Awn ni / Gadewch i ni

Let's: Awn Ni and Gadewch I Ni

Level 3

Let's go! is Awn ni! For other actions, use gadewch i ni + verb-noun: Gadewch i ni ddechrau (Let's start).

How It Works

Awn ni! The short future of mynd (awn ni, we will go) is used for let's go: Awn ni!, Awn ni i'r traeth!, Dewch, awn ni adre. In other sentences it still means we will go: Awn ni yfory (We'll go tomorrow). See irregular short futures.

Gadewch i ni + verb-noun.

  • Gadewch i ni fwyta. — Let's eat.
  • Gadewch i ni ddechrau. — Let's start.
  • Gad i ni weld. — Let's see. (to one friend)

Gad or gadewch? It depends on who you are talking to: gad to one person you call ti, gadewch to a group or to someone you call chi. See ti and chi. In writing you will also see gadewch inni.

The mutation. A verb-noun after i + a person softens, as in i + subject + verb-noun: mynd → fynd, gweld → weld.

Let me. Change ni to fi: Gad i fi weld (Let me see; Gad i mi weld in the North).

A friendly alternative. Beth am + verb-noun makes a suggestion: Beth am fynd am dro? (How about going for a walk?)

Examples (6)

  1. Awn ni!

    Let's go!

  2. Awn ni i'r traeth!

    Let's go to the beach!

  3. Gadewch i ni fwyta.

    Let's eat.

    Bwyta softens to fwyta after i ni.

  4. Gad i ni weld.

    Let's see.

    Gad is used to one person you call ti.

  5. Gadewch i ni ddechrau'r cyfarfod.

    Let's start the meeting.

  6. Gad i fi helpu.

    Let me help.

    With fi instead of ni, it means let me. I fi is Southern; the North says Gad i mi helpu.

Common Mistakes

  • Forgetting the soft mutation after i ni.

    Gadewch i ni mynd.
    Gadewch i ni fynd.

    The verb-noun after i ni takes soft mutation.

How It Connects

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Awn ni / Gadewch i niLevel 3Let's: Awn Ni and Gadewch I Ni

Learn This First

Let's uses a short future and gadewch i + person.

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