Writing about the future – WJECKeywords to discuss the future

Being able to use the future tense correctly will allow you to talk and write about your future plans, as well as help you arrange an event and express your hopes and plans for the future.

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Keywords to discuss the future

If you want to talk or write about the future, you need to know some keywords:

  • heno – tonight
  • yfory – tomorrow
  • nos yfory – tomorrow night
  • dros y penwythnos – over the weekend
  • yn y dyfodol – in the future

Notice the word nesaf in the following expressions:

  • dydd Gwener nesaf – next Friday
  • nos Wener nesaf – next Friday night
  • penwythnos nesaf – next weekend
  • wythnos nesaf – next week
  • y flwyddyn nesaf – next year

You also need to be able to say what you will be doing in the future:

  • Bydda i… – I will…/I will be…
  • Byddwn ni’n… – We will…/We will be…
  • Bydda i’n mynd allan gyda ffrindiau nos yfory. – I’ll be going out with friends tomorrow night.
  • Byddwn ni’n mynd i’r sinema. – We’ll go to the cinema.