Baswn ….Taswn….. If would if i were to….

The conditional tense that means

I would…….if i were to…….

e.g. I would buy a yacht if I were to win the lottery.

we express “if I won the lottery” in the same way.

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Baswn is a tense of bod – it uses the “yn” linking word before a verb/adjective

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Grammar – Questions and Negative responses take a soft mutation

Statement	Baswn i’n	Baset ti’n	Basai fe’n /basai hi’n	Basen ni’n	Basech chi’n	Basen nhw’n
Question	Faswn i’n?	Faset ti’n?	Fasai fe’n?/Fasai hi’n?	Fasen ni’n?	Fasech chi’n?	Fasen nhw’n?
negative response	na faswn	na faset	na fasai	na fasen	na fasech	na fasen

I would buy a house, if i win the lottery.	Baswn i’n prynu tŷ, taswn i’n ennill y loteri.
I would buy a new house, if i were allowed.	Baswn i’n prynu tŷ newydd, taswn i’n cael.
I would move, if i could.	Baswn i’n symud, taswn i’n gallu.
You would buy a house, if you won the lottery.	Baset i’n prynu tŷ, taset i’n ennill y loteri.
You would lose weight, if you eat less.	Baset ti’n colli pwysau, taset ti’n bwyta llai.
Faset ti’n symud, taset ti’n gallu?	Would you move, if you could?
Baswn i’n dweud……	I would say……
Faset ti? (inf) Fasech chi? (fml)	Would you? (inf) Would you?(fml)
Baswn, baswn i’n…….	Yes, i would…….
Na faswn, faswn i ddim yn…..	No, i would not…….
Basen ni’n tacluso, tasen ni wedi gwneud llanast	We would tidy up, if we had made a mess
Fasech chi rhoi arain i bobl tlawd, tasech chi’n gyfoethog?	Would you give money to poor people, if you were rich?
You would……….., you wouldn’t……	Basech…………., na fasech………………

Baswn and Taswn are used more frequently together. Taswn isn’t usually seen on its own, but you can start a sentence with it, e.g.

Taswn i’n ennill y loteri, baswn i’n mynd ar wyliau.

If i won the lottery, I would go on holidays.

If you are listening to others talking, and dependent on their origins – they will use “swn i” and “set i” – i would, you would….etc…chopping the “ba” of the front of the appropriate form.