[{"text_idx": "#000025", "text": "Cyfres cyffrous o lyfrau ar gyfer oedolion sy'n dysgu Cymraeg\nAn exciting series of books for adults who are learning Welsh"}, {"text_idx": "#000026", "text": "Mae'r prosiect Cyfres Amdani yn cael ei ariannu gan y Cyngor Llyfrau ac mae pedair gwasg (Atebol, CAA Cymru, Gomer & Y Lolfa) wedi cyhoeddi pump llyfr yr un. Mae cydweithio agos hefyd gyda'r Ganolfan Dysgu Cymraeg Genedlaethol, ac mae'r llyfrau'n cydymffurfio gyda'r cwricwlwm newydd. Mae lefelau llyfrau'r prosiect yn cydymffurfio a\u0302 lefelau dysgu ail iaith Ewrop."}, {"text_idx": "#000027", "text": "The Amdani Series project is funded by the Welsh Books Council and four presses (Atebol, CAA Cymru, Gomer & Y Lolfa) have published five books each. They are also working closely with the National Centre for Learning Welsh, and the books correlate with the new curriculum. The levels of the books align with European levels of second language learning."}, {"text_idx": "#000036", "text": "Language: Very simple Welsh, with vocabulary at the bottom of each page"}, {"text_idx": "#000037", "text": "Darllen mwy: Am y llyfr a chwis / Read more: About the book and quiz"}, {"text_idx": "#000039", "text": "Disgrifiad Gwales: Mae'r nofel yn so\u0302n am ddiwrnod ym mywyd Sophia Reynolds, sydd ar ei ffordd i fod yn ecstra mewn ffilm, ond mae nifer o ddigwyddiadau yn ei rhwystro rhag cyrraedd y set. Mae'n gorfod ymweld a\u0302 swyddfa'r heddlu sawl gwaith, ond does dim ots ganddi, oherwydd mae'n ffansi\u0308o'r plismon yno!"}, {"text_idx": "#000040", "text": "Gwales description: This is a humorous romance about one memorable day in the life of Sophia Reynolds, who is on her way to be a film extra, but a number of incidents prevent her from reaching the set. She has to visit the police office several times, but she doesn't mind, as she fancies the policeman there!"}, {"text_idx": "#000043", "text": "Elfen gyffrous bod yr awduron sy wedi ysgrifennu\u2019r llyfrau Mynediad a Sylfaen wedi bod yn dilyn yr un patrymau iaith a\u0302\u2019r cyrsiau cenedlaethol newydd. Mae hyn yn meddwl y bydd yn bosib darllen y llyfr cyntaf Am Ddiwrnod! ar o\u0302l wyth uned o\u2019r cwrs Mynediad.\nAn exciting element is that authors who have written the Entry and Foundation books have followed the same patterns as the new national courses. This means that it is possible to read the first book Am Ddiwrnod! after eight units of the Entry course."}, {"text_idx": "#000044", "text": "Language: Simple Welsh, with vocabulary at the bottom of each page"}, {"text_idx": "#000046", "text": "Gwales description: Elsa Bowen works as a private detective; usually she deals with insurance fraud. But that all changes on this Wednesday morning. Elsa's attention is drawn to the bookshop in Caernarfon where strange things are happening. The story focuses on Lilith Lewis, a local gangster who causes trouble."}, {"text_idx": "#000051", "text": "Gwales description: Rhodri works as a presenter on a S4C programme. Lucy reads news for the BBC. Gabs is their son. It's a birthday for Gabs. The family decides to go for a walk to Ogmore."}, {"text_idx": "#000053", "text": "Gwales description: We follow the stories of people living on the same street in a Welsh town. What secrets do they have and do they really know their neighbours?"}, {"text_idx": "#000055", "text": "Author: Wynne Evans with Elin Meek"}, {"text_idx": "#000056", "text": "Disgrifiad Gwales: Darlun personol a gonest iawn o hanes Wynne a'i deulu, ei brofiadau fel tenor enwog, a'i ymdrech fel oedolyn i ddysgu Cymraeg."}, {"text_idx": "#000057", "text": "Gwales description: A very personal and honest history of Wynne and his family, his experiences as a famous tenor, and his efforts to learn Welsh as an adult."}, {"text_idx": "#000058", "text": "Darllen mwy: Blas o'r llyfr / Read more: A taste of the book"}, {"text_idx": "#000059", "text": "Iaith: Cymraeg syml, with vocabulary at the bottom of each page"}, {"text_idx": "#000061", "text": "Gwales description: Sam feels confined in the wrong body and wishes to change sex. The book deals with a sensitive subject as we follow the main character's frustration and the response of those closest to him."}, {"text_idx": "#000062", "text": "Disgrifiad Gwales: Yn y llyfr hwn mae Jon Gower yn mynd a\u0302'r darllenydd i 30 o leoliadau sy'n gysylltiedig a\u0302 hanes Cymru. Mae'n esbonio pam mae'r lleoliadau yn bwysig yn hanes Cymru, ac mae e'n disgrifio eu harddwch a'u naws yn ei ffordd arbennig ei hun."}, {"text_idx": "#000063", "text": "Gwales description: In this book, Jon Gower takes the reader to 30 different locations connected to Wales' history. He explains why these places are important to Welsh history and describes their beauty and atmosphere in his own special way."}, {"text_idx": "#000066", "text": "Gwales description: A volume of short stories and anecdotes about villages in the Rhondda valley."}, {"text_idx": "#000068", "text": "Iaith: Cymraeg, with vocabulary at the bottom of each page"}, {"text_idx": "#000069", "text": "Disgrifiad Gwales: Un noson. Un stryd. Ac mae gan bob person ym mhob ty\u0302 broblem. Sut mae Nina yn mynd i ddweud ei newyddion wrth Dafydd? Pam mae Magi yn gorfod ailfeddwl am Xavier? Beth mae Sam yn mynd i wneud am y broblem fawr? Sut mae bywyd Huw yn mynd i newid am byth? Bydd un nos Wener yn newid popeth."}, {"text_idx": "#000071", "text": "Mared Lewis: Mae'r stori yn galw i mewn ac allan o fywydau'r bobol sy'n byw drws nesa' i'w gilydd ar un stryd arbennig mewn tref yng Ngogledd Cymru. Mae pawb yn byw drws nesa, ond mae ganddyn nhw fywydau diddorol, ac mae gen pawb ei broblem ei hun. Mae'n lyfr difyr, a dyma'r tro cyntaf i mi addasu llyfr gan rhywun arall. Roedd hi'n anodd i ddechrau peidio rhedeg i ffwrdd efo'r stori fy hun, ond fe ddaeth pethau'n haws."}, {"text_idx": "#000072", "text": "Mared Lewis: The story pops in and out of the lives of people living next door to one another in a particular street in a town in North Wales. Everyone lives next door, but they lead interesting lives, and all of them have their own problems. It is an entertaining book, and that\u2019s the first time I have adapted a book by someone else. At first it was difficult to stop myself running away with the story myself, but then things became easier."}, {"text_idx": "#000075", "text": "Atebol description: Dafydd walks in his sleep, and one morning he wakes up to see blood everywhere. The book follows the bloody footprints out of the house and through the village and discovers Mrs Roberts and her zimmerframe on the roadside hit by a car. Who hit her? Will the police arrest the right person?"}, {"text_idx": "#000076", "text": "Bethan Gwanas: Mi wnes i wir fwynhau sgwennu ar gyfer dysgwyr eto, a braf oedd gallu sgwennu am rywun gwahanol iawn i Blodwen Jones! Ro\u2019n i\u2019n hoff iawn o gymeriad Dafydd, ac roedd y broses o ddod i\u2019w nabod o wrth sgwennu amdano yn ddiddorol. Dim ond y syniad o rywun yn cerdded yn ei gwsg ac yn deffro i weld bod gwaed dros y lle, oedd yn fy mhen i ar y dechrau. Doedd gen i ddim syniad gwaed pwy oedd o nes i mi ddechrau sgwennu, ac ro\u2019n i\u2019n \u2018darganfod\u2019 y stori yn union fel bod yn ddarllenydd. Gobeithio y bydd y dysgwyr yn mwynhau gymaint ag y gwnes i fwynhau!"}, {"text_idx": "#000077", "text": "Bethan Gwanas: I really enjoyed writing for learners again, and it was nice to be able to write about someone different different to Blodwen Jones! I liked Dafydd's character, and the process of getting to know him when writing about him was interesting. The idea of someone was walking in sleep and waking up to see that there was blood over the place was all that was in my head at the beginning. I had no idea who the blood was from before I started writing, and I just discovered the story in the same way as the reader. I hope that the learners will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed!"}, {"text_idx": "#000079", "text": "Wedi'i addasu gan: Elin Meek"}, {"text_idx": "#000080", "text": "Disgrifiad Gwales: Addasiad o hunangofiant poblogaidd Nigel Owens, Hanner Amser. Mae'r testun wedi ei rannu'n benodau byrion, ac yn so\u0302n am ei blentyndod, ei yrfa fel un o reffaris rygbi gorau'r byd, ei deithiau, ei deulu, ei iselder a'i rywioldeb."}, {"text_idx": "#000081", "text": "Gwales description: An adaptation of Nigel Owen's autobiography Hanner Amser. The text is arranged into short chapters, mentions his childhood, his career as one of the best referees in the in the world, his travels, his family, his depression and his sexuality."}, {"text_idx": "#000082", "text": "Disgrifiad Gwales: Straeon byrion sy\u2019n llawn hiwmor, gan awdures sydd wedi dysgu Cymraeg ei hun."}, {"text_idx": "#000083", "text": "Gwales description: Short stories with a good pinch of humour, by an author who is a Welsh learner herself."}, {"text_idx": "#000084", "text": "Zoe Pettinger: Idiomau a diarhebion ydy teitlau\u2019r straeon i gyd. Maen nhw mor bwysig a maen nhw\u2019n cyfoethogi\u2019r iaith. Mae pum stori yn y gyfrol ac mae pob un yn \u2018genre\u2019 gwahanol. Ro\u2019n i eisiau apelio at bawb a ro\u2019n i eisiau cynnwys straeon am ddysgwyr eu hunain. Dyn ni i gyd yn rhannu hiwmor am y treigladau a gramadeg, a dyn ni i gyd yn deall yr anawsterau o fod yn ddysgwr Cymraeg!"}, {"text_idx": "#000085", "text": "Zoe Pettinger: All the short stories have titles which are idioms or proverbs. They are so important and they enrich the language. There are five stories in the volume and each one is in a different genre. I wanted to appeal to everyone and I wanted to include stories about learners themselves. We all take part in the humour about mutations and grammar, and we all understand the difficulties of being Welsh learners!"}, {"text_idx": "#000089", "text": "Gwales description: The Brecon Beacons National Park is famous for its natural beauty and for its walking trails. However the place reaches the news for another reason; people are being killed in the area."}, {"text_idx": "#000090", "text": "Adolygiad gan Sue Ward, Dysgwraig o Say Something in Welsh: Stori dditectif gyffrous. Oedd diddordeb gyda fi yn syth o\u2019r frawddeg gyntaf. Doeddwn i ddim eisiau stopio darllen! Mae\u2019r iaith yn addas ar gyfer dysgwyr, ac mae\u2019r geirfa ddefnyddiol hefyd."}, {"text_idx": "#000091", "text": "Review by Sue Ward, learner from Say Something in Welsh: An exciting detective story. I had an interest straight from the first sentewnce. I didn't want to stop reading! The language is suitable to learners, and the vocabulary is very useful."}, {"text_idx": "#000092", "text": "Disgrifiad Gwales: Nofel ysgafn am ddyn sy'n syrthio mewn cariad a\u0302'i diwtor. Mae Liam yn newydd i ddosbarth Liz ym mis Medi. Ar yr wyneb mae'n hollol wahanol i'w diwtor Cymraeg. Er gwaetha'r gwahaniaeth oed mae carwriaeth yn datblygu rhwng y ddau, a Liz yn wynebu creisus tipyn mwy cymhleth na sut i gyflwyno treigladau..."}, {"text_idx": "#000093", "text": "Gwales description: A light-hearted novel about a man who falls in love with his tutor. Liam is new to Liz's class in September. On the face of it, he is completely different from his Welsh tutor. Despite the age difference, a love affair develops between the two, and Liz faces a crisis that is a little more complex than how to introduce mutations..."}, {"text_idx": "#000096", "text": "Disgrifiad Gwales: Ym mhentref bach Treddafydd yng Nghymoedd de Cymru, mae Megan a Huw yn dod yn gariadon. Ond a fydd eu cariad yn ddigon cryf i oroesi'r amgylchiadau? Mae marwolaeth, eu teuluoedd, a'r blynyddoedd ar waha\u0302n i gyd yn eu herbyn nhw."}, {"text_idx": "#000097", "text": "Gwales description: In the small village of Tredafydd in the south Wales valleys, Megan and Huw become lovers. But will their love conquer the circumstances? Death, their families and years apart are all against them."}, {"text_idx": "#000098", "text": "Wedi'i golygu gan Rhiannon Thomas"}, {"text_idx": "#000100", "text": "Gwales description: Contemporary short stories by some of Wales\u2019 best authors."}, {"text_idx": "#000103", "text": "Disgrifiad Gwales: Stori deimladwy am ymdrech dwy chwaer i ddod i delerau a\u0302 dementia eu mam, a'i effaith ar eu bywydau."}, {"text_idx": "#000104", "text": "Gwales description: The story of two sisters who try to come to terms with their mother's illness, and its effect on their own lives."}, {"text_idx": "#000105", "text": "Elin Meek: Mae nifer o thema\u0302u yn y nofel hon: problem gofalu am bobl sy'n heneiddio; dementia; tensiynau rhwng dwy chwaer; tensiynau rhwng pa\u0302r priod; beth sy'n ein gwneud ni'n hapus mewn gwirionedd. Dyna ro'n i'n ei deimlo beth bynnag, wrth ddarllen ac addasu'r nofel. Dw i wedi troi'r teitl yn Gymraeg - fel ei fod yn dangos bod angen i ni gofio anghofio am rai pethau yn y gorffennol, er mwyn symud ymlaen i'r dyfodol. Dyna mae'r prif gymeriad yn ei wneud yn y diwedd, dw i'n meddwl.\nRoedd y nofel Saesneg wedi ei lleoli yn Llundain, Marlow a Brighton, felly newidiais i'r rhain i: Llanelli, Y Bont-faen a'r Mwmbwls, ger Abertawe. Mae Sarah, y prif gymeriad yn y nofel Saesneg, yn canu 'All Things Bright and Beautiful', felly yn Gymraeg, mae hi'n canu 'Calon La\u0302n'. Dw i'n mwynhau meddwl am ffyrdd o Gymreigio nofelau fel hyn fel bod y darllenydd yn credu yn y nofel fel un sydd wedi'i lleoli yng Nghymru."}, {"text_idx": "#000106", "text": "Elin Meek: There are a number of themes in this novel: the problem of caring for older people; dementia; tensions between two sisters; tensions between a married pair; and what makes us truly happy. This is what I was feeling anyway, when reading and adapting the novel. I've swapped the title in Welsh- so that it shows we need to remember to forget about some things in the past, in order to move on to the future. This is what the main character does in the end, I think.\nThe English novel was set in London, Marlow and Brighton, so I changed these to: Llanelli, Cowbridge and Mumbles, near Swansea. Sarah, the main character in the English novel, sings 'All Things Bright and Beautiful', so in the Welsh, she sings 'Calon La\u0302n'. I enjoy thinking about ways to Welshify novels like this so that the reader believes the novel is one that is set in Wales."}, {"text_idx": "#000109", "text": "Gwales description: Katie has just moved to live in Wales with new husband Dylan. She had hope to live in a large house but things don't work out as she had anticipated, and she has to live with Dylan's parents. How will Dylan's family cope with a clumsy English woman?"}, {"text_idx": "#000110", "text": "Sarah Reynolds: Mae pob priodas yn antur, ond mae priodi rhywun ry' chi ddim ond wedi nabod ers mis yn antur a hanner! Mae Cyffesion Saesnes yng Nghymru yn dilyn hynt a helynt Katie, sydd wedi cwrdd a\u0302 Dylan o dan yr haul ar ynys rhamantus Sbaenaidd... ond mae Katie yn dysgu yn go gyflym, bod ei gw\u0302r newydd yn dod fel bargen pecyn. Os yw\u2019r briodas i fod yn llwyddiannus, fe fydd yn rhaid i Katie hefyd dderbyn ei deulu, ei wlad a\u2019i iaith.\nMae Katie yn glanio yng nghefn gwlad Sir Ga\u0302r heb air o Gymraeg, a dim clem am ddiwylliant Cymru. Dyw ei siwrne ddim yn hawdd ac yn y nofel gomedi\u0308aidd hon; rydw i wir yn gobeithio fe fydd dysgwyr yn chwerthin a gwingo at rhai o\u2019r camgymeriadau mae Katie yn gwneud ar hyd ei siwrne. Mae hon yn stori gariad nid yn unig rhwng Katie a Dylan ond hefyd rhwng Katie a Chymru."}, {"text_idx": "#000111", "text": "Sarah Reynolds: Every wedding is an adventure, but marrying someone that you have only known for a month is an adventure and a half! Cyffesion Saesnes yng Nghymru follows the troubles of Katie, who has met Dylan under the sun of a romantic Spanish island... but Katie learns quickly that her new husband comes as a package. If the marriage is to be successful, Katie will have to accept his family, his country and his language.\nKatie lands in rural Carmarthenshire without a word of Welsh, and not a clue of Welsh culture. Her journey isn't easy and this is a comic novel; I hope that every learner laughs and winces at some of the mistakes that Katie makes on her journey. This is a love story not only between Katie and Dylan but between Katie and Wales."}, {"text_idx": "#000112", "text": "Disgrifiad Gwales: Mae'r nofel yn agor ar olygfa damwain liw nos ar ffordd gul yng nghefn gwlad Cymru. Mae tri char wedi cael eu heffeithio. Ond beth sy'n plethu'r tri gyrrwr, a sut cyrhaeddon nhw'r sefyllfa hon?"}, {"text_idx": "#000113", "text": "Gwales description: There has been a three car crash on the back-roads of rural Wales one dark night. But what joins the driver's of these vehicles, and how did they end up here?"}, {"text_idx": "#000116", "text": "Disgrifiad Gwales: Dyma gasgliad o straeon byrion difyr a fydd yn siw\u0302r o wneud i chi feddwl. Dewch i adnabod cymeriadau cymhleth, lleoliadau pell, a straeon fydd yn aros yn eich meddwl am amser maith."}, {"text_idx": "#000117", "text": "Gwales description: A collection of diverse short stories which will be sure to make you think. Get to know complex characters, remote locations, and stories that will stay in your mind for a long time."}, {"text_idx": "#000119", "text": "Y diweddaraf oddi wrth Cyfres Amdani"}, {"text_idx": "#000121", "text": "Nofel ysgafn am ddyn sy'n syrthio mewn cariad a\u0302'i diwtor. Mae Liam"}, {"text_idx": "#000123", "text": "Mae'r Fawr a'r Fach yn gyfrol o straeon byrion yn ymwneud a\u0302"}]