Meaning of yna | Babel Free

Definitions

1. there
2. At a place some distance away from the speaker
3. Used expletively directly following bod (“to be”) to indicate existence without adverbial force. (Used in a similar manner to English there is etc. Especially common in north Wales.)
   informal
4. then next
5. (in conjunction with the definite article y)
   informal
6. that
   informal
7. those
   informal

Equivalents

Examples

“Mae rhywun yna.”

There's someone there.

“Pwy sy 'na?”

Who's there?

“Mae 'na si ar led.”

There's a rumour abroad.

“Ewch i'r chwith, yna i'r dde ac yna i'r chwith eto.”

Go left, then right and then left again.

“Ac Yna Clywodd Sŵn y Môr”

And Then He Heard the Sound of the Sea

“y ferch yna”

that girl

“y bore 'na”

that morning

“y merched yna”

those girls

“y boreau 'na”

those mornings

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