§ 4 The Infinitive or Verbal Noun
The infinitive of a verb is treated almost exactly like a noun. If its object is a pronoun, this precedes the infinitive in the possessive form and governs its initial as it would that of a noun. If the object is not a pronoun, it follows the infinitive without change of initial, after the manner of an appositional genitive.
Very often the infinitive is governed by dhô, to, as in English, and under much the same circumstances, except that it is not so governed when it comes as the subject of another verb, and of course dhô is not used after auxiliary verbs. It is especially used after verbs implying motion.
Mî a vedn môs dhô ’gas gwelas, I will go to see you.
Mî eth dhô vetya an trên, I went to meet the train.
Lowen on ny dhô ’gas gwelas why, we are glad to see you.
When the sense of “to” is “in order to,” or the preceding verb implies an intention, the infinitive is generally preceded by rag or rag dhô, “for to,” or by a dhô, “of to.”