Learn Welsh - The Past Tense - Did you go - Aethoch chi & Est ti.

[pGFTuv]

i am really enjoying this... thanks!

[Perfectmiseryful]

@benlow666. This video is good but you only really gave examples on " I went..." . You could've said about the common suffix for past tense by dropping the last syllable and adding " ais i" for example dargonfod would be dargonais i. And you could've said about the " easy option" and saying " dwi wedi ....".

But thanks for this video please could you do a video about questions in the past tense as I only know how to say " wnaeth ti ....?"

[benlow666]

@Perfectmiseryful Hey, yes, I know about I only discussed es i etc, because that was 14 mins long, and i am making the other forms in other videos, to not confuse people. thanks for your comment.

[eljacinto22]

Hi, great vid. Is it more correct to say "Fe/mi es i i'r siop" or "Fe/mi es i'r siop", isn't it repetition in the first case? Cheers!!

[benlow666]

@eljacinto22 It is grammatically correct to say 'Mi/fe es i i'r siop', as the mi/fe es i part means 'I went', not 'I went to' but when you are speaking it, you can miss it out, as it just blends together anyway. You will see sometimes that the 'i' is missed out, but it is correct to have it in :)

[eljacinto22]

@benlow666 Thanks mate for such a quick answer. You're getting better and better with each lesson you teach, keep at it!! :)

[stevalianarbone]

This is best Welsh learning that Wales has produced yet.

[benlow666]

@stevalianarbone Wow, thank you so much!! That is very kind of you!! :) :) Very much appreciated!! :)

[2syrianhearts]

welcome back :)

[benlow666]

@2syrianhearts Thanks!! :) :)

[rredd7777]

Fideo campus, Ben. Diolch yn fawr am ei wneud fe! One quick question. You say "Fe es i chwarae pel-droed." for "I was playing football." How often can you use mynd for doing things in the past tense? We would say "I went shopping." but not "I went playing." in Saesneg. Is that kind of construction common in Welsh?

[benlow666]

@rredd7777 I meant to explain in the beginning of the video, that in English, yes, we use two different forms...'Did you GO' and 'I WENT', and in Welsh we say 'Went you' and 'Went I'. We do not use the verb 'to go' which is 'mynd' when talking about the past tense. Does this help? :)

[Becky92present]

Moving to Caerleon next year to go to university of Wales, videos are coming in useful:)

Diolch

[benlow666]

@Becky92present oh I am glad they are helping :) Thank you very much!! :)

[Onlaisneen25]

@0m55s Aethochi chi should maybe be Aeothoch chi? *shrug* Thanks again for the video! ^_^

[benlow666]

@Onlaisneen25 Sorry, I'm not sure what you saying here? Are you asking a question on how it should be pronounced? Just exactly how I say it in the video. :) ??

[Onlaisneen25]

@benlow666 Oh, I was just saying the text on the screen had a typo; At 0:55 the on-screen text was typed "Aethoch*i* chi". ^_^ But no worries; it was made abuntantly clear later on that both "Aethoch..." and "Est..." ended in the letters that the next word began with. Thx again!

[benlow666]

@Onlaisneen25 Ah, so i did...sorry, and thank you for pointing that out. Damn, I spent ages on that video, maybe I was just too tired!! haha. Thanks again! :)

[Onlaisneen25]

Yay! More Welsh Lessons! Thanks so much!

[benlow666]

@Onlaisneen25 Hehe, dim problem, croeso!! :) Im glad you like them :) This one took me ages to make!! The hole of yesterday lol