Dosbarth un (Lesson 1)

Due to a mix-up, I ended up taking my first class at Coleg Menai with a group about six months ahead of me.

After such a long time away from structured classes, anything much more than wyt ti isio paned? or o le wyt ti'n dwad? was always going to be a challenge. Despite being somewhat thrown into the deep end, I think I just about managed to muddle through learning about talking about the future using a new term: fydda (I will). Fortunately, everyone else seemed pretty rusty too on the first day of term so I didn't feel too stupid.

Of course, with this new phrase comes yet another way of saying yes (bydda) and no (na fydda), as if one were needed! I never fail to be amazed by the seemingly endless ways one can say 'yes' in Welsh: oes, do, ydw, oedd, ydy, ia... and saying the wrong one always invokes a smile. In times of uncertainty, I just go with the wise guidance of Alys, aged 3, who I used to babysit and use the simplest ia and na!