mor + Adjective + â
As ... as: Mor ... Â
Mor + adjective means so: Mae hi mor oer! (It's so cold!). Mor ... â means as ... as: mor dal â fi (as tall as me).
How It Works
So ...! Use mor on its own for an exclamation:
- Mae hi mor oer! — It's so cold!
- Mae'r ffilm mor dda! — The film is so good!
As ... as. Add â before the thing you compare with:
- Mae e mor dal â'i dad. — He's as tall as his father. (South; in the North: Mae o mor dal â'i dad.)
- Mae hi mor dal â'i thad. — She's as tall as her father.
In these two, 'i meaning his softens tad to dad, but 'i meaning her changes it to thad. See short possessives.
The mutations.
- Mor softens the adjective: mawr → mor fawr, cyflym → mor gyflym, blinedig → mor flinedig.
- Ll and rh do not change: mor llawn (so full), mor rhad (so cheap).
- â causes aspirate mutation (mor hapus â phlentyn, as happy as a child) and becomes ag before a vowel: mor oer ag iâ (as cold as ice). Everyday speech often leaves out the aspirate change with ti: mor dal â ti.
No yn with mor. Compare Dw i'n dal (I'm tall) with Dw i mor dal â ti (I'm as tall as you).
Not as ... as. Make the bod verb negative: Dw i ddim mor gyflym â hi (I'm not as fast as her). A few common adjectives have one-word forms, such as cystal (as good as). To ask how, use pa mor: Pa mor bell ydy e? (North: Pa mor bell ydi o?)
Examples (6)
- Mae hi mor oer heddiw!
It's so cold today!
- Mae'r ffilm mor dda!
The film is so good!
Da softens to dda after mor.
- Mae hi mor dal â'i thad.
She's as tall as her father.
Tal softens to dal after mor; tad becomes thad after 'i meaning her.
- Roedd y dŵr mor oer ag iâ.
The water was as cold as ice.
 becomes ag before a vowel.
- Mae'r bws mor llawn!
The bus is so full!
Ll does not change after mor.
- Dw i ddim mor gyflym â ti.
I'm not as fast as you.
Cyflym softens to gyflym. Everyday speech says â ti; careful writing has â thi.
Common Mistakes
Using yn as well as mor.
Mae hi'n mor dal.Mae hi mor dal.Mor takes the place of yn, so don't use both.
Forgetting the soft mutation after mor.
Mae'r ffilm mor da!Mae'r ffilm mor dda!Mor causes soft mutation, so d becomes dd.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Mor ... â combines a softening degree word with â.
Related Patterns
- cystal / cymaint / cynddrwgAs Good as: Cystal, Cymaint, Cynddrwg
One-word forms for as good, as big and as bad.
Level 5 - pa + Soft MutationWhich: Pa + Soft Mutation
Pa mor asks how: Pa mor bell?
Level 2 - -ach ComparativeComparatives with -ach
Compare with more or less rather than as ... as.
Level 3 - Literary Equative cyn + -edLiterary Equatives: Cyn + -ed (Recognition)
The literary way to say as ... as (recognition).
Level 6
Words in This Pattern
Practice mor + Adjective + â in Bubblegum
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