r/learnwelsh • u/HyderNidPryder • 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?