Translate the text from English to Welsh.



 
When Welsh classes across the nation were forced to stop, the Welsh Government’s sponsored organisation the National Centre for Learning Welsh quickly moved their community face to face lessonsonline to ensure they could continue – helping their students to carry on with their learning and maintaining social contact to combat loneliness. Rather than proving a barrier, there’s evidence that attendance at the lessons has increased since they moved online.


The centre also launched Facebook live lessons for beginners at 3pm on weekdays. The twelve lessons so far have been viewed over 36,000 times, with over 1,000 people taking part on a daily basis.


Now, learners have the opportunity to learn alongside celebrities, Ruth Jones, Carol Vorderman, Colin Jackson, Scott Quinnell and Adrian Chiles in the new S4C series Iaith ar Daith (Welsh on the Road). The programme which starts tonight (Sunday April 19th) at 8\.00pm is sponsored by the National Centre for Learning Welsh.


New distance learning courses, which combine webinars with online activities to be completed by learners in their own time, coincide with the programme. The courses will begin in May and registration opens on Monday April 20th.


Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language said:



> “This is currently a very worrying and difficult time for everybody, but one of the positives is that people have time to do things that they have intended doing for many years, and it’s clear that becoming one of our Welsh speaking community is one of them.
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> “When the more traditional ways of learning Welsh were interrupted by the lockdown, I asked the National Centre for Learning Welsh to think about new ways to help people learn and I thank them for responding so brilliantly and so quickly. 
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> “We may be forced to be at home, but that doesn’t mean that we have to be alone. Joining an online Welsh class and learning together with new friends means we can still socialise and can do what we’ve always meant to do. We can take inspiration from the celebrities having a go and all learn together, in one voice.


The centre is also developing a Facebook course for parents of young children to help families use more Welsh together and help non Welsh speaking parents with children in Welsh education to keep up with their Welsh while not in school.


Efa Gruffudd Jones, Chief Executive National Centre for Learning Welsh said:



> “We’re delighted to be able to support our learners – with both their learning and from a wellbeing point of view, providing routine, normality and social support during these unprecedented circumstances. We are also pleased that we are able to continue with our services for new learners. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a Welsh course.







Translation:


 
Pan orfodwyd dosbarthiadau dysgu Cymraeg ledled y wlad i stopio, symudodd y sefydliad sy’n cael ei noddi gan Lywodraeth Cymru, y Ganolfan Genedlaethol ar gyfer Dysgu Cymraeg, ei wersi wyneb yn wyneb cymunedol ar\-lein er mwyn sicrhau eu bod yn gallu parhau – gan helpu ei fyfyrwyr i ddal ati i ddysgu a chynnal cyswllt cymdeithasol er mwyn trechu unigrywdd. Yn hytrach na phrofi’n rhwystr, mae tystiolaeth bod y presenoldeb yn y gwersi wedi cynyddu ers iddynt symud ar\-lein.  

        

Hefyd mae’r ganolfan wedi lansio gwersi byw ar Facebook ar gyfer dechreuwyr am 3pm bob diwrnod o’r wythnos. Mae’r deuddeg gwers hyd yma wedi cael eu gwylio fwy na 36,000 o weithiau, gyda mwy na 1,000 o bobl yn cymryd rhan yn ddyddiol.


Nawr, mae gan y dysgwyr gyfle i ddysgu ochr yn ochr â sêr fel Ruth Jones, Carol Vorderman, Colin Jackson, Scott Quinnell ac Adrian Chiles yn y gyfres newydd ar S4C Iaith ar Daith. Mae’r rhaglen, sy’n dechrau heno (nos Sul Ebrill 19eg) am 8\.00pm wedi cael ei noddi gan y Ganolfan Genedlaethol ar gyfer Dysgu Cymraeg.


Mae cyrsiau dysgu o bell newydd, sy’n cyfuno gweminarau gyda gweithgareddau ar\-lein i’w cwblhau gan ddysgwyr yn eu hamser eu hunain, yn cyd\-fynd â’r rhaglen. Bydd y cyrsiau’n dechrau ym mis Mai ac mae’r cofrestru’n agor ddydd Llun Ebrill 20fed.


Dywedodd y Gweinidog ar gyfer Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol a’r Iaith Gymraeg:



> “Mae hwn yn gyfnod pryderus ac anodd iawn i bawb ar hyn o bryd, ond un peth positif yw bod gan bobl amser i wneud pethau y maen nhw wedi bwriadu eu gwneud ers blynyddoedd lawer, ac mae’n glir bod dod yn aelod o’r gymuned sy’n siarad y Gymraeg yn un ohonyn nhw.
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> “Pan amharwyd ar y dulliau mwy traddodiadol o ddysgu’r Gymraeg gan y cyfyngiadau symud, fe wnes i ofyn i’r Ganolfan Genedlaethol ar gyfer Dysgu Cymraeg feddwl am ffyrdd newydd o helpu pobl i ddysgu ac rydw i eisiau diolch iddyn nhw am ymateb mor wych ac mor gyflym.
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> “Efallai bod rhaid i ni aros gartref, ond nid yw hynny’n golygu bod rhaid i ni fod ar ein pen ein hunain. Mae ymuno â dosbarth Cymraeg ar\-lein a dysgu gyda’n gilydd gyda ffrindiau newydd yn golygu y gallwn ni ddal ati i gymdeithasu a gwneud pethau rydyn ni wedi bod eisiau eu gwneud erioed. Fe allwn ni gael ein hysbrydoli gan y sêr i roi cynnig arni a dysgu gyda’n gilydd i gyd, fel un llais.”


Mae’r ganolfan hefyd yn datblygu cwrs ar Facebook ar gyfer rhieni plant ifanc i helpu teuluoedd i ddefnyddio mwy o Gymraeg gyda’i gilydd ac i helpu rhieni nad ydynt yn siarad y Gymraeg ac sydd â phlant mewn addysg Gymraeg i’w helpu gyda’u Cymraeg tra maent gartref o’r ysgol.


Dywedodd Efa Gruffudd Jones, Prif Weithredwr y Ganolfan Genedlaethol ar gyfer Dysgu Cymraeg:



> “Rydyn ni’n hynod falch o allu cefnogi ein dysgwyr \- gyda’u dysgu ac o safbwynt lles, drwy ddarparu trefn, normalrwydd a chefnogaeth gymdeithasol yn ystod yr amgylchiadau digynsail yma. Hefyd rydyn ni’n falch o allu parhau â’n gwasanaethau i’n dysgwyr newydd ni. Mae hwn yn gyfle gwych i ymuno â chwrs dysgu Cymraeg.”