How and why is to (i) sometimes omitted?

Hi!

I’m coming from Duolingo, and the Welsh courses I never finished due to my health. So I do have some background here. I can’t deal with Duolingo anymore. The life thing is just annoying and I have no patience for it. It feels like punishing mistakes, rather than rewarding and encouraging success and learning. But that’s just me. Perhaps I’m weird. Anyway!

I’m starting from the entry level, because I need to recap everything anyway.

I’ve run into the sentence “I want to try” which I would translate as: “Dw i’n moyn i drio”, but it’s given as “Dw i’n moyn trio” - which to me translates to: “I want try” as the to (i) is not present.

Can someone enlighten me as to why the to (i) is dropped from this construction and if there is a grammatical reason I’m not familiar with?

Croeso, Welcome Ryan!

There are contexts where you would need an i before the verb, but in general the “to” is already incorporated into the single word.

This thread will hopefully help you - I before a verb - when to use - #19 by mikeellwood

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