BBC Catchphrase Lessons 19-24

These audio lessons make up the fourth set of 6 lessons in the BBC's "Catchphrase" course for learning Welsh. You have probably figured out how this works by now.

The fourth set of six lessons covers the following:

  1. Was and were
  2. More about was and were
  3. Jobs
  4. Needing to do things
  5. Faces, noses, hair and ears
  6. Did you see the film?

For the lessons which have them (which unfortunately isn't all of them), you can use the BBC's course notes by clicking on the appropriate .rtf links. You'll need some office program like LibreOffice to use these, but you can then convert them to txt or html if you wish. Just watch out for the þ and ð characters which may try to confuse you.


Gwers pedwararbymtheg - Lesson 19

Yes, really "pedwararbymtheg" (four on top of fifteen) instead of "un deg naw".

Was and were in the imperfect tense

To use the files separately, you'll need the .mp3 (from the BBC), together with the .srt subtitles file. And possibly also the .rtf file for the BBC's notes.


Gwers ugain - Lesson 20

"Ugain", or "hugain" for twenty, instead of "dau ddeg".

Looking again at "was" and "were", and asking and answering questions about the past with "oeddet ti" and "oedden nhw".

To use the files separately, you'll need the .mp3 (from the BBC), together with the .srt subtitles file. And possibly also the .rtf file for the BBC's notes.


Gwers unarhugain - Lesson 21

Talking about different professions, asking about what jobs people have or had.

To use the files separately, you'll need the .mp3 (from the BBC), together with the .srt subtitles file. And possibly also the .rtf file for the BBC's notes.


Gwers dauarhugain - Lesson 22

How to talk about "having to" do something, "I don't have to" and so on, in the context of dieting and having to lose weight.

To use the files separately, you'll need the .mp3 (from the BBC), together with the .srt subtitles file. And possibly also the .rtf file for the BBC's notes.


Gwers triarhugain - Lesson 23

If you need to regularly describe snub noses, square faces, wavy hair and prominent ears, this is the lesson for you.

To use the files separately, you'll need the .mp3 (from the BBC), together with the .srt subtitles file. And possibly also the .rtf file for the BBC's notes.


Gwers pedwararhugain - Lesson 24

What's in the news today, what's your favourite tv programme, and using the past tense to ask "did you buy a paper?" and "did you enjoy the film?".

To use the files separately, you'll need the .mp3 (from the BBC), together with the .srt subtitles file. There are no course notes from the BBC for this lesson.

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