Past: Gwneud is the fourteenth skill in the language tree for Welsh. It has five lessons and teaches the verb gwneud in the past tense.
Grammar Notes[]
Gwneud (which means "to make/do") is another of the four major irregular verbs in Welsh in the past tense:
| English | Welsh |
|---|---|
| I made | Gwnes i |
| You made | Gwnest ti |
| He/She made | Gwnaeth e/o/hi |
| We made | Gwnaethon ni |
| You made | Gwnaethoch chi |
| They made | Gwnaethon nhw |
Remember that any objects that immediately come after a verb in the past tense (no y, no prepositions) will be affected by soft mutation:
- Mi wnes i ginio ddoe. = I made dinner yesterday (instead of cinio)
Soft mutation also occurs after o as with llawer o ("a lot/lots of") and after i. It also affects the beginning of gwneud in questions or in negative statements (along with ddim):
- Gwnes i frecwast. -> Wnes i frecwast? -> Wnes i ddim brecwast.
Lessons[]
Lesson 1[]
- gwnes i = I made
- gwnest ti = you made
- echdoe = the day before yesterday
- teclyn = gadget
- teclynnau = gadgets
- wnes i = did I make?
- wnest ti = did you make?
Lesson 2[]
- pryd o fwyd = meal
- gwnaethoch chi = you made
- wnaethoch chi = did you make?
- neithiwr = last night
- blasus = delicious
- cinio = dinner
Lesson 3[]
- gwnaeth e/o/hi = he/she made
- wnaeth e/o/hi = did he/she make?
- echnos = the night before last
- bwrdd = table
- lolfa = lounge
- llanast = mess
- swper = lunch, supper
- gwych = great, excellent
- diwetha = last
Lesson 4[]
- gwnaethon ni = we made
- gwnaethon nhw = they made
- wnaethon ni = did we make?
- wnaethon nhw = did they make?
- cadair = chair
- gadeiriau = chairs
- dodrefn = furniture
- dim byd = nothing
- llawer o = a lot/lots of
Lesson 5[]
- lamp = lamp
- lampau = lamps
- dros y penwythnos = over the weekend
References[]
Duolingo Lesson: www.duolingo.com/skill/cy/Past-Gwneud