Week 77 - Main Grammatical Points

Agnes and Jenny are talking about how stressful their Christmas shopping has been. Agnes complains that it's been worse than usual this year because the shops have been "mor llawn" - so full and "mor brysur" - so busy.

"Mor" meaning "so" is a word that must be followed by a soft mutation:

Prysur (busy) becomes - mor brysur - so busy
Mawr (big) becomes - mor fawr - so big
And
Diflas (boring) becomes - mor ddiflas - so boring

Normally, the letters and become and when they take the soft mutation. But remember that there is no need for a mutation if the word that follows "mor" starts with the letter or with the letter . Here are some examples:

Llawn (full) remains as - mor llawn
Llwyd (grey) remains as - mor llwyd
Rhyfedd (strange) remains as - mor rhyfedd
Rhwydd (easy) remains as - mor rhwydd

If you want to say that you're "about to" do something in Welsh, you use the expression "ar fin". To do this, you follow the same pattern as the present tense, but replace the "yn" with "ar fin".

For example:
Mae Jac yn mynd - Jac is going

Becomes
Mae Jac ar fin mynd - Jac is about to go

The "ar fin" has replaced the "yn".

Here are some other examples:

Mae Agnes yn gadael y bwyty - Agnes is leaving the restaurant
Mae Agnes ar fin gadael y bwyty Agnes is about to leave the restaurant

Mae hi'n symud tŷ - She's moving house
Mae hi ar fin symud tŷ - She's about to move house

'Moyn i' in SW means

To want to -

And the NW version is of course

'eisiau i'

The literal translation is 'to want for...': moyn i/eisiau i

Remember - you have to use a soft mutation after the preposition i. Here are some examples to help you:

Dw i moyn i ti fynd - I want you to go - literally I want for you to go

Mae hi eisiau i mi adael - She wants me to leave

Dyn ni moyn i chi weld y tŷ - We want you to see the house