How do I write 'Best Grandad' or 'No.1 Grandad' in Welsh?

[Helen352]

I would like to write this wording on to a card, but in Welsh. Please can anyone tell me what the welsh wording for 'No.1 Grandad' or 'Best Grandad' would be, please? I'm not Welsh and don't speak it, so I don't want to get it worng and offend anyone! Thanks.

[rd14962]

Rhifa hun Dad-cu translates as Number one grandfather

[rd14962]

Byd s enilla dad-cu translates as World's Best Grandfather

[rd14962]

'n ddedwydd dadogi s Ddiwrnod Dad-cu translates to Happy Father's day Grandfather

[rd14962]

Hope these help, my Welsh spoken isn't as good as my written. However, just phoned a friend and confirmed all these as right. I do hope that helps you. ca da ddiwrnod (have a good day)
Ray

[rd14962]

ddiolch 'ch Ray translates as thank you Ray
or you could simply try 'thanks'

[jb190281]

hi helen, are you wanting north or south wales translation? the southerners have a slightly different vocab

[Helen352]

Thank you to Ray for all your posts. Thank you also to Steve - have lots to go at now!
jb190281 - I didn't realise that there were different translations! Are the wordings by Ray and Steve north or south. Would quite like to be aware of both if that were possible?

[jb190281]

no disrespect to ray, but i felt steve's translations were more accurate. in the north, grandad would be taid (most probably anyway), whereas in the south, it would be tad-cu

[Hopkirk]

Double check your translation before you use it, look what can go wrong:

http://www.dailymail....y-ends-road-sign.html

[jb190281]

Sorry, i forgot to give you the full answer!!

i would put "taid(or)tad-cu gorau (best)"

are you looking to put this on a fathers day card? if so, you could also add "Sul y tadau hapus" which literally translates to "happy fathers sunday"

[Helen352]

Tee hee, thank you Hopkirk! That was funny! :)

jb190281 - thanks for your reply, so just so I'm sure I have got it right, for 'Best Grandad' I could write either 'taid gorau' or 'tad-cu gorau' (does it have to have the hyphen, as someone told me that you could use it or not and it would mean the same?) or 'Nhaid Gorau'

[jb190281]

with or without hyphen is fine

[Helen352]

That's brill, thank you so much, jb190281, and everyone else who was kind enough to respond.

[pjgriffo]

This is another example of translation problems which happened here in Ireland !

http://www.timesonlin...ws/article5768337.ece