Welsh A2
CEFR A2 · Elementary
A2 opens the past: the everyday 'wnes i' helper (Wnes i weld ffilm) with the soft mutation it triggers, plus the short forms es i and ces i, and a first future with 'bydda i'n'. You say what you prefer with 'mae'n well gen i', put an illness ON yourself with 'Mae annwyd arna i', report what someone thinks with 'ei fod e' and 'ei bod hi', and use frequency words from 'bob amser' to 'byth'. The vocabulary covers routines, weekends, travel, the body and health, and work - enough to tell a Welsh speaker about your week.
77 words · 6 units · 22 grammar points
What you learn at Welsh A2
Y drefn ddyddiol
Talk about your daily routine, habits, and how often you do things.
- Describe my morning routine using the present tense
- Say what time I do things in the morning
- Sequence my daytime activities using first, then and after
- Talk about what I do during the day
- Say how often I do everyday activities
- Use frequency adverbs like always, often and never
- Talk about housework and who does which job
- Say how often each job gets done
Y gorffennol a'r penwythnos diwethaf
Talk about the past: yesterday, last weekend, and travel memories.
- Say what I did yesterday using the past tense
- Talk about completed actions in the past
- Describe what I did last weekend
- Use past-time markers like last weekend and Saturday
- Recount a past holiday or trip
- Describe a travel experience using the past tense
- Place a past story in time with expressions like 'long ago' and 'last year'
- Contrast how things were then with how they are now
Hoffterau ac amser rhydd
Talk about hobbies, likes and dislikes, and free-time plans.
- Talk about my hobbies and free-time activities
- Say what I like to do using hoffi and mwynhau
- Express likes, dislikes and preferences
- Compare things using better, best and prefer
- Talk about my plans for the weekend
- Use the future to say what I am going to do
- Talk about the music, films and books you enjoy
- Recommend something and give a short reason
Iechyd a'r corff
Name parts of the body, say what hurts or what illness you have, and talk about healthy habits.
- Name the main parts of the body
- Say that you have an ailment using 'Mae ... arna i'
- Describe the symptoms of common illnesses
- Talk to a doctor or pharmacist about feeling unwell
- Talk about healthy and unhealthy habits
- Say how often you exercise and what you eat and drink
- Ask for medicine and describe a small symptom at the pharmacy
- Understand instructions about how often to take something
Cynlluniau a threfniadau
Cynnig rhywbeth, trefnu ac aildrefnu apwyntiad, a siarad am y tywydd sy'n newid y cynlluniau.
- Gwneud cynnig ac ymateb iddo
- Derbyn gwahoddiad neu wrthod yn gwrtais
- Trefnu, symud neu ganslo apwyntiad
- Gofyn pryd mae rhywun yn rhydd
- Disgrifio'r tywydd a deall y rhagolygon
- Cysylltu'r cynlluniau â'r tywydd
- Recall vocabulary from earlier lessons without being shown it first
- Prove the unit stuck before moving on
Ffôn, negeseuon a phroblemau bach
Ffonio ac ysgrifennu, ymddiheuro, datrys camddealltwriaeth a gofyn am help - bywyd bob dydd pan nad yw pethau'n mynd yn ôl y cynllun.
- Cynnal sgwrs ffôn fer a gadael neges
- Gofyn am rywbeth yn gwrtais
- Ymddiheuro ac esbonio camgymeriad
- Cwyno'n gwrtais
- Gofyn am help a chynnig help
- Cynnig ateb a'i gadarnhau
- Recall vocabulary from earlier lessons without being shown it first
- Prove the unit stuck before moving on
A2 grammar points
- Everyday actions: 'yn' + verb-noun
- The verb comes first: mae, dw i, mae hi
- How often: bob amser, byth, unwaith yr wythnos
- The soft mutation, and what triggers it
- Talking about the past with 'Wnes i...'
- Diwethaf, yn ôl, and ddydd for days
- Es i, ces i, gwnes i: the irregular past
- Yn ôl for ago, ers for how long
- Preferences: 'mae'n well gen i'
- Mwy, mwyaf, and the -ach ending
- Bydda i: talking about the future
- Possession without an apostrophe
- Aches and ailments: 'Mae annwyd arna i'
- Conjugated prepositions: arna i, gen i, i mi
- Dylwn i and mae angen: should and need
- Oes? Nac oes. Questions and negatives
- Cynigion: 'Beth am …?' a 'Gawn ni …?'
- Am ddeg: fixing a time
- Mae hi'n bwrw glaw: the weather takes hi
- Gallu, gorfod ac eisiau
- Ddim, dim byd, neb: making it negative
- Fe and mi, and the short-form future
Welsh A2 vocabulary
The first 40 of 77, in frequency order.
| Welsh | English | Example |
|---|---|---|
| colli | to lose, to miss | Dwi'n colli'r bws bob bore. |
| anghofio | to forget | Paid ag anghofio dy allwedd! |
| dechrau | to start, to begin | Mae'r ffilm yn dechrau am wyth. |
| gorffen | to finish | Dwi wedi gorffen y gwaith. |
| cyfarfod | to meet | Dwi'n cyfarfod ffrind am goffi heddiw. |
| helpu | to help | Wnei di fy helpu i? |
| gobeithio | to hope | Dwi'n gobeithio gweld ti'n fuan. |
| breuddwydio | to dream | Dwi'n breuddwydio am Gymru. |
| teimlo | to feel | Dwi'n teimlo'n flinedig. |
| casáu | to hate | Dwi'n casáu glaw. |
| cofio | to remember | Wyt ti'n cofio'r diwrnod hwnnw? |
| addo | to promise | Dwi'n addo dod yn ôl. |
| gofyn | to ask | Gofyn i dy fam. |
| ateb | to answer; an answer | Dwi'n ateb y ffôn. |
| es i | I went (past of mynd) | Es i i'r dre ddoe. |
| wnes i | I did (used to form past: wnes i + verbnoun) | Wnes i weld ffilm neithiwr. (gweld → weld) |
| ces i | I had, I got (past of cael) | Ces i frecwast da. (brecwast → frecwast) |
| gwelais i | I saw (synthetic past of gweld) | Gwelais i hi yn y siop. |
| ddoe | yesterday | Es i i'r gwaith ddoe. |
| yr wythnos diwethaf | last week | Wnes i gyfarfod hi yr wythnos diwethaf. |
| neithiwr | last night | Neithiwr, wnes i gysgu'n dda. |
| mae'n rhaid i | must (lit. 'it is necessary for'); + soft mutation on verbnoun | Mae'n rhaid i mi fynd. (mynd → fynd) |
| hoffwn | I would like | Hoffwn i goffi, plis. |
| dwi eisiau | I want | Dwi eisiau dysgu Cymraeg. |
| gallaf | I can (literary); colloquial: dwi'n gallu | Gallaf siarad Cymraeg. |
| pen | head (m.) | Mae fy mhen i'n brifo. (pen → mhen after fy) |
| llygaid | eyes (pl.) | Mae llygaid glas gan Siân. |
| clustiau | ears (pl.) | Mae fy nghlustiau'n oer. (clustiau → nghlustiau) |
| llaw | hand (f.) | Mae'r llaw yma'n brifo. |
| troed | foot (f.) | Mae troed Siân yn brifo. |
| sâl | ill, sick | Dwi'n teimlo'n sâl heddiw. |
| iach | healthy | Mae bwyd ffres yn iach. |
| meddyg | doctor (m.) | Rhaid i mi weld y meddyg. |
| ysbyty | hospital (m.) | Mae hi yn yr ysbyty. |
| gwaith | work (m.) | Dwi'n mynd i'r gwaith. |
| swydd | job (f.) | Mae ganddo swydd newydd. |
| bos | boss (m.) | Mae'r bos yn brysur heddiw. |
| cydweithiwr | colleague (m.) | Cydweithiwr da yw Tom. |
| swyddfa | office (f.) | Dwi'n gweithio yn y swyddfa. |
| cwmni | company (m.) | Cwmni mawr yw e. |