Fyddwn ni?

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#1

Level 2, Challenge 2 says:
We wouldn’t want as Fyddwn ni ddim isio

Should it not be Fasen ni ddim isio or bydden ni ddim isio

Diolch

#2

@jonathan-bonnick there are two ways of forming the “would/wouldn’t” structures. One uses bydd- as the ‘stem’, the other uses bas- so you get equivalent words for the same thing -

byddwn i = baswn i - I would
fyddwn i ddim = faswn i ddim - I wouldn’t

or in this case - fydden ni ddim isio = fasen ni ddim isio - we wouldn’t

Some people use one form, some use the other, but they have the same meaning.

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#3

I was just coming in here to ask a very similar question!

So does this hold true for hoffi as well? E.g. is “Byddai fe’n hoffi” as taught on SSiW the same as “Hoffai fe” as Duolingo uses?

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#4

Hi Andrea. Yes same meaning. Hoffai fe is the short way to say it. You will come across it in SSiW, elswhere in the course.

#5

Thank you for clarifying this!

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#6

This question had been on my list of things to ask for ages!

Is there any difference between baswn etc. and byddwn? Like dialect or level for formalness?

#7

As far as I’m aware, the bydd stem is a more southern thing, so you’re more likely to encounter byddwn i in the south west, for example.

Note also that baswn i is very often abbreviated to 'swn i. I don’t think byddwn i ever gets the same treatment.

#8

Ah OK that would make sense. I am in the South-East, and was taught baswn etc. on my Dysgu Cymraeg course (tutor from the North-West).