rydw

• dw, rw, w (colloquial)
• wyf, ydwyf (literary)

Contraction of yr ydw.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈrədʊ/, /ˈrədw/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈrədu/, /ˈrədʊ/, /ˈrədw/

This word is usually found in conjunction with the pronoun i, which only in very careful speech is pronounced /ˈrədʊ.ˈiː/ (Northern) and /ˈrədu.ˈiː/ (Southern). It occurs more commonly as /ˈrədwɪ/ (Northern) and /ˈrədʊi̯/ or /ˈrədwi/ (Southern).

rydw

1. first-person singular present indicative of bod

   Rydw i yma.

   I am here.

This form is a normalization found primarily in pedagogical material; it is rarely encountered either in colloquial speech or in literature.[1]

• dydw (negative)
• ydw (interrogative)