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The full series in one place Mia lives in Cardiff with her unconventional, free-spirited mum. It’s the two of them against the world. When the pandemic forces the city into lockdown, Mia and her mum cope better than most, their flat becoming a cosy, safe refuge.   When lockdown ends, Mia is eager to get back to normal life. But her mum has trouble readapting - the city that seemed lively and busy and exciting now feels threatening and dangerous.   And so Mia’s mum moves them to a caravan in the countryside, surrounded by fields and forests. It’s tranquil and beautiful - but by night there are screams, and strange figures lurking in the forest.   Mia and her mum are caught in a battle between two factions of the people we call the Tylwyth Teg. Most of the Tylwyth Teg fled Earth after the industrial revolution, taking refuge in Annwn, a dreamworld where anything is possible. But some of the Tylwyth Teg stayed on Earth to try and protect nature - and were gradually driven insane by the noise, pollution and chaos of the modern world.   Mia flees to Annwn to escape the battle. But when the bridges between the two worlds close, Mia has to decide - stay in the perfect dreamworld of Annwn? Or return to Earth, with all its chaos and danger?   A thrilling tale of survival, adventure and magic, Annwn is a Welsh-language audio drama for pre-teens. It’s been specifically written to be accessible to second language Welsh speakers, and Welsh learners.

Mia has to make a huge decision – will she stay in Annwn forever, or go back to Earth alone? Mae rhaid i Mia gwneud penderfyniad enfawr – fydd hi’n aros yn Annwn am byth, neu dychwelyd at y Ddaear ar ei phen ei hun? Geirfa | Glossary anialwch – desert gwenyn – bees anwesu – to pet, to tousle yn fwriadol – deliberately  celwydd – a lie bwythyn – a cottage cyfeillgar – friendly cysylltiad – connection yn perthyn i – to be related to bydysawd – universe blinedig – tired ymlacio – to relax ymestyn – to stretch ysgwydd – shoulder

Mia and Madog return to Annwn, and Braith decides to cut Annwn free of the Earth forever.   Mae Mia a Madog yn dychwelyd at Annwn, ac mae Braith yn penderfynu torri Annwn yn rhydd o’r Ddaear am byth. Geirfa | Glossary  dail – leaves tristwch – sadness colled – loss prydferth – beautiful ysgwydd – shoulder bodoli – to exist ffon – a stick pridd - soil glaswellt -  meadow hadau - seeds anialwch – desert gwerthfawr – precious peryglus – dangerous salwch – sickness gwallgofrwydd - madness gwenwyno – to poison effeithio – to affect crynu – to shake teithio – to travel

Mae Mia a Madog yn dychwelyd at y Ddaear.  Mia and Madog return to Earth. Geirfa | Glossary arian-wyrdd – silver-green hedyn – a seed llongau – ships gwerthfawr – precious diolchgar – grateful bydysawd – universe dail – leaves atgoffa – to remind planhigion – plants ail-fywio – to come back to life troedio – to tread ymyl – edge pridd – soil gwreiddiau – roots

Rhywle does neb wedi bod o’r blaen, mae Mia yn ffeindio rhywbeth oedd hi’n meddwl oedd ar goll.   Somewhere no-one has ever been before, Mia finds something she thought she had lost.   Geirfa | Glossary persawr – perfume gwenynen – a bee ogof – a cave rhaff – rope esblygu – to evolve madarch – mushrooms gorffwys – rest cawr – a giant cysglyd – sleepy diffyg – a lack atseinio – to echo gwenwyn – poison gwrthod – to refuse tywyllwch – darkness pryder – worry seren wib – shooting star datgan – to reveal, to state

Mâs i’r môr – ac wedyn lan.   Out to sea – and then up.   Geirfa | Glossary cwch – boat hwylio – to sail hwyliau – sails rhwyfo – to row rhwyf – an oar tonnau – waves machlud – sunset adain – wings

Mae Mia a’i mum yn ffeindio cartref newydd mewn dinas newydd.  Ac yn cwrdd â brenhines y bydysawd.   Mia and her mum find a new home in a new city.  And meet the queen of the universe.  Geirfa | Glossary  gwenwyn – poison ymlith – among llenwi – to fill potshan – to potter about llawenydd – happiness, joy nenffwd – ceiling

Mia a’i mum yn darganfod haf sydd byth yn dod i ben.  Ond nid yw pawb yn Annwn yn hapus i weld Mia yno... Mia and her mum discover a summer that never ends.  But not everyone in Annwn is happy to see Mia there... Geirfa | Glossary  gwair – grass glaswellt – pasture, grass so deep green it’s almost blue gwenynen – a bee dant-y-llew – dandelions rheadr – waterfall ymgasglu – to collect gwyrddni – greenery tyrrau – towers copa – summit  bodoli – to exist   llithrio – to slide sglefrio – to skate hofran – to hover fflachio – to flash melltith – lightning milltiroedd – miles gawlach – a mess gwallgof – mad llosgi – to burn

I ddianc, mae rhaid i Mia gadael popeth ar ei hol hi... To escape, Mia has to leave everything behind... Geirfa | Glossary chwys – sweat talcen – forehead sibrwd – to whisper dioddef – to suffer brathu – to bite lewys – sleeve lledr – leather ymateb – to react asgwrn – bone cropian – to crawl casineb – hatred rhewi – to freeze ffiaidd – hateful gwallgofrwydd – madness sgerbwd – skeleton boncyff – trunk canghennau – branches y ddaear – the earth bydysawd – universe llyfn – sharp trywanu – to stab ffyrnig – furious clymu – to tie

Mae Mia, ei mam, a Madog yn rasio i ddianc y Gwylltion. Mia, her mum, and Madog race to escape the Gwylltion. Geirfa | Glossary porffor – purple angredadwy – unbelievable presenoldeb – presence achub – to save ffraeo – to fight, to fall out gwahanu – to separate croesfan – crossing place gwacter – emptiness meysydd – fields allanfa – exit, way out peiriannau – machines  anwastad – uneven swyn – charm, magic spell mesur – to measure coeden derw, derwen – an oak tree brig – ridge

Mae Madog yn egluro’r byd i Mia a’i mum.  Ac wedyn eu arwain nhw at fyd arall. Madog explains the world to Mia and her mum.  Then leads them out of it. Geirfa | Glossary y Gwylltion – the wild ones brasgamu – to march, stride bocs atgofion – memory box distaw – quiet anadlu – to breathe egluro – to explain   bodoli – to exist peiriannau – machines llongau – ships awyrennau – aeroplanes gwallgof – mad lloches – refuge gwrthod – to refuse casáu – to hate dial – revenge dawn – ability, talent etifeddu – to inherit

Mae Mia’i mam yn gorfod rhedeg – ac mae ffygwr estron yn cynnig help iddyn nhw. Mia and her mum have to run – and a strange figure offers help. Glossary | Geirfa cleddyf – a sword ffon – a stick ffyn – sticks pesychu – to cough glanio – to land anadlu – to breathe lledr – leather gwregys – belt llusgo – to drag brathu – to bite ymdrech – effort rhegi – to swear, to curse distaw – silent carreg – stones yn gymws – exactly gorffwys – to rest rhowch taw arni – be silent gorwedd – to lie down Coraeg – Korean swyn – charm, magic spell

Dyw cartref newydd Mia ddim mor heddychlon wedi’r cwbl... Mia’s new home is not so peaceful after all... dant-y-llew – dandelions gwair – grass anniben – uneven, untidy niwed – damage, harm cloddio – to dig bwriadol – deliberately llwynog, cadno – a fox sibrwd – whisper cyllell – a knife cleddyf – a sword

Mae Mia a’i mam yn trio gweithio mâs lle yn gymws mae Mia wedi bod.  Ac pan maen nhw’n methu, mae mam yn gorfod gwneud penderfyniad mawr... Mia and her mum try and work out where exactly Mia has been.  When they can’t, mum has to make a big decision... Glossary | Geirfa eglurhad - explanation claish – bruise craith – scar coedwig – forest canghennau – branches dadlwytho – to unload llosglyd – burned awel – breeze cawodydd – showers

Mae Mia yn mynd ar antur – i Tescos i wneud y siopa, i’r sinema i weld Top Gun Maverick– ac wedyn i rhywle doedd hi ddim yn disgwyl o gwbl. Mia goes on an adventure – to Tesco’s to do the shopping, to the cinema to see Top Gun Maverick – and then to somewhere she wasn’t expecting at all. Glossary | Geirfa swnllyd – noisy boddi – to drown diheintydd – sanitiser chwifio – to wave palmant – pavement rhyddhad – relief cyfrifol – responsible cwrtais – polite gwaelod – bottom goleuadau – lights anadlu – to breathe gwenwyno – to poison anadl – a breath dryslyd – confused