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44 THE PRONOUN. [§62.
(c) Preceded by the article, e.g. dywet, heb y Gereint, py fford
oreu inni gerdet or dwy hyn. Goreu itt gerdet hon, heb ef, ot
ey yr hon issot ny deny trachefyn vyth " Tell," said Gereint,
"which of these two roads is best to travel'' "It is best for thee to
travel by this one" said he; "if thou travel by the lower one, thou
wilt never come back." It may be followed by a genitive, e.g. Heuel
ar doythyon .... a ossodassant eu hemendyth ar honn Kemry
holl Howell and the wise men set their ctirse and that of all the
Welsh BCh. r. In particular yr hwnn, etc., is frequently followed by
a relative clause, e.g. bei dywetut ti y peth a ovynnaf ytti, minneu a
dywedwn yr hynn a ovynny ditheu if thou wouldst tell the thing
that I desire of thee, I would tell that which thou desirest; ef a vennyc
fiord itti ual y keffych yr hynn a geissy he will show thee a road so
that thou mayest obtaiti what thou seekest; pwy bynnac ... a dremyckont
dysgu yr hynn a dylyynt y wneuthur whoever despise learning
what they ought to do; Bryttaen oreu or ynyssed yr hon a elwit
g)mt y wen ynys Britain, the best of tlie islands, ivhich was formerly
called the White Isle; yr heul yn yr hwnn y mae tri pheth the sun
in which are three things. In this usage the plural is y rei, e.g.
gwraged oil eithyr y rei oed yn gwassanaethu all the women except
such as were serving; gweirglodyeu . . . yn y rei y maent ffynhoneu
gloew eglur or rei y kerdant ffrydeu meadows in which are clear
bright springs, from which issue streams. This device for expressing
an inflected relative is particularly common in the translation
literature.
ARTICLE + SUBSTANTIVE + ADVERB.
63. Some adverbs have a demonstrative force along mth a
substantive preceded by the article, e.g. deu ychen, y lleill yssyd or
parth hwnt yr mynyd ar Hall or parth yma two oxen, one of them
is on yonder side of the mountain, the other on this side; beth yw
y rei racko ? what are those yonder? att y vorwyn draw to tlu
maiden yonder.