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Treiglad Rhestr
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Treiglad Meddal | Soft Mutations |
| P: Put | B: Push Back |
| T: That | D: To Do |
| C: Cow | G: Cary Grant |
| B: back | F: Basil Fawlty |
| D: Down | Dd: Double Diamond |
| G: Goober | (disappear): Gee Gee Gone |
| M: Memorise | F: Mia Farrow |
| Ll: Llama | L: Llanishen Ladies |
| Rh: Rhapsodies | R: No Rhyme nor reason |
| Mae treiglad meddal | Soft mutations after |
| In negative forms of 'short' verbs in the Past and Future Tenses, not verbs begin with "c" "p" "t" | In negative forms of 'short' verbs in the Past and Future Tenses, not verbs begin with "c" "p" "t" |
| In question forms of 'short' verbs in the Past and Future Tenses | In question forms of 'short' verbs in the Past and Future Tenses |
| 1 - after grammatical or notional subject of the sentence: | e.g: |
| fe (sm)welodd Sioned (sm)gath | Sioned saw a cat (Sioned is the actual subject of the sentence) |
| rhiad i Dafydd (sm)fynd | Dafydd has to go (Dafydd is the notional, though not grammatical, subject of the sentence) |
| 2 - after a feminine singular noun, or after the feminine singular definite article: | e.g: |
| merch (sm)fach (but merched bach) | a little girl (little girls) |
| y (sm) ferch (sm)fach (but y merched bach) | the little girl (the little girls) |
| 3 - after most monosyllabic prepositions, e.g: | e.g: |
| bwrdd, ar (sm)fwrdd | table, on a table |
| Caerdydd, i (sm)Gaerdydd | Cardiff, to Cardiff |
| Lloegr, o (sm)Loeger | England, from England |
| 4 - after the following miscellaneous words, many of them very common: | e.g: |
| dau (sm) | two masculine |
| dwy (sm) | two feminine |
| dacw (sm) | there is |
| dyma (sm) | here is |
| dyna (sm) | there is |
| dy (sm) | your singular |
| ei (sm) | his |
| fe (sm) | affirmative particle |
| go (sm) | fairly, quite |
| mi (sm) | alternative particle |
| mor (sm) | so (+ adjective, does not mutate ll- or rh-) |
| neu (sm) | or |
| pa (sm) | which |
| pan (sm) | when |
| pur (sm) | very |
| pwy (sm) | which (south) |
| rhy (sm) | too |
| un (sm) | one feminine |
| y, yr, 'r (sm) | the feminine singular |
| yn (sm) | before nouns and adjectives (does not mutate ll- or rh-) |
| 5 - on verbs with personal endings generally in the spoken language: | e.g: |
| talu, (sm)dales i | paid, i paid |
| 6 - on adverbs of time saying when something happened: | e.g: |
| blwyddyn, (sm)flwyddyn yn ol | a year, a year ago |
| dydd Llyn, (sm)ddydd Llun | Monday, on Monday |
| 7 - on the second of two words joined together as a compound: | e.g: |
| prif + dinas = prifddinas | main + city = capital |
| 8 - after prefixes, e.g: | e.g: |
| ym- + golchi | ym(sm)olchi |
| af- + llwyddiannus | al(sm)fwyddiannus |
| di- + gwaith | di(sm)waith |
| gwrth + taro | gwrth(sm)daro |
| Treiglad Trwynol | Nasal Mutations |
| P: Put | (ym) mh |
| T: That | (yn) nh |
| C: Cow | (yng) ngh |
| B: back | (ym) m |
| D: Down | (yn) n |
| G: Goober | (yng) ng |
| Mae treiglad trwynol | Nasal mutations after |
| 1 - on nouns to indicate 'my-' sometimes with preceding 'y-' or (mostly in written language) 'fy'-: | e.g: |
| plant, mhlant (i) (written fy mhlant) | children, my children |
| car, nghar (i) (written fy nghar) | car, my car |
| 2 - after preposition yn 'in' with some spelling changes: | e.g: |
| Dolgellau, yn (nm)Nolgellau | Dolgellau, in Dolgellau |
| Cymru, yng (nm)Nghymru | Wales, in Wales |
| Treiglad Llaes | Aspirate Mutations |
| P: Put | ph |
| T: That | th |
| C: Cow | ch |
| Mae treiglad llaes: | Aspirate mutation after: |
| 1 - after the following miscellaneous words: | e.g: |
| a (am) | and |
| â (am) | with |
| chwe (am) | six |
| ei (am) | her posessive |
| gyda (am) | with |
| tri (am) | three masculine |
| tua (am) | about, towards |
| 2 - in some regions only, on a negative verb with personal endings: | e.g: |
| colli, cholles i ddim | lose, i didn't lose |
| talu, thala i ddim | pay, i won't pay |