Personal writing – WJECDiscussing spending time with friends

Being able to talk and write about yourself is important when you’re learning a language. It allows you to give information about yourself and express opinions on various topics.

Part ofWelsh Second Language (WJEC)Writing

Discussing spending time with friends

When discussing what you do with friends in your leisure time, you may need to change Dw i…/Rydw i… (I…) to Rydyn ni… – We…

Read the following passage which describes Rhodri’s interests.

Dw i’n mwynhau chwarae rygbi gyda’r clwb lleol. Dw i’n chwarae bob wythnos. Nos Sadwrn, dw i wrth fy modd yn mynd allan i’r dref. Dw i’n meddwl bod mynd i’r sinema yn llawer o hwyl.

Exercise

Can you change Rhodri’s sentences so that he talks about what we like to do? The first sentence has been done for you.

Question

Rydyn ni’n mwynhau chwarae rygbi gyda’r clwb lleol.

If you wanted to say that you and your friends like the same things, you would say:

Rydyn ni'n hoffi'r un pethau. – We like the same things.

yr un ____ means the same ____

Question

Imagine that you’re discussing the same things you and your friends enjoy doing in your leisure time.

What are these phrases in Welsh?

  1. We like watching the same films.
  2. We enjoy listening to the same groups.
  3. We really enjoy the same sports.
  4. We like doing the same things.

Read about Karolina’s favourite hobby, white-water rafting.

Dw i wrth fy modd yn mynd i rafftio dŵr gwyn yn y Ganolfan Dŵr Gwyn Genedlaethol y Bala. Dw i'n mynd yno gyda fy ffrindiau bob mis ac rydyn ni'n cael llawer o hwyl. Rydyn ni'n canŵio ar afon Tryweryn ac mae’n gyffrous dros ben! Rydyn ni'n gwisgo siwt ddŵr a helmed ac rydyn ni'n rafftio am 7 cilomedr. , rydyn ni'n i'r dŵr. ddoniol! Mae'r ganolfan yn ac rydyn ni wrth ein bodd yn mynd yno.

If you wanted to talk about what other people like to do, you would need to change the rydyn ni (we) to maen nhw (they):

Question

Can you change Karolina’s sentences so that you are describing to someone else what she and her friends enjoy?

Exercise

Why not write a similar piece about you and your friends?