Fyddi di? / Fydda i ddim
Future Questions and Negatives of Bod
Questions: Fyddi di yno? (Will you be there?). Negatives: Fydda i ddim yn gweithio (I won't be working).
How It Works
Questions
- Fydda i? Will I?
- Fyddi di? Will you?
- Fydd e / o / hi? Will he / she / it?
- Fyddwn ni? Will we?
- Fyddwch chi? Will you?
- Fyddan nhw? Will they?
Answers repeat the verb in the answering person. No is na + the softened verb:
- Fyddi di yno? → Bydda. / Na fydda.
- Fydd hi'n braf? → Bydd. / Na fydd.
- Fyddwch chi yno? → Byddwn. / Na fyddwn. (we), or Bydda. / Na fydda. (I)
- Fyddan nhw'n dod? → Byddan. / Na fyddan.
Negatives add ddim after the subject: Fydda i ddim, Fyddi di ddim, Fydd e ddim, Fyddwn ni ddim, Fyddwch chi ddim, Fyddan nhw ddim.
There won't be. Fydd dim ysgol yfory (There'll be no school tomorrow).
Never. Byth replaces ddim: Fydda i byth yn anghofio (I'll never forget). See Never: Erioed and Byth.
Short verbs soften in questions and negatives in the same way; see Questions and Negatives of Short Verbs. For answers in other tenses, see Echo Answers in Other Tenses.
Examples (6)
- Fyddi di yno heno? Bydda.
Will you be there tonight? Yes, I will.
- Fydd hi'n braf yfory? Na fydd, yn anffodus.
Will it be fine tomorrow? No, unfortunately.
- Fydda i ddim yn gweithio yfory.
I won't be working tomorrow.
- Fyddwch chi'n dod i'r cyfarfod? Byddwn.
Will you be coming to the meeting? Yes, we will.
The answer is in the we form.
- Fydd dim ysgol yfory.
There'll be no school tomorrow.
- Fyddan nhw ddim yn hwyr.
They won't be late.
Common Mistakes
Not softening after na.
Na bydda.Na fydda.Na softens the verb in a no answer: bydda → fydda.
Answering with a present-tense word.
Fyddi di yno? Ydw.Fyddi di yno? Bydda.Ydw answers the present tense. A future question is answered with the future: Bydda or Na fydda.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Future questions soften bydd and answer by echo; negatives add ddim.
- bydda i / byddi di / byddFuture of Bod: Bydda I
The forms are questions and negatives of bydda i; the negative adds ddim as in the present.
Level 2 - Ydw / Nac ydwYes and No in the Present: Ydw and Nac Ydw
Bydda / Na fydda follows the echo-answer pattern.
Level 1 - Soft Mutation
The question forms take soft mutation: Fyddi di?
Level 1
Related Patterns
- Echo Answers in Other Tenses
Echo answers across tenses.
Level 3 - Questions and Negatives of Short Verbs
The same softening with other short verbs.
Level 3 - erioed / bythNever: Erioed and Byth
Fydda i byth: never in the future.
Level 3 - Do / NaddoYes and No in the Past: Do and Naddo
Answers in the simple past.
Level 2
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