Category: French (français)

Cerddoriaeth

By Simon

Ar ôl brecwast y bore ‘ma mi wnes i taflu yr afalau olaf o’r afallen yn fy ngardd, ac yna mi es i i’r archfachnad. Roedd hi’n bwrw glaw mân ar y ffordd yna, ac ar y ffordd adref mi wnaeth hi’n dechrau treisio bwrw. Yn ffodus roedd gen i trywsus dal dŵr, felly do’n i ddim gor wlyb. Mi wnes i tipyn bach o waith cyn ac ar ôl cinio, ac mi wnes canu cerddoriaeth efo ffrindiau yn y prynhawn. Gyda’r nos mi wnes i canu yn y côr cymuned. Dan ni’n dysgu cân o’r ardal Megrelian yn Georgia ar hyn o bryd – mae’r geiriau yn anodd i ynganu ac i gofio, ond mae’r cytgordiau yn hyfryd.

After breakfast this morning I picked the last of the apples from the apple tree in my garden, and then went to the supermarket. It was drizzling on the way there, and on the way back it started to pour down. Fortunately I had my waterproof trouser, so I didn’t get too wet. I did a bit of work before and after lunch, and played music with friends in the afternoon. In the evening I went to the community choir. We are learning a song from the Megrelian region of Georgia at the moment – the words are difficult to pronounce and to remember, but the harmonies are lovely.

Sgwrsio

By Simon

Heno mi wnaethon ni siarad am y Wyddeleg a llawer ieithoedd a phethau eraill yn y grŵp sgrwsio amlieithog. Yn Global Café ar ôl hyn mi wnes i cwrdd â myfyrwragedd o Gorea ac roedden nhw’n synnu i glywed fi yn dweud rhyw eiriau yn y Gorëeg – mi wnes i dysgu tipyn bach o Gorëeg efo ffrindiau o Gorea pan ro’n i’n dysgu Tsieinëeg yn Taiwan.

Tonight we talked about Irish and lots of other languages and other things in the polyglot conversation group. In Global Café after that I met some students from Korea who were very surprised that to hear me say a few words in Korean – I learnt a little bit of Korean from Korean friends when I was studying Chinese in Taiwan.

Clwb Iwcwlili

By Simon

Roedd pedwar ohonon ni yn y clwb iwcwlili heno – tri myfyrwyr a fi. Mae myfyrwr, o Loegr, yn medru canu’r iwc yn dda, ac mae dau arall, o Tsieina, wedi dechrau canu’r iwc yr wythnos diwethaf. Mi wnaethon ni canu caneuon eithaf syml dan ni i gyd yn gwybod heb gormod o gordiau. Roedd y grŵp iwc yn cyfarfod un waith yr wythnos, ond mi wnes i awgrymu cyfarfod arall ar nos Lun ar gyfer y rhai sy methu dod ar nos Iau, ac ar gyfer y rhai sy’n eisiau canu iwcs dwy waith yr wythnos.

There were four of us in the ukulele club tonight – three students and me. One student, from England, can play the uke well, and two others, from China, started playing the uke last week. We played fairly simple songs that we all know without too many chords. The group was meeting once a week, but I suggested another meeting on Monday nights for those who can’t come on Thursday nights, and for those who want to play ukes twice a week.

Grawnwin Digofaint

By Simon

Heddiw mi wnes tipyn bach o waith a mi wnes canu’r gitâr, y piano a’r chwiban tun. Heno mi wnes i i’r prifygsol i weld y fflim ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ o 1940. Dw i ddim ‘di darllen y llyfr, a dyma’r tro cyntaf i mi gweld y ffilm. Roedd yn ddiddorol ac yn drist, ac mae llawer o’r trafferion yn y stori yn dal i fodoli heddiw.

Today I did some work and played the guitar, piano and tin whistle. Tonight I went to the university to see the film ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ from 1940. I haven’t read the book, and this was the first time I’ve seen the film. It was interesting and sad, and many of the problems in the story are with us today.

Afalau a chaneuon

By Simon

Fel arfer, mi wnes i gweithio ar fy wefan y bore ‘ma – heddiw mi wnes i rhoi tudalen newydd efo manylion am fath o Aramaeg arno (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic). Ar ôl cinio mi wnes i stiwio afalau o fy afallen efo syltanaiaid a thipyn bach o fêl, ac yn y grŵp sgrwsio amlieithog, mi wnaethon ni siarad am y Wyddeleg, a chaneuon yn y Wyddeleg yn arbennig.

As usual, I worked on my website this morning – today I added a new page with details of a type of Aramaic (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic). After lunch I stewed some apples from my apple tree with sultanas and a bit of honey, and in the polyglot conversation group we talked about Irish, and particularly about Irish songs.

Digonedd o gorau

By Simon

Y bore ‘ma mi wnes i tipyn bach o waith, ac yn y prynhawn mi wnes i canu yn y côr MS. Gyda’r nos mi wnes i canu yn côr gwirion, ac roedd aelod newydd yna – ffrind i mi o’r grŵp sgwrsio Ffrangeg. Mi wnaeth o dysgu ni cân yn yr Almaeneg, ac mi wnaethon ni mwynhau ein hunain yn fawr.

This morning I did a bit of work, and in the afternoon I sang in the MS choir. In the evening I sang in the crazy choir, and there was a new member there – a friend of mine from the French conversation group. He taught us a German song, and we really enjoyed ourselves.

Ffrangeg a Iwcailis

By Simon

Ro’n i’n ar fin mynd i’r grŵp sgwrsio Ffrangeg heno pan ges i neges testun o’r hogyn sy’n rhedeg y grŵp iwcalili yn gofyn i mi i helpu efo gwers iwcalili yn y prifysgol. Felly es i yno ac mi wnes i helpu tipyn bach. Roedd y gwers yn Siamber Cyngor y prifysgol – ystafell grand iawn. Ar ôl hynny mi aethon ni i’r tafarn Groegeg lle mi wnaethon ni parhau i ganu a sgwrsio. Dydy’r grŵp mewn trefn da ar hyn o bryd, ond mi wnaethon ni mwynhau beth bynnag.

I was about to go to the French conversation group tonight when I got a text from the lad who runs the ukulele group asking for help with a ukulele lesson in the university. So I went there and helped a bit. The lesson was in the university’s Council Chamber – a rather fine room. After that we went to the Greek and continued to play, sing and chat. The group isn’t very well organized at the moment, but we enjoyed it anyway.

Sesiynau

By Simon

Roedd sesiwn da yn fy nhŷ y prynhawn ‘ma efo tri ohonon ni yn canu’r cymysgedd arferol o gerddoriaeth o Ynys Manaw, o’r Alban ac o Iwerddon. Ar ôl canu yn y côr cymuned yn yr hwyr, mi es i adref, ac ro’n i’n meddwl am fynd i sesiwn cerddoriaeth yn y Skerries, tafarn fach rownd y gornel o fan hyn, ond mi wnaeth hi’n dechrau bwrw glaw trwm a mi wnes i penderfynu aros gatref.

There was a good session in my house this afternoon with three of us playing the usual mixture of tunes from the Isle of Man, Scotland and Ireland. After singing in the community choir in the evening, I went home and was thinking about going to a music session in the Skerries, a small pub round the corner from here, but it started to rain heavily and I decided to stay at home.

Rwseg

By Simon

Mi wnaethon ni siarad yn ac am Rwseg, ac yn y Gymraeg ac yn Saesneg, yn y grŵp sgwrsio amlieithog neithiwr. Ac ar ôl hynny mi es i i Global Café, a mi wnes i cwrdd â phobl o’r Eidal, o Wlad Belg ac o’r Ffindir, ac mi wnaethon ni siarad yn Saesneg yn bennaf, efo tipyn bach o Eidaleg a Ffrangeg.

We talked in and about Russian, and in Welsh and English, in the polyglot conversation group yesterday evening. After that I went to Global Café and met people from Italy, Belgium and Finland, and we talked mainly in English, with a little Italian and French.

Dydd diog

By Simon

Mi wnes tipyn bach o waith y bore ‘ma, ac ar ôl cinio mi wnes i dysgu mwy o Lydaweg, mi wnes ymarfer fy medrau sircas, ac mi wnes i canu’r gitâr, y piano a rhyw offer eraill. Mi wnes i dechrau sgwennu cân newydd hefyd – cân y fydd yn cymysgu diarhebion, ymadroddion a llafarddulliau efo’n gilydd mewn moddion diddorol a doniol. Does dim tôn eto, ond mae gen i rhyw llinellau o eiriau. Enw y gân ydy ‘How many roads?’ a dyma’r llinell gyntaf: ‘How many roads must a chicken cross, before it grows any teeth?’.

I did some work this morning, and after lunch I learnt a bit more Breton, practised my circus skills, and played the guitar, piano and a few other instruments. I also started to write a new song, which will mix proverbs, sayings, idioms in interesting and amusing ways. I don’t have a tune yet, but I have a few lines of words. The name of the song is ‘How many roads?’ and here’s the first line: ‘How many roads must a chicken cross, before it grows any teeth?’.