Is it entirely optional if you use “wyt ti” or"ti" ? eg. wyt ti wedi bod or ti 0wedi bod If so what is the point of the wyt and what does it mean?
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In speech, yes it can be optional - ‘wyt’ is the form of the verb bod (to be) that is used with ‘ti’, so it should be in there, but it’s normal in speech for it to disappear. It’s exactly the same as when people leave out the verb in spoken English -
wyt ti’n iawn? =are you ok?
ti’n iawn? = you ok?
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Just to add to Siaron’s entirely accurate answer, sometimes the wyt is still there in spoken Welsh as little more than barely perceptible exhalation of breath. You might hear it, or you might not. You might catch yourself doing it or you might not.
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Does that follow for ‘chi’ as well? So, for instance ‘chi ‘di clywed?’ instead of ‘ŷch chi ‘di clywed?’? I’ve been trying to listen for examples in the challenges but so far (up to Southern Level 23) I think I’ve always heard the ‘ŷch’ being used …
In theory, yes, the same could apply, although ‘chi’ is a more formal ‘you’ in the singular and so you probably wouldn’t leave out the verb if you were being formal.
Thank you! I was wondering if that was the case - still struggle with the formal/informal concept a bit. I find it helps to imagine I’m talking to my mum rather than my mate.
(And actually yes - I can imagine her picking me up if I dropped a part of speech - she used to tell me off for dropping the 't’s in ‘butter’).
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