Socialising day to day – WJECChatting with friends about social media

You could find out if your friend uses social media websites by asking:

Wyt ti'n defnyddio gwefannau cymdeithasol? - Do you use social media?

Here are some possible answers:

• Ydw, dw i'n defnyddio gwefannau cymdeithasol fel Facebook a Twitter achos maen nhw’n wych. – Yes, I use social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter because they’re great.
• Nac ydw. Yn fy marn i, maen nhw'n wastraff amser. – No I don’t. In my opinion, they are a waste of time.

Now that you have found out that your friend uses a social media website, you could ask whether he/she uses any other social websites, eg:

Wyt ti'n defnyddio gwefannau cymdeithasol eraill? – Do you use any other social websites?

Ydw, dw i'n defnyddio gwefannau cymdeithasol eraill fel... – Yes, I use other social media websites such as...

Nac ydw, mae un yn ddigon! – No I don’t, one is enough!

Favourite social media

If you wanted to discuss favourite social media websites, you could use the following:

Beth ydy dy hoff wefan gymdeithasol? – What is your favourite social media website?

Twitter ydy fy hoff wefan gymdeithasol i. Yn fy marn i, mae Twitter yn fendigedig achos mae’r cynnwys yn fwy aeddfed. – Twitter is my favourite social media website. In my opinion, Twitter is brilliant because the content is more mature.

Here are some other reasons you could use after achos – because:

• ... mae llai o hysbysebion – ... there are fewer adverts
• ... dw i’n gallu dilyn fy hoff seleb – ... I can follow my favourite celebrity
• ... mae’r ap yn well – ... the app is better
• ... mae fy ffrindiau i’n defnyddio Snapchat – ... my friends use Snapchat
• ... dw i’n hoffi ysgrifennu sylwadau – ... I like to post comments
• ... dw i’n hoffi trydar – ... I like to tweet

If you wanted to find out how often your friend tweets or posts comments on his/her social media account, you could ask...

Wyt ti'n trydar/postio sylwadau yn aml? – Do you tweet/post comments frequently?

Here are some answers:

• Ydw, dw i'n trydar/postio sylwadau yn aml. – Yes, I tweet/post comments frequently.
• Nac ydw, dw i ddim yn trydar/postio sylwadau yn aml. – No, I don’t tweet/post comments frequently.
• Nac ydw, dw i ddim yn trydar/postio sylwadau o gwbl! – No, I don’t tweet/post comments at all.

You could ask your friend why they like to use Twitter, eg:

Pam wyt ti'n defnyddio Twitter? – Why do you use Twitter?

• Dw i'n defnyddio Twitter achos dw i'n fusneslyd! – I use Twitter because I’m nosy!
• Dw i'n defnyddio Twitter er mwyn dilyn fy hoff selebs. – I use Twitter in order to follow my favourite celebrities.
• Dw i'n defnyddio Twitter achos mae'n hwyl ac yn ddiddorol. – I use Twitter because it’s fun and interesting.