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Leiciwn … fod wedi – I would have liked to, I would like to have (N)

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 gweld, to see, and the negative particle dim do not take soft mutation after wedi. Leiciwn is sometimes used with the affirmative particle mi which causes soft mutation.

Affirmative

EnglishWelshAlternativeExamples
I would have liked toleiciwn i fod wedimi leiciwn i fod wedileiciwn i fod wedi gweld
you would have liked toleiciet ti fod wedimi leiciet ti fod wedileiciet ti fod wedi gweld
he would have liked toleiciai fo fod wedimi leiciai fo fod wedileiciai fo fod wedi gweld
she would have liked toleiciai hi fod wedimi leiciai hi fod wedileiciai hi fod wedi gweld
Carys would have liked toleiciai Carys fod wedimi leiciai Carys fod wedileiciai Carys fod wedi gweld
the girls would have liked toleiciai’r merched fod wedimi leiciai’r merched fod wedileiciai’r merched fod wedi gweld
we would have liked toleicien ni fod wedimi leicien ni fod wedileicien ni fod wedi gweld
you would have liked toleiciech chi fod wedimi leiciech chi fod wedileiciech chi fod wedi gweld
they would have liked toleicien nhw fod wedimi leicien nhw fod wedileicien nhw fod wedi gweld

Interrogative

EnglishWelshAlternativeExamples
would I have liked to?leiciwn i fod wedi?leiciwn i fod wedi gweld?
would you have liked to?leiciet ti fod wedi?leiciet ti fod wedi gweld?
would he have liked to?leiciai fo fod wedi?leiciai fo fod wedi gweld?
would she have liked to?leiciai hi fod wedi?leiciai hi fod wedi gweld?
would Carys have liked to?leiciai Carys fod wedi?leiciai Carys fod wedi gweld?
would the girls have liked to?leiciai’r merched fod wedi?leiciai’r merched fod wedi gweld?
would we have liked to?leicien ni fod wedi?leicien ni fod wedi gweld?
would you have liked to?leiciech chi fod wedi?leiciech chi fod wedi gweld?
would they have liked to?leicien nhw fod wedi?leicien nhw fod wedi gweld?

Negative

EnglishWelshAlternativeExamples
I would not have liked toleiciwn i ddim fod wedileiciwn i ddim fod wedi gweld
you would not have liked toleiciet ti ddim fod wedileiciet ti ddim fod wedi gweld
he would not have liked toleiciai fo ddim fod wedileiciai fo ddim fod wedi gweld
she would not have liked toleiciai hi ddim fod wedileiciai hi ddim fod wedi gweld
Carys would not have liked toleiciai Carys ddim fod wedileiciai Carys ddim fod wedi gweld
the girls would not have liked toleiciai’r merched ddim fod wedileiciai’r merched ddim fod wedi gweld
we would not have liked toleicien ni ddim fod wedileicien ni ddim fod wedi gweld
you would not have liked toleiciech chi ddim fod wedileiciech chi ddim fod wedi gweld
they would not have liked toleicien nhw ddim fod wedileicien nhw ddim fod wedi gweld

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