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Welsh Jobs

This is a list of jobs in Welsh. This will help you describe what you do for a living. It is especially useful when introducing yourself.

Doctor: meddyg
Policeman: heddwas / plismon
Teacher: athro / athrawes
Businessman: dyn busnes
Student: myfyriwr
Singer: canwr (fem. cantores)
Engineer: peirianydd
Artist: arlunydd
Actor: actor
Actress: actores
Nurse: nyrs
Translator: cyfieithydd

These examples will help you answer the question "What do you do?" or "What do you do for a living?". Note how the personal pronouns are used with the nouns in this sentence.

I'm looking for a job: Rwy'n chwilio am swydd / am waith
I'm an artist: Arlunydd ydw i
He is a policeman: Plismon yw e (S) / Plismon 'di o (N)
She is a singer: Cantores yw hi
I'm a new employee: Rwy'n newydd yma
I have a long experience: Mae gen i brofiad hir / Rwy'n brofiadol iawn

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