Uned 22

Sy O flaen / in front of – Pwy, Beth, Faint

Pwy sy’n siarad?                         
Who is speaking?

Beth sy’n bod?
What is the matter?

Beth sy’n digwydd?
What is happening?

Pwy sy’n talu?
Who’s paying?

The use of sy will be fully explained at the next level (Sylfaen), but for the time being, learn that it follows Pwy, Beth and Faint with verbs, adjectives and prepositions:

yw

Before a definite name 

Pwy yw John?
Who is John?

Before a pronoun 

Pwy yw hi? 

Faint yw e

sy

Before an indefinite name

Pwy sy’n ddoctor? 

Who is a doctor?

Before a verb

Pwy sy’n canu? 

Who’s singing

Before a preposition

Beth sy i swper? 

What’s for supper

Before an adjective 

Pwy sy’n hapus?

Who’s happy

Faint yw…?  How much…?

Faint sy…?   How many… ?

cynta, ail, trydydd

Cynta always comes after the noun and mutates after singular feminine nouns:

y mab cynta y ferch gynta

Ail and trydydd always come before the noun. Ail (like dau and dwy) causes a treiglad meddal.

ail gar

trydydd car

Dych chi’n gallu edrych ar dudalen 188 (Help llaw yn y cwrslyfr am fwy o wybodaeth

You can also look on page 188 (Help llaw) in your coursebooks for more information