"Do you drink coffee in Newtown?"

Translation: Dych chi'n yfed coffi yn y Drenewydd?

[AbunPang]

The alternatives presented to me only differed in whether or not the y was capitalised or not. Should it be? Is it considered part of the name?

[Auleliel]

I have this same question.

[DeadFish37]

On the multiple choice, the answers Dw i'n yfed coffi yn Y Drenewydd? and Dw i'n yfed coffi yn y Drenewydd? were both considered correct. Why? Surely there's a rule for capitalisation?

[Dim-ond-dysgwr]

AbunPang, Auleliel, and DeadFish37: writing "yn Y Drenewydd" is not a serious mistake; however, the rule (as I understand it) is: "do not capitalize 'y' in a place-name". So, "yn y Drenewydd" is the preferred spelling.

[AbunPang]

Thank you.

[Matthew8764]

Does the 'yn' mean 'in' in this context?

[Matthew8764]

--EDIT--
I now understand that 'mewn' means a place like a garage or anywhere unspecific. Whereas 'yn' means a specific place such as Newport or Swansea.

[Ash473779]

That answers alot, thanks for pondering the question for both of us

[Ieuan-Jones]

The way I was taught it, you can roughly treat each one like this:

• Mewn - In a - Es i mewn car
• Yn y - In the - Dw i'n yfed yn y adre
• Yn - In - Dw i'n byw yng Nghymru

[Matthew8764]

Okay that makes sense too. Thanks