We've looked at the words byth and erioed and noted that generally erioed is used with the past tenses of the verb and that byth is used with the present and future tenses.
However erioed can be used with any tense to express astonishment.
Gerddaist ti erioed yr holl ffordd! You never walked all the way!
Dydych erioed wedi prynu ty newydd! You've never bought a new house!
Dwyt ti erioed yn hanner cant oed! You're never fifty years of age!
Byth with various tenses conveys the meaning 'still' or ever since'
Mae'r ty yno byth - The house is still there
Dydy hi ddim wedi ei weld byth - She hasn't seen him since
Byth can also be used with an imperfect negative sentence to mean would never or never used to.
Doeddet ti byth yn siarad รข fi yn yr ysgol - You never used to speak to me in school Or You would never speak to me in school
And finally
Byth in its mutated form fyth can be used after the comparative form of the adjective to mean still
Gwell fyth better still
Pwysicach fyth - more important still or far more important.
Am Note the use of am in front of a noun to express astonishment or amazement.
Agnes says - Am law! which means what rain!
Here are some more examples:
Am stori ryfedd! - What a strange story! Am ferch dda! - What a good girl! Am noson! - What a night! Am hwyl! - What fun! Note that am causes a soft mutation to the following noun
Mae arna i
Rhodri says:
Mae syched arna i - I'm thirsty Literally I have a thirst on me Oes syched arnat ti? - Are you thirsty? Does dim syched arna i - I'm not thirsty
Mae eisiau bwyd arna i - I'm hungry follows the same pattern
