bydda i / byddi di / bydd
Future of Bod: Bydda I
Bydda i'n + verb-noun = I will (be) ...: Bydda i'n gweithio yfory (I'll be working tomorrow). Bydd hi'n braf (It will be fine).
How It Works
The forms
- bydda i I will be
- byddi di you will be
- bydd e / o / hi he / she / it will be
- byddwn ni we will be
- byddwch chi you will be
- byddan nhw they will be
With yn, or without. Bydda i'n gweithio (I'll be working, I'll work), Bydd hi'n oer (It will be cold). For a place, no yn is needed: Bydda i yno (I'll be there), Byddwn ni gartref (We'll be at home).
Mi and fe. Statements often begin with mi (North) or fe (South), which softens b to f: Mi fydda i'n hwyr, Fe fydd hi'n braf. See Mi (North) and Fe (South) Before Verbs.
We will or I would? Byddwn ni = we will; byddwn i = I would. The pronoun tells you which. See Would: Baswn i and Byddwn i.
Noun subjects take bydd: Bydd y plant yn yr ysgol. For there will be, say Bydd parti nos Sadwrn or, especially in the North, Bydd 'na barti. See There Is in Speech: Mae 'na.
For questions and negatives, see Future Questions and Negatives. The same forms also describe habits (see Habits With the Future of Bod) and make will have done (see Will Have Done).
Examples (6)
- Bydda i'n gweithio yfory.
I'll be working tomorrow.
- Bydd hi'n braf yfory.
It will be fine tomorrow.
- Byddwn ni yn Aberystwyth yr wythnos nesaf.
We'll be in Aberystwyth next week.
- Byddi di'n iawn!
You'll be fine!
- Byddan nhw'n hwyr, fel arfer.
They'll be late, as usual.
- Bydd y siop ar gau ddydd Llun.
The shop will be closed on Monday.
A noun subject takes bydd.
Common Mistakes
Saying byddwn i when you mean we will.
Byddwn i yn y parti yfory.Byddwn ni yn y parti yfory.Byddwn i means I would. For we will, the pronoun must be ni: byddwn ni.
Using byddan with a noun subject.
Byddan y plant yn yr ysgol.Bydd y plant yn yr ysgol.A noun subject always takes bydd, even when it is plural. Byddan goes only with nhw.
How It Connects
Learn This First
The future of bod works with yn.
Related Patterns
- Fyddi di? / Fydda i ddimFuture Questions and Negatives of Bod
Future questions and negatives.
Level 2 - Present of bodPresent Tense of Bod
The same pattern in the present.
Level 1 - baswn i / byddwn iWould: Baswn I and Byddwn I
Would: not to be confused with byddwn ni.
Level 3 - mi / fe + Soft MutationMi (North) and Fe (South) Before Verbs
Mi fydda i and fe fydda i.
Level 3 - Habitual byddHabits with the Future of Bod
The future of bod for habits.
Level 4 - bydda i wediWill Have Done: Bydda I Wedi
Will have done.
Level 4
Learn Next
Patterns that build on this one.
- efallai / falle / ellaMaybe: Efallai (Falle, Ella)Level 2
- erioed / bythNever: Erioed and BythLevel 3
- gorfod / roedd rhaid iHaving to in Other TensesLevel 3
- osIf: OsLevel 3
- pan + Soft MutationWhen: Pan + Soft MutationLevel 3
- -a i / -i di / -ith o / -iff eShort Future: Gwela ILevel 3
- Relative oedd / fyddRelatives in Past and Future: Oedd and FyddLevel 4
Words in This Pattern
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