CYCS7018 - Uned Pump - Mynegi Meddiant

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You have already seen the word "mae" (meaning "is"). It also carries the meaning "there is"/"there are"

	Mae There is eglwys a church yn Llambed in Lampeter Mae eglwys yn Llambed There is a church in Lampeter

	Mae There are pobl people yn dod coming Mae pobl yn dod There are people coming

	Mae There are llyfrau books yn y llyfrgell in the library Mae llyfrau yn y llyfrgell There are books in the library

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To ask the question "is there...?", oes is used instead of mae:

	Oes Is there cadair a chair yn yr ystafell? in the room? Oes cadair yn yr ystafell? Is there a chair in the room?

	Oes Are there pobl people yn y dre[f]? in town? Oes pobl yn y dre[f]? Are there people in town?

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To say "There is no..." or "There are no...", does dim is used:

	Does dim There is no llyfr book yn yr ystafell in the room Does dim llyfr yn yr ystafell There is no book in the room

	Does dim There are no pobl people yn y dre[f]? in town? Does dim pobl yn y dre[f]? There are no people in town

To say "There was no..." or "There were no..." the imperfect doedd dim is used:

	Doedd dim There was no llyfr book yn yr ystafell in the room Doedd dim llyfr yn yr ystafell There was no book in the room

	Doedd dim There were no pobl people yn y dre[f]? in town? Doedd dim pobl yn y dre[f]? There were no people in town

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The Welsh word for "with" is gyda. Gyda is used with mae, oes or does dim to express possession:


Mae car gyda fi I have a car lit: There is a car with me	Mae llawer o arian 'da fi I have a lot of money	Oes amser 'da fi? Have I got time? lit: Is there time with me?


Oes llawer o amser 'da fi? Have I got a lot of time?	Does dim amser 'da fi I've no time/I haven't got time	Does dim llawer o amser 'da fi I haven't got a lot of time