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It’s important that you know how to tell the time in Welsh.

Look at this clock. Notice how the face of the clock is split into two sections – the wedi (past) section – and the i (to) section.

Two important points to remember:

• Mae hi’nis followed by a soft mutation, eg:

Mae hi’n bump o’r gloch.

Mae hi’n bum munud wedi deg.

• i(to) is always followed by a soft mutation:

Mae hi’n chwarter i ddau.

Mae hi’n bum munud i bump.

If you’re talking about specific times of the day, you may need to refer to the following:

• y bore – am (ie, the morning)
• y prynhawn – pm (ie, the afternoon)
• yr hwyr – pm (ie, the evening)
• y nos – pm (ie, the night)

If you wanted to say that something happens at a particular time, you would need to use am + soft mutation, eg:

Mae’r ganolfan hamdden yn agor am ddeg o’r gloch y bore ar ddydd Sul. – The leisure centre opens at ten o'clock in the morning on Sunday.

Mae’r caffi'n cau am bedwar o’r gloch y prynhawn ar ddydd Mercher. – The cafe closes at four o'clock in the afternoon on Wednesday.

You may want to talk about how often you do something, eg:

Am faint o amser wyt ti’n defnyddio technoleg bob dydd? – For how long do you use technology every day?

• tua awr bob dydd – about an hour every day
• dwy awr bob dydd – two hours every day
• mwy na dwy awr bob dydd – more than two hours every day
• tair awr bob dydd – three hours every day
• pedair awr bob dydd – four hours every day

Learn the expressions that are relevant to you, eg:

Dw i’n siarad â ffrindiau ar Skype am ddwy awr bob nos. – I speak to friends on Skype for two hours every night.