Mutations – soft, nasal, aspirate – WJECThe aspirate mutation

This is the easiest mutation as only three letters mutate and it doesn’t occur as often as the soft mutation.

The grid shows how the aspirate mutation works.

This mutation is used:

after a, eg:

• coffi a the – coffee and tea
• te a choffi – tea and coffee
• Mae gen i ddau frawd a thair chwaer. – I have two brothers and three sisters.

after ei – her, eg:

• Mae ei thad hi’n gweithio yn yr ysgol. – Her father works in the school.
• Ci defaid ydy ei chi hi. – Her dog’s a sheepdog.