Asking and responding to questions

Asking questions and interacting with one another is a key part of any discussion.

Question

Do you remember what the following questions are in Welsh?

Who?
What?
Where?
When?
How?
Why?
Which?

During the discussion, you may wish to ask an individual in the group a question or you may decide to address the group as a whole.

Beth wyt ti’n feddwl? – What do you think? (addressing one person)

Beth ydych chi’n feddwl? – What do you think? (addressing more than one person)

Here are some useful questions you could ask during the discussion:

English	Welsh - singular	Welsh - plural
What is your opinion about...?	Beth ydy dy farn di am...?	Beth ydy eich barn chi am...?
What do you think of...?	Beth wyt ti’n feddwl o…?	Beth ydych chi’n feddwl o...?
What about you?	Beth amdanat ti?	Beth amdanoch chi?
Do you eat healthily?	Wyt ti’n bwyta’n iach?	Ydych chi’n bwyta’n iach?
Do you agree?	Wyt ti’n cytuno?	Ydych chi’n cytuno?
Do you disagree?	Wyt ti’n anghytuno?	Ydych chi’n anghytuno?

English	What is your opinion about...?
Welsh - singular	Beth ydy dy farn di am...?
Welsh - plural	Beth ydy eich barn chi am...?

English	What do you think of...?
Welsh - singular	Beth wyt ti’n feddwl o…?
Welsh - plural	Beth ydych chi’n feddwl o...?

English	What about you?
Welsh - singular	Beth amdanat ti?
Welsh - plural	Beth amdanoch chi?

English	Do you eat healthily?
Welsh - singular	Wyt ti’n bwyta’n iach?
Welsh - plural	Ydych chi’n bwyta’n iach?

English	Do you agree?
Welsh - singular	Wyt ti’n cytuno?
Welsh - plural	Ydych chi’n cytuno?

English	Do you disagree?
Welsh - singular	Wyt ti’n anghytuno?
Welsh - plural	Ydych chi’n anghytuno?

Why not practise pronouncing these questions? Then, after you have practised, play the audio file to check your pronunciation.

You could also vary the tenses of the questions, of course.

Question

How would you ask the following questions:

Would you (sing.) like to…?
Would you (pl.) like to…?
Will you (sing.) be…?
Will you (pl.) be…?
What did you (sing.) think?
What did you (pl.) think?

Being able to respond appropriately to questions is just as important as asking them.

Question

Match the questions with the appropriate yes answers:

Cwestiwn	Ateb
Wyt ti’n cytuno?	Hoffwn.
Ydych chi’n cytuno?	Hoffen.
Hoffet ti ddweud rhywbeth?	Baswn.
Hoffech chi ddweud rhywbeth?	Ydyn.
Hoffai John siarad?	Basen.
Faset ti’n cytuno?	Hoffai.
Fasech chi’n cytuno?	Ydw.

Cwestiwn	Wyt ti’n cytuno?
Ateb	Hoffwn.

Cwestiwn	Ydych chi’n cytuno?
Ateb	Hoffen.

Cwestiwn	Hoffet ti ddweud rhywbeth?
Ateb	Baswn.

Cwestiwn	Hoffech chi ddweud rhywbeth?
Ateb	Ydyn.

Cwestiwn	Hoffai John siarad?
Ateb	Basen.

Cwestiwn	Faset ti’n cytuno?
Ateb	Hoffai.

Cwestiwn	Fasech chi’n cytuno?
Ateb	Ydw.

Cwestiwn	Ateb
Wyt ti’n cytuno?	Ydw.
Ydych chi’n cytuno?	Ydyn.
Hoffet ti ddweud rhywbeth?	Hoffwn.
Hoffech chi ddweud rhywbeth?	Hoffen.
Hoffai John siarad?	Hoffai.
Faset ti’n cytuno?	Baswn.
Fasech chi’n cytuno?	Basen.

Cwestiwn	Wyt ti’n cytuno?
Ateb	Ydw.

Cwestiwn	Ydych chi’n cytuno?
Ateb	Ydyn.

Cwestiwn	Hoffet ti ddweud rhywbeth?
Ateb	Hoffwn.

Cwestiwn	Hoffech chi ddweud rhywbeth?
Ateb	Hoffen.

Cwestiwn	Hoffai John siarad?
Ateb	Hoffai.

Cwestiwn	Faset ti’n cytuno?
Ateb	Baswn.

Cwestiwn	Fasech chi’n cytuno?
Ateb	Basen.

Group discussion – WJECAsking and responding to questions