To or not to

[Hewan]

Sometimes in the challenges to say “to something” you just use the word. At other times the “i” for “to” is included. Sometimes even in the same phrase: “sut i ddweud beth dw i’n moyn dweud”. How do you know when to use the i?

[ade-h]

There are a couple of threads that help with this. I’ve tried linking them in my reply, but it didn’t work, sorry. You should find them with a quick search of the forum.

[AlanP]

I think these may be the ones:-

To use "i" or not to use "i"

My understanding is that words like “meddwl”, “dweud” etc mean “to think”, “to say” etc. Listening closely to SSiW it seems that sometimes an i precedes these in a sentence (e.g. barod i gysgu", “sut i ddweud”, “mynd i gysgu” etc) but sometimes, in other circumstances, not. My question is, why is i sometimes needed and sometimes not and what is the rule? I can appreciate that sut means “how”, rather than “how to”, so can see some sense in adding the i but then again given that dweud means to sa…

When to use and when not to use 'i ' as a preposition before a verbnoun

In the sentence "Would you be willing to bring something to drink with you?’ (ch. 10 level 2 N) ‘i’ is used before ‘yfed’. In the sentence “Would you be willing to wait for him?” the ‘i’ doesn’t appear before the verbnoun ‘aros’. I’m puzzled why it is used before one verbnoun and not the other. Is it just an optional thing?

[Hewan]

Thanks for this. It is becoming clearer.
Diolch yn fawr!

[rich]

There is a post here with covers it. If the ‘to’ just represents the infinitive of the verb - to swim, to sing etc. you don’t need the ‘i’ …some verbs have a linking ‘i’ eg mynd i - going to …and some verbs never do.

Rich

[Hewan]

Diolch