Roedd Marged dynes brydferth, gyda tylluan yn clwydd ar ei deheulaw, 'run gem ar ei llaw*. Mae awel chwythu drwy'r eglwys y mae hi yn sefyll, yn aros yn dawel, yn dioddefus. Yn sydyn clywodd diasbad, yn dod oddi ar y groes gan yr allor.
Marged was a beautiful woman, with an owl perched on her right hand, which also bore a jewel*. A breeze blew through the church in which she stood, waiting silently, patiently. Suddenly she heard a scream , coming from the cross by the altar.
Here's the nouns from the story....
awel breeze
dynes woman
gem jewel, gem
llaw hand
tylluan owl
llan church
deheulaw right hand
allor altar
diasbad cry,scream
croes cross
Well, there's something they have in common .... you can think about it while you listen to Staffan Huw singing "Byw ar yr ymyl" if you like....
P A U S E F O R F U RT H E R THOUGHT
Well, obviously, all the nouns are feminine .
Learning noun genders is a complete pain in the bum.... wouldn't it be good if somebody wrote a story in Welsh in which all the nouns were feminine. We could say to ourselves. when we saw the word "awel" somewhere else, hey, that's a feminine noun, because I remember Marged in that church where there was a breeze.
And the same person, or maybe a different person, could write a story ( in Welsh) in which all the nouns were masculine, and then you might see " rhyfelgri" and say, wow, that's masculine, because I remember Steffan letting out a wild battle-cry as he led his men (♂) into the lake ( llyn)(♂) ...
You might think he was a bit silly leading his men into a lake, but it often helps you memorise things if they're silly, or rude, or remarkable.
Anyhow, I think that a book of such stories ( well, two books actually) would fly off the shelves like flies flying off a shelf ..and it's my idea, but anyone out there can do it if they like, I waive all intellectual property in the hope that somebody will do it. ... relatively soon please, because i'm getting older by the minute. I can feel everything seizing up. Ouch.
* By the way, I couldn't find a picture of a woman with an owl AND a jewel on her right hand . You'll have to use your imagination, as my chemistry teacher used to say when an experiment didn't work.