Quite.
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It’s the Working Welsh, Ruth. 
I’m not a very good photographer.
Unfortunately eitha appears to have slipped through the net in the Grammar - it should be at para 425 under Adverbs of degree, but somehow dodged me! So thank you for drawing my attention to that, and I will rectify the omission in the next edition, whenever that comes along.
The various meanings of quite are also dealt with in the new book, just finished. Here’s a sneak preview…
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In fact I’ll post a preview of the whole running order - just for all my pals on here - over in the other thread.
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Many thanks for the sneak preview… and for the explanation. Ardderchog… I shall update my Anki deck at once 
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Umm … WHICH other thread?
Hi, could I just check the meaning of a phrase, please?
Ac mi allai o wadu du yn las pe bai raid.
(Gwanas, Bethan. Gwrach y Gwyllt (Welsh Edition) . Gwasg Gomer. Kindle Edition. )
It seems from the context that pe bai raid means something like “if needs be / should he need to”. Is that right?
Thanks!
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My house in Ceredigion is called “Nyth y Kiwi” so that’s a start 
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I definitely heard first language speakers in Llandysul saying “iwso”. I couldn’t quite bring myself to abandon “defnyddio” but I felt slightly uncomfortable, as if I was “correcting” their Welsh in some way, which I would never want to do! If I’d kept living there much longer, I’m sure “iwso” would have become natural.
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Yes - literally “if there is a must”
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Thanks, Deborah!
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Shwmae bawb,
Would somebody mind checking the following for me, was doing some translating in my head while listening to the radio and these ones are a bit tricky so would appreciate the help:
Sometimes, you need to tell yourself that you’re the smartest man who’s ever lived
Weithiau mae eisiau i ti ddweud wrth dy hunan taw y dyn mwya deallus sy erioed byw wyt ti
He was supposed to be their best player
Eu chwaraewr gorau nhw oedd e i fod
Diolch yn fawr!
I would say
Weithiau mae eisiau i ti ddweud wrth dy hunan taw ti yw’r dyn mwya deallus sy erioed wedi byw
And the second one sounds fine to me - just eu instead of ei at the beginning
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Thank you for the quick reply :)!
Ah I meant eu but for some reason typed ei, typing too fast again haha.
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Please mind my sticking my nose in … would/should this become “wrthot ti dy hun(an)”?
Good question! They both sound OK to me, (hunan in the south, hun in the north), but I’ll have to think about that …
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That’s why I used the brackets, I know both are used but … I was asking about the “wrthot ti” instead of just “wrth”. It just seems like it should be there.
Sorry yes, I was just confirming the hunan/hun and it’s the wrthot ti bit I’m thinking about. It seems to me that it’s more correct as wrthot ti dy hunan but running it round in my head, I feel like I’ve heard it as just wrth dy hunan but I’m starting to wonder if that’s really what people say or not.
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Diolch Deborah, now it’s all I’m going to think about for the rest of today. 
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A fi! 