2.3 Choosing the correct greeting
In the following activity you will practise how to choose the correct greeting according to the situation.
Activity 5
Step A
How would you greet people at the following times of the day? Tick one answer.
a.
Bore da.
b.
Prynhawn da.
c.
Noswaith dda.
The correct answer is c.
a.
Bore da.
b.
Prynhawn da.
c.
Noswaith dda.
The correct answer is a.
a.
Bore da.
b.
Prynhawn da.
c.
Noswaith dda.
The correct answer is b.
Step B
This part of the activity asks you to greet someone at different times of the day and to say goodbye. Try pronouncing the following greetings yourself, and then check your responses against the model answers.
1
Greet someone in the afternoon.
Answer
Transcript
Prynhawn da.
2
Greet someone in the morning.
Answer
Transcript
Bore da.
3
Greet someone in the evening.
Answer
Transcript
Noswaith dda.
4
Greet someone at any time.
Answer
Transcript
Sut mae?
5
Say goodbye to a friend.
Answer
Transcript
Hwyl.
6
Say goodbye to someone you don’t know very well.
Answer
Transcript
Hwyl
Many languages have words that are spelled exactly the same but have different meanings, and Welsh is no exception. You have already seen the word hwyl, meaning ‘goodbye’, but it also means ‘fun’, as in ‘to have fun’, and it means a sail on a boat.