nos Fercher

Tuesday is dydd Mawrth but Tuesday night is nos Fawrth. There’s a SOFT MUTATION.

e.g. dydd Mercher but it’s nos Fercher / dydd Llun but it’s nos Lun

Why?

Answer: There’s always a mutation after “nos” because it’s a feminine word.

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Y Cloc

Students often make mistakes when using the time. Learn the correct spellings now so that you can avoid any problems in the future.

• ____ o’r gloch = ____ o’clock (Remember the apostrophe)
• hanner awr wedi ____ = half past ___ (Remember there is a double "n")
• chwarter wedi / chwarter i = quarter past / quarter to (Remember the “r” in the middle of the word)

Rhifau (Numbers)

Numbers are often spelt wrong in Welsh. This could lose you important marks. Check the spelling of 1-10 and learn them.

Numbers appear all the time – with an address, a time, a price, ages …

BYDD / FYDD DIM

“Bydd” means “There will be”

“Fydd dim” means “There won’t be” You will need to change the first letter to form the negative. E.g.

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Learning to proof-read is an important skill and will always be useful in the workplace. In these exercises the mistakes will always be underlined and in bold. There will either be 5 or 10 mistakes for you to correct each time. There will be different types of mistakes;

• punctuation mistakes e.g. yn abertawe – yn Abertawe
• spelling mistakes e.g. noffio - nofio
• basic grammar / language mistakes e.g. mutations, am pump o'r gloch – am bump o'r gloch