Dw i'n medru -v- medra'i

Although Gwela i is also used to say I see in the sense of ‘I understand’ (as a response to some information) - you hear that a lot in some areas.

Tydy’r moron 'ma ddim yn addas i’r brosiect.

  • Gwela i
    These carrots are not suitable for the project.
  • I see.

In the older language what we now call the short future (i.e. the future-with-endings: gwela i, gweli di, gwelith hi etc) used to be a stative (i.e. not an action) present. Can and know are the most commonly-used statives, both in Welsh and English, and so this meaning has persisted with these verbs - medra i I am able vs. (for example) ysgrifenna i I will write.

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