwng y cwrw ar ben y ci’ and would be understood, so you haven’t been doing anything wrong. Though I would say that the above phrase may conjure up an image of a beer can or bottle being dropped on the dog. ‘tollti’ refers to anything in liquid form. So if you said ‘Dw i wedi tollti y cwrw ar y ci’ then it would be clear that only the beer was spilt on the dog. Add to that phrase ‘o diar’ or just a simple ‘wps’ then it will be understood that the ‘tollti’ wasn’t deliberate. Hope this helps gyfaill. X
I like the expression used when it is pouring with rain, in Lloegr ‘cats and dogs’ but in N Wales ‘mae’n bwrw hen wragedd a ffyn’ (old women and broomsticks!)
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