Other people's experiences

Rhod Gilbert, the comedian, loves to try different jobs on his TV programme, Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience. Listen to him talking about his modelling job. As he is talking about his own experiences he uses the -ais forms (I... in the past tense).

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Rhod uses the following forms:

Welsh	English
Gweithiais i	I worked
Teithiais i	I travelled
Siaradais i â	I spoke to
Cerddais i	I walked
Teimlais i	I felt
Gwisgais i	I wore

Welsh	Gweithiais i
English	I worked

Welsh	Teithiais i
English	I travelled

Welsh	Siaradais i â
English	I spoke to

Welsh	Cerddais i
English	I walked

Welsh	Teimlais i
English	I felt

Welsh	Gwisgais i
English	I wore

Question

Imagine that you have to write a report about Rhod's modelling job. How would you write about what he did?

Change these verbs to write about what he did.

Gweithiais i
Teithiais i
Siaradais i â
Cerddais i
Teimlais i
Gwisgais i

If you want to say that another person did something in the past, therefore, you usually add -odd to the verb, eg:

Cerddodd Rhod.
Cerddodd o/e.
Bwytodd Ann.
Bwytodd hi.

Listening exercise

Listen to Wynne Evans, the Welsh tenor, talking about learning Welsh. Again, as he is talking about himself, he uses the –ais ending.

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Now, write about Wynne - say that he did these things.

Writing about the past – WJECOther people's experiences