Am y peth

Welsh General / Questions
#1

Hi
I’ve used ‘amdani’ and ‘am y peth’ quite a bit but still can’t work out which one is most appropriate at a given time?

Any help would be appreciated!

Andrew

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#2

Hm, amdani means about it, am y peth means about the thing, so as long as you are talking about something specific, both seem to be quite interchangeable.

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#3

Thanks hendrik

#4

Hi Hendrik

So with the following example you think ‘am y peth’ is still appropriate?

Pwy sy’n disgwyl ymlaen at chwilio amdani?

Who is looking forward to searching for it?

Andrew

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#5

Hi Andrew, I would use the sentence ‘Pwy sy’n edrych ymlaen at chwilio amdani?’ ‘amdani’ is more appropriate in this case but ‘am y peth’ would be understood. Not sure why you are using ‘disgwyl’ as this means ‘expect’ , so your sentence means something like ‘Who is expecting forward to searching for it?’ A much more useful word is ‘edrych’. Hope it helps, Susan.

#6

Hi Susan

The example I used is from the SSiW southern course. Disgwyl is a southern way of saying ‘edrych’ but also means ‘to expect’.

Andrew

#7

This choice really only arises when you’re talking about an ‘it’ - in which case, whist ‘amdani’ or ‘amdano’ probably sounds more natural, if you don’t know whether the ‘it’ you are talking about is a masculine or feminine noun, then ‘am y peth’ is an easy way out! Of course, if you were referring to ‘she’ or ‘he’ rather then ‘it’, then you’d have to use amdani or amdano - ‘am y peth’ probably wouldn’t go down well in that context! :wink:

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#8

Hi Siaron

That makes perfect sense now. Thanks very much.

Andrew

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