hefyd / chwaith
Also and Either: Hefyd and Chwaith
hefyd (also, too) goes with positive sentences; chwaith (either) goes with negative ones: Mae hi'n dod hefyd (She's coming too), Dydy hi ddim yn dod chwaith (She isn't coming either).
How It Works
Positive: hefyd
- Dw i'n hoffi te hefyd. I like tea too.
- Roedd Aled yno hefyd. Aled was there too.
In casual speech hefyd is often shortened to 'fyd: Fi 'fyd!
Negative: chwaith
- Dw i ddim yn hoffi coffi chwaith. I don't like coffee either.
- Doedd neb yno chwaith. Nobody was there either.
Chwaith is only used with a negative. See Present Negatives With Ddim.
Me too, me neither. Agree with a positive sentence using Fi hefyd or A fi; agree with a negative one using Na fi chwaith or, with more emphasis, Na finnau chwaith. Finnau is a special pronoun meaning me too, me as well; see Me Too, And You: Finnau, Tithau.
Starting a sentence. Hefyd can also begin a sentence to add a point: Hefyd, mae'r bwyd yn rhad (Also, the food is cheap). Chwaith is not used this way.
Examples (6)
- Mae Siân yn dod hefyd.
Siân is coming too.
- Dw i ddim yn hoffi coffi chwaith.
I don't like coffee either.
A negative sentence, so chwaith.
- Doedd hi ddim yn gwybod chwaith.
She didn't know either.
- Dw i'n dysgu Cymraeg. Fi hefyd!
I'm learning Welsh. Me too!
- Dw i ddim yn gallu nofio. Na finnau chwaith.
I can't swim. Me neither.
- Mae'r gwesty'n braf, ac mae'n rhad hefyd.
The hotel is nice, and it's cheap too.
Common Mistakes
Using hefyd to mean either in a negative sentence.
Dw i ddim yn hoffi coffi hefyd.Dw i ddim yn hoffi coffi chwaith.When you mean not ... either, the word is chwaith.
Using chwaith in a positive sentence.
Mae hi'n dod chwaith.Mae hi'n dod hefyd.Chwaith only goes with a negative. In a positive sentence, too is hefyd.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Chwaith is 'either' in negative sentences.
Related Patterns
- Oeddet ti? / Doeddwn i ddimPast Questions and Negatives of Bod
Past negatives that take chwaith.
Level 2 - finnau / tithau / hithauMe Too, And You: Finnau, Tithau
Na finnau chwaith and other pronouns meaning me too.
Level 5 - rhywun / rhywbeth / neb / dim bydSomeone, Nobody, Something, Nothing
Negative words such as neb and dim byd.
Level 3 - a / acAnd: A and Ac
Joining ideas with and.
Level 1
Words in This Pattern
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