"Mae hi eisiau smwddio."
Translation:She wants to iron.
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The welsh verb smwddio makes more sense than naming it after the metal it used to be made out of?!
I memorize this word by thinking that it resembles the English word "smooth" (in pronunciation I mean). To iron is to make the clothes smooth. So smwddio! :P
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That's exactly what it is. It's the word "smooth" spelled the Welsh way with "io" added on the end to turn it into a verb. Irons used to be known as "smoothing irons" in English, back in the olden days when you had to heat them in the fire.
Can anyone give me a gloss of what's exactly meant by the "Mae hi" portion of the sentence? I gather that 'hi' means she, but is 'mae' some verb form of to be that we haven't learned yet? Any help would be great.
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"Mae hi" means "she is". "Hi" is "she" and "mae" is "is". It was introduced in Wanting3, Lesson 1.
You can say things like: "Mae hi'n hapus" (she is happy) or "Mae hi'n cerdded." (she is walking). But remember that "eisiau" doesn't need the "yn", so it's "Mae hi eisiau cath." (She wants a cat.)