There are two ways of saying would like in Welsh, using hoffwn (south) and leiciwn (north). It’s best to be aware of both, and let local usage dictate which one you use.
Do not use yn , and following verbnouns such as mynd , to go , will take soft mutation in the affirmative and interrogative, but do not mutate after dim . Hoffwn is sometimes used with the affirmative particle fe which causes soft mutation.
Affirmative
English Welsh Alternative Examples I would like hoffwn i fe hoffwn i hoffwn i fynd you would like hoffet ti fe hoffet ti hoffet ti fynd he would like hoffai fe fe hoffai fe hoffai fe fynd she would like hoffai hi fe hoffai hi hoffai hi fynd Carys would like hoffai Carys fe hoffai Carys hoffai Carys fynd the girls would like hoffai’r merched fe hoffai’r merched hoffai’r merched fynd we would like hoffen ni fe hoffen ni hoffen ni fynd you would like hoffech chi fe hoffech chi hoffech chi fynd they would like hoffen nhw fe hoffen nhw hoffen nhw fynd
Interrogative
English Welsh Alternative Examples would I like? hoffwn i? – hoffwn i fynd? would you like? hoffet ti? – hoffet ti fynd? would he like? hoffai fe? – hoffai fe fynd? would she like? hoffai hi? – hoffai hi fynd? would Carys like? hoffai Carys? – hoffai Carys fynd? would the girls like? hoffai’r merched? – hoffai’r merched fynd? would we like? hoffen ni? – hoffen ni fynd? would you like? hoffech chi? – hoffech chi fynd? would they like? hoffen nhw? – hoffen nhw fynd?
Negative
English Welsh Alternative Examples I would not like hoffwn i ddim – hoffwn i ddim mynd you would not like hoffet ti ddim – hoffet ti ddim mynd he would not like hoffai fe ddim – hoffai fe ddim mynd she would not like hoffai hi ddim – hoffai hi ddim mynd Carys would not like hoffai Carys ddim – hoffai Carys ddim mynd the girls would not like hoffai’r merched ddim – hoffai’r merched ddim mynd we would not like hoffen ni ddim – hoffen ni ddim mynd you would not like hoffech chi ddim – hoffech chi ddim mynd they would not like hoffen nhw ddim – hoffen nhw ddim mynd