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Congratulations / Llongyfarchiadau on reaching this point in the  course . You should, by now, have mastered the basics of the past tense in Welsh.

This week and for the next two we will be concentrating on practice and revision. We will present sample sentences, translation exercises etc in all of the past tenses you have learned so far.

One thing to remember:  stative verbs ( thinking, feeling, believing etc ) these normally take the imperfect  form of the past tense -  Yr Amser Amherffaith   e.g.

I thought = Ro'n i'n meddwl. ( literally: I was thinking.)

If you are not quite comfortable with this go back to  Email  1 and revise the section on Yr Amser Amherffaith.

Whatever you do....enjoy / mwynhewch.

If there are is any vocabulary you need to look up go here:  Geiriadur You will find the answers at the bottom of the page.

We bought a car yesterday. (long form) =  Wnaethon ni brynu gar ddoe.

We bought a car yesterday. (short form) =  (Fe) Brynon ni car ddoe.

I learned a lot today. (long form) =  Wnes i ddysgu lawer heddiw.

I learned a lot today. (short form) =  Dysgais lawer heddiw.

I thought the film was good. (imperfect) =  Roeddwn i'n / Ro'n i'n meddwl bod y ffilm yn dda.

I believed him at the time. (imperfect) =  Roeddwn i'n / Ro'n i'n ei gredu ar y pryd.

I  had  thought of that. (pluperfect) =   Roeddwn i wedi meddwl am hynny.

I  had  learned my homework. (pluperfect)  =  Roeddwn i wedi dysgu fy ngwaith cartref.

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Translate the following paragraph into English:

Ddoe es i i Fangor. Ro'n i'n meddwl prynu ychydig o lyfrau. Dylwn i fod wedi aros. Roedd y siop lyfrau ar gau.

The solution can be found here:  Solutions

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Translate the following passage into Welsh:

John travelLed by train. He thought it was safer. Janet drove here and arrived first. John arrived later.

The solution can be found here:  Solutions

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This weeks' Croesair  Cymraeg  is designed to help you practice the past tense , imperfect and pluperfect. Examine the sample sentences below and fill in the appropriate form of the verb. There is a link below to the solution and you can print the crossword and clues (.pdf) here:-   Yr Amser Gorffennol - Revision Crossword  2

You will find the answers here:-  Yr Amser Gorffennol - Revision Crossword  2  Solution

That's it for week eight. We hope that you have enjoyed this instalment of the  course and that your knowledge of the Welsh language has improved. Next week we will continue working on the past tense.

We bought a car yesterday. (long form) =  Wnaethon ni brynu car ddoe.

We bought a car yesterday. (short form) =  (Fe) Brynon ni gar ddoe.

I learned a lot today. (long form) =  Wnes i ddysgu lawer heddiw.

I learned a lot today. (short form) =  Dysgais lawer heddiw.

I thought the film was good. (imperfect) =  Roeddwn i'n / Ro'n i'n meddwl bod y ffilm yn dda.

I believed him at the time. (imperfect) =  Roeddwn i'n / Ro'n i'n ei gredu ar y pryd.

I  had  thought of that. (pluperfect) =   Roeddwn i wedi meddwl am hynny.

I  had  learned my homework. (pluperfect)  =  Roeddwn i wedi dysgu fy ngwaith cartref.

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