They are all used, but in slightly different contexts. cytuno has the broadest meaning, for example if you agree on a place or time for a meeting, or any short-term decisions. cydweld is more along the lines of agreeing on matters of politics and so on. cydsynio is mostly used in matters of consent, such as accepting terms of service. (oed cydsynio = age of consent)
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wnes i ddim gwneud beth oeddet ti isio.
The oeddet came up with no word of warning! I was unprepared, this is why I’m here 
. If someone could just confirm that this is a real thing, I’ll try to adjust.
Thank you.
@victoria-36 oeddet ti is the full form for o’t ti and you’ll often read it, and sometimes hear it spoken.
Thank you, it just appeared! Only once so far, I’ll be better prepared next time .
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I expect in this case it’s just a synonym, but I’ve seen both “egni” and “ynni” for “energy”. Sometimes in the same article or on the same Web page. Which is more frequent and are they the same?
As far as I understand it, egni is more for the energy that you have, that you put into doing something, whereas ynni is the energy that is supplied, like electricity etc
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Gest ti ddigon i’w fwyta.
The i’w has just appeared, up until now i has sufficed. I wondered if it’s only used in certain situations.
Diolch
the i’w appears when an i is followed by ei or eu (his/her/it or their) - the ei/eu becomes 'w.
The ei/eu doesn’t seem to make sense in English, but in Welsh in this example, we’d say “Did you have enough for it’s eating”, so the “for it’s” = i+ei = i’w
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Thank you, I’ll try to get my head around that
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I’ve just learnt yndw, is this used in different situatios to do?
yndw is a Northern variation of ydw, so yes, not the same as do (ydw is present tense, do is past tense)
As I understand it… You use ‘do’ as yes for any past tense, but for the present and future, you have to repeat the verb in the appropriate person. So
Wy t’in mynd i’r ysgol? Yndw.
But
Wy ti wedi mynd i’r ysgol? Do.
This is never explained in the New Course (and I presume Automagic) but the Old Course has hours on ‘Yes’ and ‘No’…
Perhaps I should take a look at the old course, I don’t understand the technicalities of English. It sounds like an excuse but during my time at secondary school such things weren’t concentrated on.
Two of my children went on to do linguistics at university, they try their best with me!
I won’t let it put me off.
Thank you
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Cwestiwn bach…
Can the word deniadol be used to refer to people, in the same way that attractive is in English?
Diolch
Yes, it can 
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I was flicking through a dictionary for fun, and I came across a truly lovely word: chweugain. It’s apparently a name for a 50p coin, and the layers contained within its meaning just fill me with joy. (Yes, I’m a nerd.)
Can someone please confirm for me that people still use it? It is too good to be lost.
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No idea if anyone uses it but, I would imagine it comes from the pre decimalisation days when we had 20 shillings to the pound and 12 pennies to the shilling. Chweugain looks very much like a contraction of Chwech (six) Ugain (twenty), six twenties, or 120, being ten shillings, which became 50p once metrication came in. I’m old enough to remember the 10 shilling note (and the sixpence and thruppence, but not the farthing!).
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That’s exactly where it came from Margaret
@verity-davey I can’t say I’ve ever heard anyone use it, though I dare say some would still do so. hanner can ceiniog or pishyn hanner cant are much more common.
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Aw, that’s a shame. Of course to anyone not aware of pre-decimal currency it is nonsensical, but that’s why I love it.
A single word for 120, six twenties. A number that only makes sense if you know about l.s.d. currency. Just the cultural and historical legacy contained in this one word. 
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The thing I didn’t know was that the whole 12 denarii to a solidus, 20 solidi to a pound thing went all the way back to Charlemagne reforming the Frankish currency. I went down a bit of a Wikipedia rabbit hole on that one - apparently Nigeria was the last country in the world to abandon Carolingian currency (and Cyprus briefly experimented with having 1000 mils to a pound)! Carolingian monetary system - Wikipedia
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