A list of phrases all starting with Yn.
Yn barod already
Yn bendant definitely
Yn bendant dim definitely not
Yn benna mainly
Yn ddiweddar recently
Yn enwedig especially
Yn erbyn against
Yn gwmws precisely
Yn gyfangwbwl completely
Yn gywir truly
Yn hytrach na rather than
Yn lle instead of
Yn ogystal (â) as well, also
Yn ôl back. ago
Yn union exactly
Yn ymyl beside
Yn ystod during
Yn amlach more often
Yn fwy na dim more than anything
Yn awr ac yn y man now and again
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Hi Rob, fantastic list as usual, very useful.
Diolch Rob. Some new ones there for me
This is really helpful , diolch Rob. I get particularly confused over the use of ‘yn’. During the course, it still seems very random to me and I can never ‘second guess’ where it should or should’t be used. Is there a general rule for this? Any help at all on this would be most welcome. I am currently on level 2, challenge 10…
It will seem random because there are actually 3 types of ‘yn’ and they do different jobs.
The first comes before a verbnoun when you construct a sentence using the verb bod at the beginning, e.g. mae’r ci yn cysgu (the dog is sleeping)
The second comes before nouns and adjectives and causes a soft mutation e.g. mae’r ci yn gysglyd (the dog is sleepy), mae’r ci yn frithgi (the dog is a mongrel)
The third one means ‘in’ when referring to a specific place e.g. mae’r ci yn ei wely (the dog is in his bed)
So although you can have sentences with 3 'yn’s, they will all be doing a different job e.g. roedd y ci yn gysglyd ac rwan mae o’n (o+yn) cysgu yn ei wely (the dog was sleepy and now he is sleeping in his bed)
But don’t worry too much, they’ll slot into place by themselves over time, honest!
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Diolch Siaron
You’ve given me really good clarity on this, which reveals that, while still complicated to get to grips with, there is a logical pattern to it, which just needs to be persevered with in order to master it. Most of all though, your last sentence gives me great confidence in continuing my learning.
Thank you so much, keep well and stay safe…
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