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rydw

rydw

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • dw, rw, w (colloquial)
  • wyf, ydwyf (literary)

Verb

rydw

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bod
    Rydw i yma.
    I am here.

Usage notes

This form is a normalization found primarily in pedagogical material; it is rarely encountered either in colloquial speech or in literature.[1]

Related terms

  • dydw (negative)
  • ydw (interrogative)

References

  1. King, Gareth (1993). Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar. London: Routledge, p. 147. ISBN 0-415-09269-8.