noswaith dda

/ˌnɔswɛθ ˈðaː/

/ˌnɔswɛˈðaː/

/ˌnɔswɛθ ˈðaː/

/ˌnɔswɛˈðaː/


Blwyddyn Newydd Dda

/ˈblʊiðɪn ˈnɛ.wɪð ðaː/


os gwelwch yn dda

/ɔs ˌɡwɛlʊχ ən ˈðaː/

/ɔs ˌɡweːlʊχ ən ˈðaː/

/ɔs ˌɡwɛlʊχ ən ˈðaː/


mae'n ddrwg gen i

/maːɨ̯n ˈðruːɡ ˌɡɛnɪ/


dydw i ddim yn siarad y Saesneg

I don't speak English
I don't speak English


ces i fy ngeni yn ...

/ˌkeːsɪ və ˈŋɛnɪ ən/

I was born in ... ((literally) I received my birth in ...)


dw i angen ...

a doctor — meddyg

food — bwyd

help — cymorth

money — arian

a map

water — dŵr


dw i angen meddyg

/du i ˈaŋɛn ˈmɛðɨ̞ɡ/

/du i ˈaŋɛn ˈmɛðɪɡ/


pwy wyt ti

/ˌpuːɨ̯ uːɨ̯ ˈtiː/

/ˌpʊi̯ ʊi̯ ˈtiː/


pwy dach chi

/ˌpuːɨ̯ da ˈχiː/


dw i angen cyfieithydd

I need an interpreter
I need an interpreter


bwrw hen wragedd â ffyn

raining cats and dogs
raining cats and dogs

raining cats and dogs ((literally) raining old ladies with sticks)


os gweli di'n dda

/ɔs ˌɡwɛlɪ diːn ˈðaː/


am wn i

Contracted from am a wn i (literally “for that which I know”).


chwarae teg

Chwarae teg iddyn nhw!

fair play (+ i (“to”)) (used to congratulate someone)


cau i fyny

(expression) shut up, an expression used when telling someone to be quiet


neu beidio

Fydd y siopau ar agor yfory neu beidio?


o'i le

Mae rhywbeth o'i le yma.


hyd y gwn i

/ˌhɨːd ə ˈɡʊnɪ/

Contracted from hyd y gwn i (literally “to the extent that I know”).


a dweud y gwir

a deud y gwir (alternative)
a gweud y gwir (alternative)
dweud y gwir (alternative)

to tell you the truth
to tell you the truth

(idiomatic) to tell you the truth, to be honest.


tyngu i'r cyrs ac i'r coed

/ˌtəŋɨ̞r ˈkɨ̞rs ak ɪr ˈkoːɨ̯d/

Literally "to swear to the swamp and to the trees".

(idiomatic) to swear blind, to insist strongly


tyngu'r du yn wyn

/ˌtəŋɨ̞r ˈdɨː ən ˈwɨ̞n/

/ˌtəŋɨ̞r ˈdiː ən ˈwɪn/

swear black is white
swear black is white

(idiomatic) to swear black is white, to insist that something false is true.


cochi at y clustiau

blush to the roots of the hair
blush to the roots of the hair

(idiomatic) to blush to the roots of the hair.


llyncu mul

/ˌɬəŋkɨ̞ ˈmɨːl/


cadw draenog yn ei boced

dw i'n cadw draenog yn fy mhoced (first-person singular)
dyn ni'n cadw draenog yn ein poced (first-person plural)
rwyt ti'n cadw draenog yn dy boced (second-person singular)
dych chi'n cadw draenog yn eich poced (plural second-person)
mae o'n (singular third-person)
e'n cadw draenog yn ei boced m (singular third-person)
mae hi'n cadw draenog yn ei phoced f (singular third-person)
maen nhw'n cadw draenog yn eu poced (plural third-person)

Literally, “to keep a hedgehog in one's pocket”.

lit

13. Mae e'n cadw draenog yn ei boced.

[2022 April 2, Branwen Jones, “15 uniquely brilliant Welsh sayings which make no sense at all in any other language”, in Wales Online:

(idiomatic) to be stingy to be tight-fisted, to be mean (with money)


dyna chi

- Ga i'r halen, plis?
- Dyna chi.

- Can I have the salt, please?
- There you go.

(informal, idiomatic) Said when giving someone something: there you are, there you go

'Na chi, bois.

(informal, idiomatic) Said to indicate someone is correct or has done something correctly or well: you're right, there you go, well done, nice one

Maen nhw'n dweud wnawn nhw fe ond dyn nhw byth yn gwneud, felly dyna chi, beth wnewch chi?

They say they'll do it but they never do, so there you are, what can you do?

(informal, idiomatic) Said when finished talking or to express finality or fatalism: there you are, there you go

dyna fo

there he/it is/are; that's him/it; that's how he/it is

dyna hi

there she/it is/are; that's her/it; that's how she/it is


dyna ti

- Ga i'r pupur, plis?
- Dyna ti.

- Can I have the pepper, please?
- There you go.

'Na ti, boi.

Dw i'n dweud bydda i'n wneud e ond dw i byth yn gwneud, felly dyna ti, beth wnei di?

I say I'll do it but I never do, so there you are, what can you do?


cas gan

cas gennyf (first-person singular)
cas gennym (first-person plural)
cas gennyt (second-person singular)
cas gennych (plural second-person)
cas ganddo m (singular third-person)
cas ganddi f (singular third-person)
cas ganddynt (plural third-person)
cas gen i (first-person singular)
cas gin i (first-person singular)
cas gennyn ni (first-person plural)
cas ganddon ni (first-person plural)
cas gynnon ni (first-person plural)
cas gen ti (second-person singular)
cas gin ti (second-person singular)
cas gennych chi (plural second-person)
cas ganddoch chi (plural second-person)
cas gynnoch chi (plural second-person)
cas ganddo fe (singular third-person)
fo (singular third-person)
cas gynno fo m (singular third-person)
cas ganddi hi (singular third-person)
cas gynni hi f (singular third-person)
cas gennyn nhw (plural third-person)
cas ganddyn nhw (plural third-person)
cas gynnyn nhw (plural third-person)

cas (“hateful, nasty”) + gan (“with, by”).


fel piso mochyn

fel piso mochyn yn yr eira (alternative)


fel piso mochyn yn yr eira

Literally “like pig's piss in the snow”.


tynnu nyth cacwn ar ei ben

Literally, “to pull a hornets' nest onto one's head”

lit

stir up a hornets' nest
stir up a hornets' nest

to stir up a hornets' nest, to open a can of worms


os gwelwch chi'n dda

os gwelwch chi’n dda (canonical)
os gwelwch yn dda (alternative)


hollti blew

hollti'r blewyn yn bedwar ar ddeg

to lie, to exaggerate; to split the hair in fourteen


hollti'r blewyn yn bedwar ar ddeg

Literally, “to split the hair in fourteen”.


hollti blewyn

Alternative form of hollti blew (“to split hairs”)


nid oes dim dwywaith nad

nid oes dim dwywaith nad
does dim dwywaith (alternative)

no two ways about it
no two ways about it

(idiomatic, literary) no two ways about it


does dim dwywaith

does dim dwywaith
ddoes dim dwywaith (soft)
noes dim dwywaith
nid oes dim dwywaith nad (alternative)

(idiomatic, colloquial) no two ways about it


troi yn ei gogwrn

dw i'n troi yn fy nghogwrn (first-person singular)
dyn ni'n troi yn ein cogwrn (first-person plural)
rwyt ti'n troi yn dy gogwrn (second-person singular)
dych chi'n troi yn eich cogwrn (plural second-person)
mae o'n (singular third-person)
e'n troi yn ei gogwrn m (singular third-person)
mae hi'n troi yn ei chogwrn f (singular third-person)
maen nhw'n troi yn eu cogwrn (plural third-person)

(idiomatic) Alternative form of troi yn y cogwrn (“to change one's mind”)


dyna ni

(informal, idiomatic) Said when giving someone something: there we are, there we go

(informal, idiomatic) Said to indicate someone is correct or has done something correctly or well: there we go, nice one

(informal, idiomatic) Said when finished talking or to express finality or fatalism: there we are, there we go


dim gwerth rhech dafad

dim gwerth rhech dafad
ddim gwerth rhech dafad (soft)
nim gwerth rhech dafad


dyna hi

(informal, idiomatic) Said when giving someone something: there she is, there it goes

(informal, idiomatic) Said when finished talking or to express finality or fatalism: there it is, there it goes


dyna fe

dyna fo (alternative North-Wales)
'na fo (alternative North-Wales)
'na fe (alternative South-Wales)

(South Wales, informal, idiomatic) Said when giving someone something: there he is, there it goes

(South Wales, informal, idiomatic) Said when finished talking or to express finality or fatalism: there it is, there it goes


dyna fo

'na fo (alternative North-Wales)
dyna fe (alternative South-Wales)
'na fe (alternative South-Wales)

(North Wales, informal, idiomatic) Said when giving someone something: there he is, there it goes

(North Wales, informal, idiomatic) Said when finished talking or to express finality or fatalism: there it is, there it goes