newydd + Soft Mutation
Just Done: Newydd
To say something has just happened, put newydd where yn or wedi would go: Dw i newydd fwyta (I've just eaten).
How It Works
Pattern: bod + newydd + soft-mutated verb-noun.
- Dw i newydd fwyta — I've just eaten (bwyta)
- Mae'r trên newydd adael — the train has just left (gadael)
- Dyn ni newydd gyrraedd — we've just arrived (cyrraedd)
Compare the three: Dw i'n bwyta (I'm eating), Dw i wedi bwyta (I've eaten), Dw i newydd fwyta (I've just eaten). See bod + wedi + verb-noun.
Had just. With the past of bod: Roedd hi newydd fynd (She had just gone), Ro'n i newydd gyrraedd adre pan ffoniodd hi (I'd just got home when she phoned). See roeddwn i wedi.
Questions use the usual forms of bod: Ydy'r plant newydd godi? (Have the children just got up?)
Newydd = new. After a noun, or after yn, newydd is the ordinary adjective "new": car newydd (a new car), Mae'r car yn newydd (The car is new). So Dw i'n newydd means "I'm new". Other words that replace yn are ar fin (about to) and heb + verb-noun (haven't).
Examples (6)
- Dw i newydd fwyta.
I've just eaten.
Bwyta softens to fwyta.
- Mae'r trên newydd adael.
The train has just left.
Gadael loses its g.
- Dyn ni newydd gyrraedd.
We've just arrived.
Cyrraedd softens to gyrraedd.
- Mae hi newydd ddechrau gweithio yma.
She's just started working here.
Dechrau softens to ddechrau.
- Ro'n i newydd gyrraedd adre pan ffoniodd hi.
I'd just got home when she phoned.
With the past of bod: had just. Adre is Southern speech (standard adref; North: adra).
- Ydy'r plant newydd godi?
Have the children just got up?
Codi softens to godi.
Common Mistakes
Putting yn before newydd.
Dw i'n newydd fwyta.Dw i newydd fwyta.Newydd takes the place of yn. Dw i'n newydd means "I'm new".
Forgetting the soft mutation.
Dw i newydd bwyta.Dw i newydd fwyta.The verb-noun after newydd softens: bwyta → fwyta.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Newydd replaces wedi and softens the verb-noun.
Related Patterns
- roeddwn i wediHad Done: Roeddwn I Wedi
Had done; roedd ... newydd means had just.
Level 3 - ar finAbout to: Ar Fin
About to: another word that replaces yn.
Level 3 - heb + Verb-NounHaven't Done: Heb + Verb-Noun
Haven't done: heb also replaces yn.
Level 4 - Adjectives After Nouns
Newydd as the adjective new: car newydd.
Level 1 - i fod iSupposed to: I Fod I
Supposed to: also used without yn.
Level 3
Words in This Pattern
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