Welsh Prepositions Linking to Verbs

Some common verbs with their prepositions:

â am ar 
Siarad âTo talk toChwilio amTo look forEdrych arTo look at
Cwrdd âTo meetMeddwl amTo think aboutGwrando arTo listen to
Mynd âTo takeBreuddwydio amTo dream aboutGweiddi arTo shout at
Dod âTo bringBecso/poeni amTo worry about  
Cysylltu âTo contact/connect    
Ymuno âTo join in    
Ymweld âTo visit    
at drosFor/on behalf ofi 
Cofio atTo remember to (a person)Llongyfarch drosTo congratulate forGweithio iTo work for
Mynd atTo go to (a person)Mynd (rhywle) drosTo go (somewhere) forGofyn iTo ask
Tynnu sylw atTo draw attention toFfonio (rhwyun) drosTo phone (someone) forDiolch iTo thank
Ysgrifennu atTo write to (a person)Mae’n flin ‘da fi drosTo feel sorry forMynd iTo go to (a place)
Cyfrannu atto contribute toChwarae drosTo play forYmchwilio iTo research
o wrth yn 
Dod oTo come fromDweud wrthTo tellDatblygu ynTo develop (a person)
  Clywed wrthTo hear from  

See page about inflected prepositions when using pronouns
EG: “I am writing to him” is “Dw i’n ysgrifennu ato fe”

This book contains a comprehensive list of verbs with prepositions:

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