This week we'll pay some attention to forming adverbs in Welsh. Adverbs in English are usually formed from adjectives by adding -ly - quick- quickly.
In Welsh yn is used to turn adjectives into adverbs. It causes soft mutation except in words beginning with ll and rh.
Here are some very common adverbs or adverbial phrases:
Diolch yn fawr - Thank you very much Os gwelwch yn dda - Please
Note that after a vowel the yn abbreviates to 'n
Fydda i ddim yn hir - I won't be long Mae'r gwesty'n llawn - The hotel's full Dw i'n fach - I'm small
Yn is also used to form adverbs from comparative forms of adjectives:
Rwyt ti'n edrych yn well heddiw -You're looking better today Mae e'n rhedeg yn gyflymach na fi - He runs faster than me Roeddet ti'n gweiddi 'n uwch na phawb - You were shouting louder than anyone
Remember however that with the equative degree (as as) and the superlative degree the yn or 'n is omitted
Mae e wedi gwneud cystal â'i chwaer - He's done as well as his sister Nhw sy'n chwarae orau - It's them that's playing best
In Welsh there are many adverbs which are not formed from adjectives. Here are a few examples:
Heno - tonight Dw i'n mynd allan heno - I'm going out tonight
Eleni -this year Es i Ffrainc eleni - I went to France this year
Y llynedd- last year Ble est ti y llynedd? - Where did you go last year?
Ymlaen - on Dewch ymlaen! - Come on
Ddoe - yesterday Es i'r gwaith ddoe - I went to work yesterday
To find
There are a number of forms in Welsh for the verb 'to find'
Darganfod is used to convey the meaning 'to discover' Mae nhw wedi darganfod olew yn y môr. They've found oil in the sea
Ffeindio is a form that you'll also find in every day speech
Dwi wedi ffeindio fy mhwrs - I've found my purse Notice however that Jac says: Ddaeth neb byth o hyd i'w gorff o - Nobody ever found his body.
Daeth o hyd comes from the verb dod o hyd i which means to find
Wyt ti wedi dod o hyd i'n sgidiau i - Have you found my shoes?
You'll also hear the form cael hyd i - Which also means to find
