There are two ways of saying would like to have or would have liked to (which are treated as conceptually the same) in Welsh, using either hoffwn … fod wedi (south) and leiciwn … fod wedi (north). It’s best to be aware of both, and let local usage dictate which one you use. For the sake of simplicity, I have not included would like to have construction in the English columns below.
As you are using wedi , you do not need yn . Verbnouns such as teithio , to travel , and the negative particle dim do not take soft mutation after wedi . Hoffwn is sometimes used with the affirmative particle fe which causes soft mutation.
Affirmative
English Welsh Alternative Examples I would have liked to hoffwn i fod wedi fe hoffwn i fod wedi hoffwn i fod wedi teithio you would have liked to hoffet ti fod wedi fe hoffet ti fod wedi hoffet ti fod wedi teithio he would have liked to hoffai fe fod wedi fe hoffai fe fod wedi hoffai fe fod wedi teithio she would have liked to hoffai hi fod wedi fe hoffai hi fod wedi hoffai hi fod wedi teithio Carys would have liked to hoffai Carys fod wedi fe hoffai Carys fod wedi hoffai Carys fod wedi teithio the girls would have liked to hoffai’r merched fod wedi fe hoffai’r merched fod wedi hoffai’r merched fod wedi teithio we would have liked to hoffen ni fod wedi fe hoffen ni fod wedi hoffen ni fod wedi teithio you would have liked to hoffech chi fod wedi fe hoffech chi fod wedi hoffech chi fod wedi teithio they would have liked to hoffen nhw fod wedi fe hoffen nhw fod wedi hoffen nhw fod wedi teithio
Interrogative
English Welsh Alternative Examples would I have liked to? hoffwn i fod wedi? – hoffwn i fod wedi teithio? would you have liked to? hoffet ti fod wedi? – hoffet ti fod wedi teithio? would he have liked to? hoffai fe fod wedi? – hoffai fe fod wedi teithio? would she have liked to? hoffai hi fod wedi? – hoffai hi fod wedi teithio? would Carys have liked to? hoffai Carys fod wedi? – hoffai Carys fod wedi teithio? would the girls have liked to? hoffai’r merched fod wedi? – hoffai’r merched fod wedi teithio? would we have liked to? hoffen ni fod wedi? – hoffen ni fod wedi teithio? would you have liked to? hoffech chi fod wedi? – hoffech chi fod wedi teithio? would they have liked to? hoffen nhw fod wedi? – hoffen nhw fod wedi teithio?
Negative
English Welsh Alternative Examples I would not have liked to hoffwn i ddim fod wedi – hoffwn i ddim fod wedi teithio you would not have liked to hoffet ti ddim fod wedi – hoffet ti ddim fod wedi teithio he would not have liked to hoffai fe ddim fod wedi – hoffai fe ddim fod wedi teithio she would not have liked to hoffai hi ddim fod wedi – hoffai hi ddim fod wedi teithio Carys would not have liked to hoffai Carys ddim fod wedi – hoffai Carys ddim fod wedi teithio the girls would not have liked to hoffai’r merched ddim fod wedi – hoffai’r merched ddim fod wedi teithio we would not have liked to hoffen ni ddim fod wedi – hoffen ni ddim fod wedi teithio you would not have liked to hoffech chi ddim fod wedi – hoffech chi ddim fod wedi teithio they would not have liked to hoffen nhw ddim fod wedi – hoffen nhw ddim fod wedi teithio