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- "Mae gen i goffi."
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"Is with me coffee"
"gen i" is from "gan" (with) + "i" -- the original form was "gennyf" where the -a- turned into -e- under the influence of the -y- in the next syllable; when the final -f dropped as it does so often, "genny" sounded pretty much like "gen i" which I suppose is why it is spelled like that now; people reanalysing it as "gen" + the word "i" which means "I".