We have already come across the clauses that follow verbs like meddwl, dweud, credu, gobeithio and so on.
When we join the two sentences 'Dw i'n meddwl' and 'Mae Brian yn mynd' we get
'Dw i'n meddwl bod Brian yn mynd'
or 'Mae hi'n gobeithio' and 'Dw i'n mynd' we get:
'Mae hi'n gobeithio fy mod i'n mynd'
However if the clause that follows is emphatic then it is introduced by mai spelt m-a-i - mai for example:
'Fe ydy'r gore' is an emphatic sentence. When placed as a clause following 'Dw i'n meddwl', it becomes
Dw i'n meddwl mai fe ydy'r gore - I think that he's the best Roeddet ti'n dweud mai nhw oedd yn chwarae -You were saying that they were playing.
Oeddech chi'n gwybod mai hi oedd wrth y drws? Did you know that she was at the door?
In south Wales the word mai is replaced by taw eg:
Roedd Brian yn meddwl taw rhai ail-law oedden nhw Brian thought that they were second-hand
Roeddwn i'n meddwl taw fan hyn wnaethon ni gwrdd I thought that it was here that we met
Sa i/Smo i
Agnes often uses the phrase Sa i - Sa i'n mynd Dic also use the same phrase Sa i'n cofio
Sa i is the south Wales form of the the negative form of the present tense of the verb to be.
Dw i ddim yn mynd becomes Sa i'n mynd
Dw i ddim yn hoffi - Sa i'n hoffi Sometimes you'll here Smo Smo i'n hoffi; Smo i'n deall
The other forms are
So ti or Smo ti - You're not So fe/So hi or Smo fe/Smo hi - He/She isn't So ni or Smo ni - We're not So chi or Smo chi - You're not So nhw or Smo nhw - They're not
