Preposition
heb (triggers soft mutation)
- without
Wyt ti'n cymryd te heb siwgr?- Do you take tea without sugar?
- (with a verbal noun) used to form negative perfect aspect
- Synonym: ddim wedi
Dw i heb gysgu.- I haven't slept.
- (literally, “I am without sleeping.”)
- (with a possessive pronoun and verbal noun) used to form negative participle; un- -ed
- Antonym: wedi
llythyr heb ei agor- an unopened letter
- (literally, “a letter without its opening”)
Inflection
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Singular |
Plural |
First person |
hebof |
hebom |
Second person |
hebot |
heboch |
Third person |
hebddo m hebddi f |
hebddyn |
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Personal forms (literary)
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Singular |
Plural |
First person |
hebddo i/fi, hebdda i |
hebddon ni |
Second person |
hebddot ti, hebdda ti |
hebddoch chi |
Third person |
hebddo fe/fo m hebddi hi f |
hebddyn nhw |
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Personal forms (colloquial)
- wedi (affirmative perfect aspect)
Further reading
- Colloquial Welsh morphology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “heb”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies