And one used to grace the leafy setting of St Giles in Oxford. It’s now an Oxfam bookshop.
Pronunciation of short form …ais I. When Ella Hughes sings rhoiais i (I gave) it sounds a bit like rhoi-es i. Matching wnes i. Does this happen in speech any where in Wales (es ending) or was it just easier to sing it that way?
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Yes, very common. To be honest, it sounds weird to me to hear the -ais ending. I’m not in any way saying it’s a learner thing because I really don’t know but if I hear it it’s generally from a learner.
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Very very common - practically the norm, I would say, in normal speech.
I got heavy prolonged flak from some quarters for spelling it -es i in the grammar and elsewhere, but I’m unrepentant - it’s what people say.
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All of my dictionaries say the same.
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Might also try "fydd ddim rhaid i fi fynd … " for i wont have to go to work tmw.
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Thanks for posting! 
(I had to look back to remember which post you were referring to. I’m happy to say I have come a long way since I asked that question 2 1/2 years ago 
Yay for SSiW and everyone on this forum! )
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Hehe. It was first use of the forum and hadnt realised i was replying to something that was posted that long ago!
I imagine you must have moved on a bit with your welsh since then!
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No worries! Whenever anyone asks a question or posts an answer, it’s helpful not only to those particular people, but also to lots of others who had the same question - so never hesitate to post. And welcome to the forum!
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Strange one, after my trip to Mountain Ash today:
What was the name of the Welsh speaking Café in nearby Aberdare that was mentioned here recently please?
Ah great thanks. I’m a terror for mixing up Tredegar and Aberdare, I’m not sure why!
Having said that, I recently drove to Burnley instead of Barnsley 
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It is also at www.breatheyourwelsh.cymru just put Tredegar in the search on the map.
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if you’re ever up there in the week and fancy popping in give me a shout - I’m generally not too far away.
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My auntie had a phone call from people she knew from England, “We are in Swansea!” She went to their hotel! No such guests. On arriving home, another call, “Sorry, we are in Southsea!”
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Nagging / or to ask or grumble persistently =
Swnian/ grwgnach yn barhaus/ bod yn anynad (what is anynad though?) :
A way to say “stop nagging me” in NE Wales is “Paid â chwencian”
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The older generations I hear “sosej” for sure…I hear selsig said amongst the young more than old…its one of those words replacing things…same with how the modern brechdan is slowly replacing sandwich
Sgods a sglods = Fish and chips … I hear in the North…esp the youth… yet only “tships” Aberystwyth South with people…although Im grateful just to hear Welsh 'ta beth
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good translations for “just about” ?
Diolch ymlaen llaw/ Thanks in advance
I’d guess that it’s hard to translate, as it’s quite a vague phrase in English.
If you look up “just” in http://geiriaduracademi.org you get a whole load of entries.
Including “it’s just about big enough” "mae agos â bod yn ddigon mawr "
(but most of the entries don’t have “about” in them).
If you look up “about”, there is one entry that goes:
“I’ve had [just] ~ enough of this, 'rwyf wedi cael hen ddigon ar hyn; 'rwyf wedi hen flino/alaru ar hyn; 'rwyf wedi cael llond bol/bola o hyn;”
Anyway, I think the translation would depend on context.
Hiya, I was thinking in welsh just then (as best as I can anyway) and I thought of the sentence “Mae gen i ffrind” and then remembered “gyda”. So could I also say something like: “Dwi gyda ffrind” or " Mae Morgan gyda ffrind" which if I am right means “Morgan has a friend”.
Hope I havn’t made a fool of myself… 
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