Dach chi isio Champagne?

What a difference a week makes! After sitting down with my textbook over the weekend, I'm feeling a lot happier with my mutations. After Tuesday night's class, I was struggling to speak English to my boyfriend as I kept thinking in Cymraeg, and even managed to dream that night in Cymraeg!

I spent Tuesday's class talking about my working day and got my head around the two different "in" forms. So while dw i'n gweithio mewn swyddfa (I work in an office), if I want to be specific, I have to use yn , as in dw i'n gweithio yn swyddfa Weekly News. Working out that mi fydda i'n ymddeol mewn tri ar daugain mlynedd (I will retire in forty-three years), almost twice my age, was rather depressing.

All this talk of bywyd yn swyddfa (life in the office) enabled me to reproach my climbing partner Joe last night who, despite having Cymraeg as his first language, used the word "meetings" instead of cyfarfodydd whilst we were chatting in Cymraeg about our week. He didn't take too kindly to my teasing that I was more Welsh than he was!

I did learn a vital new word though - breichiau (arms) - which came in handy when complaining, mae gen i freichiau poen! (I have sore arms!)

Don't ever say that learning Welsh is a wasted endeavour - you can win a crate of champagne just by filling out a quick survey on www.learncymraeg.org if you are a newly registered learner. The survey is part of a bid by the Welsh for Adults Centre in Bangor, which is there to support learners and providers alike.