"Fyddi di yn ffonio Ceri Lingo?"
Translation:Will you phone Ceri Lingo?
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Is an English sentence using going-to future an acceptable translation (“Are you going to phone/call Ceri Lingo”)? Or does the difference between will future and going to future actually translate into Welsh (this construction vs. mynd i V maybe)?
Wyt ti'n mynd i ffonio...? - 'Are you going to phone...?'
Fyddi di'n ffonio? - 'Will you phone...?' or 'Will you be phoning...?'
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Thanks. Does this also work if the subject is not a person/animate being? E.g. Dw i ddim yn feddwl bod hi'n mynd i bwrw glaw yfory. – I don't think it's going to rain tomorrow. ?
Yes, it makes no difference here.
(A couple of mis-mutations in your example. It should read - Dw i ddim yn meddwl bod hi'n mynd i fwrw glaw)
Would I use fyddi di/fyddwch chi when I want to ask someone to do something? (e.g. Fyddwch chi bwydo'r ci, plîs?)
No. We use the short-form future of gwneud for that, as covered later in the course.
- Wnei di fwydo’r ci, os gweli di’n dda? - Will you feed the dog, please?
Is the soft mutation here similar to how past tense verbs lenite when used in a question (E.g. "Taclusaist ti'r teganau" = "You tidied the toys", but "Daclusaist ti'r teganau?" means "Did you tidy the toys?")?
Yes. An interrogative verb undergoes soft mutation.
( This is due to the 'ghost' of the interrogative particle a (not a = and) which is still used in the literary and formal spoken language. Even though it is not used in colloquial speech and writing, the soft mutation which it causes remains:
- A oes heddwch? (Is there peace?)
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A drefnodd ysgrifennydd y cwmni'r cyfarfod? (Did the company secretary arrange the meeting?
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(A) Dacslusaist ti'r teganau?
- (A) Fyddi di'n ffonio Ceri?
- (A) Wnaeth Ceri brynu ffôn newydd? (Did Ceri buy a new phone?)
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‘Call’ sounds so much less natural than ‘phone’, and yet it was rejected.
Yes, that is another way of saying it. We cover that in another section of the course.