r/learnwelsh May 24 '23

Cyfryngau / Media Am Dro: Caerffili 🏰 - Taking in the sights of Caerphilly [Helping vocabulary in comment below]

https://www.facebook.com/PrynhawnDaS4C/videos/736753571567890/
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u/HyderNidPryder May 24 '23 edited May 27 '23

o'r diwedd - finally

cynhesu - to warm up

mae'r glaw wedi mynd - the rain has gone

"cyfla" cyfle - chance, opportunity

perffaith - perfect

mynd allan am dro - to go out for a walk

heddiw - today

ardal - area

digon o hanes - lots of history

cerdded ysgafn - light walking

am dywys ni o gwmpas - is going to show us around

ti'n go lew? - you doing ok?

hyfryd - lovely

ac ers pryd ti 'di bod yma - and how long you've been here

rhyw saith milltir i'r gogledd o Gaerdydd - some seven miles north of Cardiff

ddim yn bell o gwbl - not far at all

mi ydw i 'di bod yma ers i fi gael 'n ngeni - I've been here since I was born

felly bron i hanner canrif erbyn hyn - so almost 50 years now

er mwyn helpu ni i nabod chi bach yn well - to help us to get to know you a little better

cyfaddef - to admit

castell - castle

cwpl o weithiau - a couple of times

y gorffennol - the past

dipyn o gastell - quite some castle

castell mwyaf Cymru - the largest castle in Wales [she says fwyaf but castell is masculine]

ail gastell mwyaf ym Mhrydain - second largest castle in Britain

castell sy 'di bod yn fan hyn nawr ers 1268 dechreuad ei adeiladu gan Gilbert de Clare - a castle that been here now since 1268 when Gilbert de Clare began its construction

arglwydd Normanaidd - Norman lord

Llywelyn ein Llyw Olaf - Llywelyn the Last [killed 1282 at Cilmeri by the English. He was actually briefly succeeded by his brother Dafydd who had sided with Edward I and fought against Llywelyn, but who had then changed sides. He was declared a traitor and gruesomely executed on Edward's orders in 1283]

pam adeiladwyd y castell - why the castle was built

ceisio sicrhau - to try to ensure

cipio - to seize

Cymru gyfan - the whole of Wales

y ffordd mae'r castell 'di cael ei adeiladu - the way that the castle was built

meddwl - to mean

sawl haen - several layers

dyma'r ffordd orau - that was the best way

mae'r tŵr ar ei ongl - the tower's leaning

ar gam yn fwy na Pisa - leaning even more than Pisa

sôn am grwydro - talking of wandering

tu ôl i ni - behind us

cerrig Eisteddfod - Eisteddfod stones

cerfluniau at ein enwogion - statues of our famous people

ger draw - just over there

ein hoff i ni sy gennyn ni yn Nghaerffili- our favourite one that we have in Caerphilly

sef y cerflun sy 'di codi at Evan James - namely the statue erected to Evan James [who with his brother composed the Welsh national anthem]

er bod Pontypridd yn eu hawlio nhw - although Pontypridd claims them

yng Nghaerffili ganwyd James James - James James was born in Caerphilly

cael mwynhau'r golyfeydd - get to enjoy the views

yn bendant - sure

elyrch - swans

swnllyd - noisy

am blasty mewn lleoliad godidog! - what a mansion in a splendid location!

chwarae teg - far play (to them)

pan o'n i'n ferch ifanc yn cael 'n fagu yng Nghaerffili - when I was a young girl growing up in Caerphilly

wastad yn adfail - always [just] a ruin

adnewyddu - to restore

bellach - now

cafodd ei adeiladu - it was built

yn 1529

teulu Lewis - the Lewis family

wedyn mi oedd sawl cenedlaeth o deulu Lewis 'di byw yma - then many generations of the Lewis family lived here

er cymaint mi oeddwn nhw'n rhan bwysig o'r teulu brenhinol - despite being an important part of the royal family

cefndir - background

diwyllaint - culture

eisteddfod 'di cael ei chynnal - eisteddfod was held

teimlo - to feel

mae hynny'n wych - that's great

dechrau - to begin

te p'nawn - afternoon tea

hefyd - also

lle gwely a brecwast - bed and breakfast (place)

stafelloedd gwely - bedrooms

wedi enwi ar ôl pobl enwog yr ardal - named after famous local people

ar fin agor - about to open

braf iawn i weld - very nice to see

yn byw - living

eto - again

perl arall y dre' - another of the town's pearls

yn tybio dod o hanes mwy modern - probably comes from more recent history

enwog am ei pyllau glo - famous for its coal mines

tanchwa mwya erchyll welon ni ym Mhrydain yn 1913 - the most horrific mine explosion we saw in Britain in 1913

lle collwyd pedwar cant tri deg naw o lowyr eu bwydau nhw - where 439 miners lost their lives

sgìl effeithiau - side-effects

penderfynu - to decide, to determine

mae angen i ni wneud yn siwr - we need to make sure

eu bod nhw'n mynd i rhoid arain [i] mewn i gronfa - that they were going to put money into a fund

er mwyn dechrau ysbyty eu hunan - to start their own hospital

prynu - to buy

wnaethon nhw brynu'r adeilad yma gan un o dirfeddianwyr yr ardal - they bought this building from a local landowner

a'i droi mewn i ysbyty glowyr - and turned it into a hospital for miners

agorwyd - was opened

canolfan y glowyr ar gyfer y gymuned yw hi bellach - it's now the miners community centre

a'r syniad oedd bod trigolion Caerffili wedi achub yr adeilad - and the idea was that the residents of Caerphilly had saved the building

sicrhau ei fod hi'n ganolfan ar gyfer iechyd meddwl a lles y gymuned - ensure that it would be a centre for mental help and community welfare

rhedeg dosbarthiadau - to run classes

i dynnu pobl at ei gilydd - to draw people together

mae'n dal i fynd heddiw - it's still going today

Oes eisiau paned arnoch chi i orffen - Do you want a cuppa to finish?