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to get in Welsh

cael

to get

Additional definitions

  • to get to
  • to be allowed to have
  • used with a possessive determiner and a verbal noun to form a construction with passive meaning

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Pwnc heddiw ydyw "y broblem o bobol Siapanaidd sydd wedi cael eu herwgipio gan Ngogledd Corea".

Today's topic is "the problem of Japanese people abducted by North Korea".C1

Dw i angen cael swydd.

I need to get a job.A1

Pan ydw i'n rhoi bwyd i'r tlodion, 'dw i'n cael 'ngalw i'n saint. Pan ydw i'n gofyn pam nag oes bwyd gyda'r tlodion, 'dw y'n cael 'ngalw i'n gomiwnydd.

When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.B2

Mae yna alw am fwy o gymorth i deuluoedd pan mae plentyn yn cael ei wahardd o'r ysgol.

There is a call for more support for families when their child is excluded from school.B1

Dyn wedi marw ar ôl cael ei daro gan gar ym Mhowys.

A man has died after being hit by a car in Powys.B2

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You may also meet these forms of cael in a sentence.

Base form
cael
Treiglad Meddal
gael
Treiglad Trwynol
nghael
Treiglad Llaes
chael
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