Old Course 3, Unit 10 confusion

Welsh General / Questions
#1

Here are the sentences that are throwing me:
@2:26 - I heard that he saw something Clywes i iddo fe weld rhybeth
@2:34 - I heard that she said something Clywes i iddi hi weud rhybeth
@2:51 - I heard that you did it Clywes i i ti ei wneud e
@3:02 - I heard you saying you needed it Clywes i ti’n weud bod eisiau fe arnat ti

Why are we using “iddo fe”, “iddi hi”, “i ti” in these sentences instead of the old reliable “bod” and then the short form of the verb, or this this just another way to do things?

Thanks for the help,
St. Louis Learner

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#2

Yes ‘i’ is an alternative ‘that’ for completed actions in the past which might otherwise have an ‘y’ or ‘yr’ for that and a pretorite / past tense short form.

This applies to the first three above and not the fourth which is more conventional (whilst using the southern ‘need’ format)

Rich :slight_smile:

#3

Rich,
I just now saw your reply. (Things are nuts here in St. Louis right now:mask:)
Thanks so much for the excellent explanation!

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