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
English Welsh Alternative Examples I would have liked to leiciwn i fod wedi mi leiciwn i fod wedi leiciwn i fod wedi gweld you would have liked to leiciet ti fod wedi mi leiciet ti fod wedi leiciet ti fod wedi gweld he would have liked to leiciai fo fod wedi mi leiciai fo fod wedi leiciai fo fod wedi gweld she would have liked to leiciai hi fod wedi mi leiciai hi fod wedi leiciai hi fod wedi gweld Carys would have liked to leiciai Carys fod wedi mi leiciai Carys fod wedi leiciai Carys fod wedi gweld the girls would have liked to leiciai’r merched fod wedi mi leiciai’r merched fod wedi leiciai’r merched fod wedi gweld we would have liked to leicien ni fod wedi mi leicien ni fod wedi leicien ni fod wedi gweld you would have liked to leiciech chi fod wedi mi leiciech chi fod wedi leiciech chi fod wedi gweld they would have liked to leicien nhw fod wedi mi leicien nhw fod wedi leicien nhw fod wedi gweld
Interrogative
English Welsh Alternative Examples 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
English Welsh Alternative Examples I would not have liked to leiciwn i ddim fod wedi – leiciwn i ddim fod wedi gweld you would not have liked to leiciet ti ddim fod wedi – leiciet ti ddim fod wedi gweld he would not have liked to leiciai fo ddim fod wedi – leiciai fo ddim fod wedi gweld she would not have liked to leiciai hi ddim fod wedi – leiciai hi ddim fod wedi gweld Carys would not have liked to leiciai Carys ddim fod wedi – leiciai Carys ddim fod wedi gweld the girls would not have liked to leiciai’r merched ddim fod wedi – leiciai’r merched ddim fod wedi gweld we would not have liked to leicien ni ddim fod wedi – leicien ni ddim fod wedi gweld you would not have liked to leiciech chi ddim fod wedi – leiciech chi ddim fod wedi gweld they would not have liked to leicien nhw ddim fod wedi – leicien nhw ddim fod wedi gweld