Ideas

[Nicky]

Just got an idea for a future video from Ant, so what type of videos would you like to see going forward?

Is there something you've always wanted to know?
Do you want a video showing you how to do something in particular?

[rich]

Anything on verb endings in short forms, whatever tense ais, wch, a on and the like

[Nicky]

Jul 1, 2018 12:29:16 GMT rich said:

Anything on verb endings in short forms, whatever tense ais, wch, a on and the like

as in stuff like

Prynais i...
Arhoswch...
Ffonia....
Arhosa....

etc?

[rich]

Yep, I get confused in my head about when it's saying I did something in the past eg prynais i, vs when it's telling someone to do something eg paidwch chi. I know it's probably straight forward, but why isn't eg paidwch "you stopped" rather than you stop! ?

Anyway, I thought it might be a thing to explore, as the SSiW course throws things like that in throughout sort of piecemeal, and if I can get it straight, I'd rather not go through lots of individual verb conjugations if I dont have to - especially as we've avoided that sort of thing quite nicely to date......

[Nicky]

Jul 2, 2018 15:11:21 GMT rich said:

Yep, I get confused in my head about when it's saying I did something in the past eg prynais i, vs when it's telling someone to do something eg paidwch chi. I know it's probably straight forward, but why isn't eg paidwch "you stopped" rather than you stop! ?

Anyway, I thought it might be a thing to explore, as the SSiW course throws things like that in throughout sort of piecemeal, and if I can get it straight, I'd rather not go through lots of individual verb conjugations if I dont have to - especially as we've avoided that sort of thing quite nicely to date......

You've got almost the right thinking on this one, but I can see where the confusion has crept in.

On the first one, paid is the verb, as in "..don't". So when you say paid, you're saying "don't" rather than stop.

For want of a simpler term here... there are 2 forms of "instructions"....

instructions that end in "a" - used with people who you'd tend to use "ti" with.
instructions that end in "wch" - used with people who you'd tend to use "chi" with, or multiples.

So examples of these would be:

Yfa! and Yfwch! both mean "DRINK!!!"
Eista! and "Eisteddwch" both mean "SIT!!"

...conversely...

the continuous past tense of "You sat" or "You were sitting" is:

"eisteddoch chi"

in the same way

eisteddodd hi
eisteddodd fe
eisteddon nhw
eisteddom ni
eisteddais i
eisteddais ti.

So you can see how the instruction of "Eisteddwch" can sound very similar to the past tense of "Eisteddoch (chi)"

Hope this helps and makes sense, let me know

[rich]

That's perfect thx!


OK another idea for a video.....    Words for the 'same thing' and where they come from, what the differences are, and when you'd use one over another


eg dwrnod + dydd, amser + tro

TBH I'm not sure how many words there are that might be interesting/fit this, but just a thought.

[Nicky]

Good idea! There are a few, I think the best way of this is me probably speaking for a day or two and noting down the ones that I come across!

Congrats as well on reaching your 3rd post, and moving up from "Aelod Newydd Sbon" (Brand new member) to simply "Aelod Newydd" - big achievement!!

[pedr]

Helo, aelod newydd.

Anyway, be careful, the command forms of yfed are yfwch and yfa, and for eistedd are eisteddwch and eistedda though you will her steddwch and stedda.

The command forms usually take the verb stem, in the above yf for yfed and eistedd remains the same.Then add a for a command to a friend and wch to a command for formality or plural.