This is the only expression from this selection which I might find useful these days.
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Not sure whether I should laugh or cry… 
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Gair neu Idiom y Diwrnod - Word or Idiom of the Day 07/02/2020
Iaith lafar = yah-eeth lah-var - coloquial speech
Tafodiaith = tah-vod-yah-eeth - dialect
Iaith anffurfiol = yah-eeth anne-feer-vee-all - informal language
Sound file -
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Peidiwch â becso, dw i’n hapus iawn gyda pheint.
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Bore da!
Sorry for my absence! New words in just a bit, but in the meantime, here are some from 2018 which are very relevant considering the challenging weather of the last few weeks…
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This has reminded me that drycin occurs in the names of some sea birds, such as the Manx, i.e.shearwater: Aderyn drycin Manaw
Absolutely, and isn’t drycin a wonderful word!
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Gair neu Idiom y Diwrnod - Word or Idiom of the Day 28/02/2020
Inspired by the recent terrible weather and subsequent damage…
Llifogydd = lleev-og-ith - floods
Gorlifo = gore-leevo - to overflow
Llifeiriant = lleev-vayr-yant - torrent
Llifeiriol = lleev-vayr-yol - torrential*
Flachlif = flach-leev - flash flood
Dilyw = deal-leew - deluge
Sound file -
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Gair neu Idiom y Diwrnod - Word or Idiom of the Day 03/03/2020
Inspired by @matthew and @ruth-connor in this thread. Here’s a bit of holiday vocab. But please note, that because of the’re’s lots of it, there are no phonetic spellings today - please listen to the SoundCloud file for pronunciations…
Gwyliau = holiday
Aros = to stay
Gwely a Brecwast = bed and breakfast
Gwesty = hotel
Byncws = bunkhouse
Derbynfa = reception
Llawr = floor
Grisiau = stairs
Ystafell = room
Sengl = single
Dwbl = double
Ystafell ymolchi = bathroom
Cadw = reserve
Archebu / Rhagarchebu = to book
Dw i wedi archebu ystafell = I have booked/reserved a room
Dw i wedi archebu bwrdd = I have booked/reserved a table
Cyrraedd = arrive
Ty bwyta = restaurant
Sound file - on it’s way!
https://www.sykescottages.co.uk/blog/top-12-essential-words-welsh-holiday/
https://www.learn-welsh.net/welshvocabulary?topic=Activity%20-%20holidays&level=primary
https://www.learn-welsh.net/welshvocabulary?topic=Go%20-%20on%20holiday&level=primary
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Theres a word the Scots use for soaking wet which i believe has origins in Norsk. Its something like Drucket. It sounds very similar to drycin.
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Yes, we use the word dreich quite frequently when describing a miserable wet day, and if we get caught in heavy rain, as I did the other day, we will probably come home drooked or drookit.
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S’mae @CatrinLliarJones,
How about something topical to keep us smiling? Such as the Welsh for (e.g.):
- “The mask is ineffective”;
- “Don’t hoard toilet paper”;
- " Rugby players must maintain a distance of six feet from each other during a match";
- “Wash your hands for 20 seconds whilst singing ‘Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch’ three times”;
- “Here’s hoping for better news.”
Noswaith dda and here’s hoping for better news! 
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Here goes! 
Gair neu Idiom y Diwrnod - Word or Idiom of the Day 17/03/2020
Tydy’r mask yma ddim yn gweithio! = This mask doesn’t work!
Paid a cymryd y papur tŷ bach i gyd! = Don’t take all the toilet paper!
Paid a sefyll yn rhy agos! = Don’t stand too close!
Oes yna ddigon o win yn y tŷ? = Is there enough wine in the house?
Plis golcha dy ddwylo am ugain eiliad = Please wash your hands for twenty seconds.
Ti i fod i besychu mewn i dy benelin dy hun! = You’re supposed to cough in to your own elbow!
Dw i wedi diflasu arnat ti rŵan. = I’m bored of you now
Sound file -
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Diolch yn fawr iawn Catrin! 
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Diolch! I’m new on the Forum (slowly working through the Advanced content on SSIW). Is there a way to get these Soundcloud files into a podcast/RSS feed?
I would add to this one - efo sebon! - with soap! 
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Only a difference in where the emphasis lies can help me distinguish my proprietary cough mixture from my elbow…
Don’t anybody mention Eric Morecambe and that football team… 
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So there’s always enough wine…
Mae yna ddigon o win bob amser?
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I opened my Dictionary of Welsh Idiomatic Phrases to do a bit of swotting and found lots of very topical phrases. (Sorry for lack to bach but not figured out how to do that easily yet… )
Things we might need to say:
hen beswch : a nasty cough
allan o wynt : out of breath
pellter diogel : a safe distance
fel pelican : on one’s own, no other people around
fel y bedd - quiet as the grave
mynd yn brin arni am fara : to run short of bread
fesul dau a dau : two at a time
fesul wythnos : week by week
fel tan gwyllt : like wildfire (as in news, disease, rumours etc spreading)
afael yng ngafael : at close quarters
mae galw mawr amdanyn nhw : they are in big demand, there’s a run on them
sefyll ochr yn ochr : to stand together
oedi cyn smwddio’r crysau : put off ironing the shirts (!!!)
yr oes sydd ohoni : the times we live in
mae’r oed wedi newid : the times have changed
ofnadwy o garedig : terribly kind
oriau hamdden : spare time
orian bwygilydd : hours on end
pa un ai gweiddi neu chwerthin : whether to shout or laugh
os byw ac iach : if still alive and kicking
palu ymlaen : to keep going
sefyll yn stond : to come abruptly to a halt
spel go hir : quite a long time
yn ei hwyliau : in good spirits
gofalu yfed llai : to make an effort to drink less 
Troi’r cloc yn ol : turn the clock back
Things we won’t need to be saying:
Oni wnewch chi aros dros nos? : Won’t you stay the night?
hel tai : to visit friends regularly to gossip and drink coffee
Mae hi newydd bicio allan : She’s just popped out
big ym mhig : in a close group talking to one another
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Here’s a really easy way, at least for computers (I don’t know about phones, I haven’t got a smart one) - there’s software you can download free (I have it at work and at home and it’s invaluable!)
https://www.bangor.ac.uk/cymorthcymraeg/to_bach.php.en