Habitual bydd

Habits with the Future of Bod

Level 4

Bydda i usually means "I will be". With words like bob (every), fel arfer (usually) or byth (never), it can also describe what you do regularly.

How It Works

Habits with bydd

  • Bydda i'n mynd i nofio bob bore Sadwrn. — I go swimming every Saturday morning.
  • Bydd hi'n ffonio ei mam bob nos Sul. — She phones her mother every Sunday night.
  • Fydd e byth yn hwyr. — He's never late.
  • Bydd y bws yn hwyr yn aml. — The bus is often late.

Future or habit? The time words usually tell you. Bydda i'n nofio yfory is future (I'll swim tomorrow); Bydda i'n nofio bob bore is a habit (I swim every morning). For byth (never), see erioed and byth.

Questions and negatives soften as usual: Fyddi di'n ...?, Fydda i ddim yn .... See Fyddi di? / Fydda i ddim. A question like Fyddwch chi'n mynd i'r capel? can mean "Do you (usually) go?" or "Will you go?"; the situation makes it clear.

Habits in the past are usually told with arfer: Ro'n i'n arfer nofio bob bore. You may also hear the conditional used this way: Bydden ni'n mynd i lan y môr bob haf (We would go to the seaside every summer).

Examples (6)

  1. Bydda i'n mynd i nofio bob bore Sadwrn.

    I go swimming every Saturday morning.

  2. Fydd e byth yn hwyr.

    He's never late.

    South: e. The North says Fydd o byth yn hwyr.

  3. Bydd hi'n ffonio ei mam bob nos Sul.

    She phones her mother every Sunday night.

  4. Fyddwch chi'n mynd i'r capel ar y Sul?

    Do you go to chapel on Sundays?

  5. Byddwn ni'n cael pysgod a sglodion bob nos Wener.

    We have fish and chips every Friday night.

  6. Bydd y bws yn hwyr yn aml.

    The bus is often late.

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The future of bod also expresses habits with frequency phrases.

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