chdi (North)

North Wales: Chdi

Level 5

In the North, efo chdi means with you and Wela i chdi! means See you! Chdi is a Northern spoken form of ti.

How It Works

Where chdi is used.

  • after a preposition: efo chdi (with you), i chdi (to you, for you)
  • as the object of a short verb form: Wela i chdi wedyn (See you later), Welais i chdi (I saw you)
  • after a (and) and na (than): a chdi? (and you?), yn dalach na chdi (taller than you)
  • at the start of an emphatic sentence and in short answers: Chdi sy'n iawn (You're the one who's right)

Where ti stays. Straight after a verb as its subject, the North keeps ti: Wyt ti'n dod?, Est ti i'r dref?, Ti'n iawn?. After the possessive dy, the echo is still di: dy gar di.

Same meaning as ti. Chdi is the familiar "you", like ti. For polite or plural "you", use chi as usual; see Familiar Ti and Polite Chi. Chdi grew out of an older emphatic form of ti.

Region and register. Chdi is spoken Northern Welsh, strongest in the north-west. Southern speakers say ti in all these places (gyda ti, Wela i ti), and standard writing always uses ti.

Examples (6)

  1. Dw i'n dod efo chdi.

    I'm coming with you.

  2. Wela i chdi wedyn!

    See you later!

    Chdi is the object of the short verb wela i.

  3. Iawn diolch, a chdi?

    Fine thanks, and you?

  4. Mae o'n dalach na chdi.

    He's taller than you.

  5. Diolch i chdi am dy help.

    Thanks for your help.

  6. Wyt ti'n dod heno?

    Are you coming tonight?

    As the subject straight after the verb, the North keeps ti.

Common Mistakes

  • Using chdi as the subject straight after the verb.

    Wyt chdi'n dod?
    Wyt ti'n dod?

    Even in the North, the subject straight after a verb stays ti. Chdi is for objects, after prepositions and on its own.

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chdi (North)Level 5North Wales: Chdi

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Northern chdi replaces ti in some positions.

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