verbnouns that  

don’t take ‘i’

In Welsh, as in
English, sometime the
word ‘i’ (to) is used to
link two verbs, e.g. ‘dw
i’n mynd i sgwennu’
(I’m going to write).
There are, though, a
number of verbnouns
which are never
followed by ‘i’, the
second verbnoun just
follows straight on,
e.g. ‘dw i’n ceisio
cofio’ (I’m trying to
remember).

Many of these words

are very common, so
it is a good idea to
print out this list and
refer to it when
translating until you’ve
got used to using
these verbnouns
without the
preposition ‘i’.

addo to promise
anghofio to forget
to use, to be
afer
accustomed to
blino to become tired
bwriadu to intend
bygwth to threaten
casáu to hate
cofio to remember
cychwyn to begin, to start
dechrau to begin
dewis to choose
disgwyl to expect
dymuno to wish
dysgu to learn
eisiau to want, to need
gallu to be able
gobeithio to hope
gofyn (see note
to ask
below)
gorffen to finish
gwrthod to refuse
haeddu to deserve
hoffi to like
meddwl to think
methu to fail
moyn /mofyn to want, to need
mwynhau to enjoy
mynnu to insist
ofni to fear
peidio to cease, to stop
penderfynu to decide, toresolve
setlo to settle
synnu to wonder, to surprise
trefnu to arrange, to organise
trio to try
ymarfer to practice
ystyried to consider
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