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Learning the Welsh Adverbs displayed below is vital to the language. Welsh adverbs are part of speech. Generally they're words that modify any part of language other than a noun. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs.
While in English adverbs are usually formed by adding (-ly) to adjectives. In Welsh many adverbs are formed from adjectives, simply by placing ‘yn’ before the adjective. Examples:
Araf (slow) becomes ‘yn araf’ (slowly)
Perffaith (perfect) becomes ‘yn berffaith’ (perfectly)
However that’s not always the case. Some words are adverbs by nature. For example:
Nawr (now), yna (then), and toc (soon) are all Welsh adverbs.
*Please note that this ‘yn’ causes a soft mutation of the letters c,p,t,g,b,d,ll,m,rh (namely g,b,d,-,f,dd,l,f,r).
Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Welsh Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs | adferfau |
| I read a book sometimes | Yr wyf yn darllen llyfr weithiau |
| I will never smoke | Ni fyddaf byth yn ysmygu |
| are you alone? | ydych chi yn unig? |
Notice the structure of the Adverbs in Welsh.
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Welsh placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Welsh vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Welsh Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs of time | adferfau amser |
| yesterday | ddoe |
| today | heddiw |
| tomorrow | yfory |
| now | awr |
| then | Yna, |
| later | yn ddiweddarach |
| tonight | heno |
| right now | ar hyn o bryd |
| last night | neithiwr |
| this morning | y bore yma |
| next week | wythnos nesaf |
| already | eisoes yn |
| recently | yn ddiweddar |
| lately | 'n ddiweddar |
| soon | yn fuan |
| immediately | ar unwaith |
| still | yn dal i |
| yet | eto |
| ago | yn ôl |
| adverbs of place | adferfau o le |
| here | yma |
| there | mae |
| over there | dros oes |
| everywhere | ym mhob man |
| anywhere | yn unrhyw le |
| nowhere | unman |
| home | cartref |
| away | i ffwrdd |
| out | allan |
| adverbs of manner | adferfau o ffordd |
| very | iawn |
| quite | eithaf |
| pretty | n bert 'n |
| really | 'n sylweddol |
| fast | cyflym |
| well | yn dda |
| hard | galed |
| quickly | yn gyflym |
| slowly | araf |
| carefully | yn ofalus |
| hardly | Prin |
| barely | prin |
| mostly | yn bennaf |
| almost | bron |
| absolutely | gwbl |
| together | gyda'i gilydd |
| alone | yn unig |
| adverbs of frequency | adferfau amlder |
| always | bob amser yn |
| frequently | yn aml |
| usually | fel arfer |
| sometimes | weithiau |
| occasionally | achlysurol |
| seldom | anaml |
| rarely | anaml iawn y |
| never | byth |
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