Thank you.
Sorry this is more of a tech question, I just went to try and access slack and it wanted a work url!
Would anyone point me in the right direction for help.
Victoria
Slack usually asks for a work email, because it’s a work tool, but you can put any email in. It doesn’t matter.
Very quick question but I just wanted to ask what prepositions we use with gwneud? If i make something for someone, do I gwneud rhywbeth i rywun or gwneud rhywbeth am rywun?
Diolch pawb!
If you’re making something for someone in the sense of to give them the thing it’s i, but if you’re making something for someone in the sense of ‘on their behalf’, (e.g. I’m making the booking for my colleague) then it would be dros.
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Wnaeth o’m deud wrthaf fi
N’est ti’m deud wrtha i
The last bit is tell me, in both sentences. I’m just trying to remember, just because it is! Is there a reason.
Diolch
It’s just personal speaker preference a lot of the time, with the wrthaf fi being a bit more formal if you write it with the ‘f’ on the end, but you’ll hear wrtha fi as often as wrtha i.
Thank you, I’m keen not to get into a bad habit if I can help it. But I already appreciate that there are little things about the pronunciation or way that words are grouped, that I favour, so it’s helpful to be able to ask if that’s ok.
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I’ve just come to “Paid ag aros i fi ddechrau” in automagic and I’m wondering why it isnt “Paid ag aros amdana i ddechrau” instead, as am is the preposition that usually follows aros, not i?
When it’s a case of waiting for someone to do something, aros pairs with i to mean “for”. But if it’s a case of generally waiting for something, then we use am.
e.g. dwi’n aros iddo fo gadarnhau’r amser = I’m waiting for him to confirm the time.
but
dwi’n aros am gardarnhâd = I’m waiting for confirmation.
dwi’n aros amdano fo = I’m waiting for him.
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I had been wondering this too! Thank you for such a clear explanation!
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I’ve been trying the original course, it’s very different. Is it a good idea still?
Also in the later course Aran pronounces wnes as in wnes I ddim, more like ‘nesh’ . Quite different from Catrin, is this just natural variety?
It’s still a good idea as long as you’re still enjoying it and getting something from it, but if it gets too much or too confusing, it’s fine to pause or stop and just stick with the newer courses.
Yes, nesh is a very common way to pronounce wnes, especially in the north.
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I don’t know much about the North course, but s sounding like sh sometimes happens in the South course as well - they say mis more like mish. It’s all fine. 
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Using the latest version of the Automatic app (14 Mar). I’ve found that quite often, the first speaker gives the translation, before “time is up”. I’m finding this quite disruptive.
Is it just me, a glitch or a deliberate policy to speed up my reply😄
Hi all, a question about subscriptions. In the new Automagic app the sub is £12 a month but on this website it’s £100 for a year. Are they the same subscription? If I pay the £100 will it give me access to all the belts on Automagic?
Thanks!
Am hynnu? About that. Used on an old course, instead of amdani. I’d like to add it to my vocabulary book, but not sure of the spelling
Diolch
The spelling is almost correct, it’s am hynny. It’s not exactly the same as amdani, because that is “about it” instead of “about that”, but in reality that doesn’t make a lot of difference.
@lewis-bowman yes, the annual payment gives you a discount but it’s the same subscription and both give you access to all of our learning material, including all the belts in the SaySomethingin app.
Thank you for clarifying, medru through me too 