Going out for a meal
Many people socialise by going out for a meal. This could entail inviting someone for a meal, discussing where to eat, ordering the food and giving opinions about the food.
Inviting someone for a meal
Question
How would you invite someone to go out for a meal? List some patterns you could use and then check the example answers below.
Here are some patterns you could use:
- Beth am fynd allan am fwyd? – What about going out for some food?
- Wyt ti eisiau mynd allan am fwyd? – Do you want to go out for some food?
- Wyt ti eisiau mynd allan am pryd o fwydmeal? – Do you want to go out for a meal?
- Ydych chi eisiau mynd allan am bryd o fwyd? – Do you want to go out for a meal?
Question
How would you answer these questions?
- Hoffet ti gael pryd o fwyd? – Would you like to have a meal?
- Hoffech chi gael pryd o fwyd? – Would you like to have a meal?
Think of possible answers and then check the example answers below.
Here are some possible answers:
Beth am fynd allan am fwyd?
- Syniad da!
- Na, dw i ddim yn meddwl, diolch.
Wyt ti eisiau mynd allan am fwyd?
- Ydw, os gwelwch yn dda.
- Nac ydw, dim diolch.
Ydych chi eisiau mynd allan am bryd o fwyd?
- Ydyn, os gwelwch yn dda.
- Nac ydyn, dim diolch.
Hoffet ti gael pryd o fwyd?
- Hoffwn.
- Na hoffwn, dim diolch.
Hoffech chi gael pryd o fwyd?
- Hoffen.
- Na hoffen, dim diolch.
Where to eat?
Once you have established that your friend wants to go out to eat with you, you could discuss where you could eat:
- Ble hoffet ti fwyta? – Where would you like to eat?
- Hoffwn i fwyta yn y caffi drws nesaf i’r orsaf. – I would like to eat in the café next door to the station.
Why not list other places in your locality where you could eat out. You could then ask whether your friend would like to eat at these places.
Ordering your meal
When you have arrived at your chosen place and you have sat at the table, a waiter might ask you:
Question
Ydych chi’n barod i archebuto order? – Are you ready to order?
How would you answer this question? Remember that you are answering for more than one person.
Ydyn./Nac ydyn.
Question
You may decide to ask your friend a similar question:
Wyt ti’n barod i archebu eto?
Ydw./ Nac ydw.
Ordering food
Can you think of any questions or phrases you might use when ordering food?
These patterns are used to order the food and drink:
- Pizza a sglodion os gwelwch yn dda.
- Ga i bizza a sglodion hefyd os gwelwch yn dda?
- Ga i lemonêd os gwelwch yn dda?
- Dw i eisiau sudd oren os gwelwch yn dda.
You, too, could use these patterns to ask for food – or to ask for anything in fact.
Expressing opinions about the food
Whilst eating the food you may ask for your friend’s opinion, eg:
- Beth wyt ti’n feddwl o’r bwyd? – What do you think of the food?
- Beth ydy dy farn di am y bwyd? – What is your opinion about the food?
Here are some possible answers:
- Mae’r bwyd yn flasus iawn. – The food is very tasty.
- a dweud y gwirto be honest, dydy’r bwyd ddim yn flasus o gwbl. – To be honest, the food isn’t at all tasty.
- Yn fy marn i, mae’r bwyd yn flasus iawn. – In my opinion, the food is very tasty.
- Dw i’n meddwl bod y bwyd yn iawn. – I think that the food is OK.
- Mae’r bwyd yn ofnadwy! – The food is awful.
Question
Arrange the words in the correct order to create a sentences
- ydy
- Beth
- am
- dy farn di
- y bwyd?
Beth ydy dy farn di am y bwyd?
Question
Arrange the words in the correct order to create a sentence:
- yn
- Mae’r
- dros benexceptionally
- flasus
- bwyd
Mae’r bwyd yn flasus dros ben.
Why not use the language patterns suggested in this study guide to arrange to go out to eat with a friend?
