dy + Soft Mutation

Your (Ti): Dy + Soft Mutation

Level 2

dy + soft-mutated noun + di = your, to a friend: car → dy gar di (your car).

How It Works

Soft mutation after dy

  • car → dy gar di your car
  • tad → dy dad di your father
  • pen → dy ben di your head
  • brawd → dy frawd di your brother
  • mam → dy fam di your mother
  • drws → dy ddrws di your door
  • gwaith → dy waith di your work
  • llyfr → dy lyfr di your book
  • rhieni → dy rieni di your parents

Vowels and other letters stay the same: dy enw di (your name), dy ffrind di (your friend).

The echo di. The pronoun after the noun repeats the owner; for ti it is di. It is optional but very common. See Echo Pronouns After Possessives.

Ti or chi? Say Beth ydy dy enw di? to a friend or a child, and Beth ydy'ch enw chi? to an adult you don't know. See Familiar Ti and Polite Chi.

You. Before a verb-noun, dy means you: Dw i'n dy garu di (I love you). See Object Pronouns.

Examples (6)

  1. Ble mae dy gar di?

    Where's your car?

  2. Sut mae dy fam di?

    How's your mum?

    mam → fam.

  3. Beth ydy dy rif ffôn di?

    What's your phone number?

    rhif → rif: rh softens to r.

  4. Ydy dy frawd di'n dod heno?

    Is your brother coming tonight?

  5. Dw i'n hoffi dy lyfr newydd di.

    I like your new book.

    The echo di comes after the whole phrase.

  6. Dyma dy de di.

    Here's your tea.

    te → de.

Common Mistakes

  • Forgetting the soft mutation.

    dy car di
    dy gar di

    Dy always causes soft mutation: c becomes g.

  • Mixing dy with the chi echo.

    dy gar chi
    dy gar di

    Dy goes with di. If you are speaking to someone you call chi, change both words: eich car chi.

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dy + Soft MutationLevel 2Your (Ti): Dy + Soft Mutation

Learn This First

Dy triggers soft mutation and belongs to the ti form of address.

Words in This Pattern

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