Writing about your holiday plans
When writing or talking about a dream holiday in the future, you could use the conditional tense – the would tense:
- Baswn i… – I would…
- Hoffwn i… – I would like…
Notice how these are used in the following email from Dewi to his friend Owen.
Helo Owen,
Dw i’n meddwl mynd ar wyliau. Hoffwn i fynd i EryriSnowdonia i wneud llawer o gweithgareddau awyr agoredoutdoor activities . Baswn i’n mwynhau dringo’r Yr WyddfaSnowdon a hoffwn i ganŵio ar Lyn Padarn. Hoffwn i fynd i Zip World ym Methesda hefyd. Mae Eryri’n lle gwych ar gyfer gwyliau anturadventure . Hoffet ti ddod?
Hwyl
Dewi
ONPSWyt ti ofnuchderheight?
If you wanted to say We would…, We would like to…, you should change the – wn i at the end of the verb to – en ni.
- Basen ni… – We would…
- Hoffen ni… – We would like…
Question
Owen has decided to go to Snowdonia with Dewi and he wants to tell his family what he and Dewi would like to do there. Read the email again. Can you change the I expressions into we expressions? The first one has been done for you.
- Hoff wn i fynd yno i wneud llawer o weithgareddau awyr agored. > Hoffen ni fynd yno i wneud llawer o weithgareddau awyr agored.
- Baswn i’n mwynhau dringo’r Wyddfa a hoffwn i ganŵio ar Lyn Padarn.
- Hoffwn i fynd i Zip World ym Methesda hefyd.
- Hoffen ni fynd yno i wneud llawer o weithgareddau awyr agored.
- Basen ni’n mwynhau dringo’r Wyddfa a hoffen ni ganŵio ar Lyn Padarn.
- Hoffen ni fynd i Zip World ym Methesda hefyd.
If you wanted to use the negative, you should use a soft mutation and add ddim after the verb:
Fasen ni ddim yn mwynhau dringo’r Wyddfa.
Question
Dewi and Owen’s other friend, Matthew, is also invited on this holiday but doesn’t want to go. Read his reply.
Noswaith dda Dewi ac Owen,
Diolch am y gwahoddiadinvitation i fynd ar wyliau i Eryri. Hoffwn i ___ mynd yno mae’n ddrwg gen i. _____ i ddim yn mwynhau dringo’r Wyddfa a ______ _ ddim canŵio ar Lyn Padarn. Mae Eryri’n lle gwych ar gyfer gwyliau antur ond dw i ddim yn hoffi gweithgareddau antur. Hoffwn _ ____ mynd i Zip World ym Methesda achos dw i ddim yn hoffi uchder.
Diolch eto.
Hwyl
Matthew
Try to fill in the gaps. The words you need are:
- hoffwn i
- i ddim
- ddim
- Faswn
Noswaith dda Dewi ac Owen,
Diolch am y gwahoddiad i fynd ar wyliau i Eryri. Hoffwn i ddim mynd yno mae’n ddrwg gen i. Faswn i ddim yn mwynhau dringo’r Wyddfa a hoffwn i ddim canŵio ar Lyn Padarn. Mae Eryri’n lle gwych ar gyfer gwyliau antur ond dw i ddim yn hoffi gweithgareddau antur. Hoffwn i ddim mynd i Zip World ym Methesda achos dw i ddim yn hoffi uchder.
Diolch eto.
Hwyl
Matthew
Exercise
here are many things to do in holiday resorts around Wales and the rest of the UK, including swimming, walking, cycling, climbing, relaxing in the spa, eating and drinking etc. : Do some internet research on different holiday resorts.
Would you like to go to one of the holiday resorts you found online? Using the conditional tense, write about:
- what you would like to do
- what you wouldn’t like to do
- what you would do
- what you wouldn’t do