"There's no need to go now."

Translation: Does dim eisiau mynd nawr.

[Froggy_]

Doesn't eisiau mean want rather than need? Shouldn't the answer use either raid or angen?

[HBee10]

I struggle with this too

[Jonlang_]

Eisiau / isio can mean "want" or "need".

[PhoebePW]

Why is this in the posession section?

[Windrammer]

Isn't it possible to say i mynd in this case?

[Jonlang_]

mynd means "to go".

[Windrammer]

But I have seen i myndas to go too.

[Jonlang_]

No, the i in i mynd is part of something else, like a pronoun. Welsh uses verb-nouns which all mean to something. Mynd to go; gwneud to do; bod to be.

[Windrammer]

Sorry, I meant i yfed, as in "Dw i'n mynd i yfed cwrw am ugain munud i bedwar."

[Jonlang_]

mynd i yfed is going to drink

[Windrammer]

So what is the purpose of i in this case? What is its connection to yfed?

[Jonlang_]

Dw i I am / I do

'n shortened form of yn

mynd to go

i to

yfed to drink

dw i + yn + mynd = I am going. Placing yn between a pronoun and a verb-noun has the same effect as placing -ing at the end of an English verb (go becomes going )

i + yfed = to drink. The to in this sense is same as in English when we'd say I am going to, it is not part of the verb-noun to drink.

So, Dw [verb] + i [1st person singular pronoun] + yn [compliment marker] + mynd [verb-noun to go] + i [to] + yfed [verb-noun to drink] = Dw i'n mynd i yfed I am going to drink.

Also, removing the "going to" part and leaving Dw i'n yfed I am drinking. Again, we have yn + verb noun = verb + -ing.

Replacing yn with wedi would change the sentence to Dw i wedi mynd i yfed I have gone to drink.

Or you could say Dw i wedi yfed I have drunk.

[Windrammer]

I appreciate this, thank you.