Diolch yn fawr, vegandiste! ([Thank you very much, vegandiste] -- that's Welsh. I suppose I should use German, but whatever, I don't speak it either. )

If anyone's still interested in correcting me, I'd like to know if Mae ci a chath yn mynd is a valid sentence or if I got it wrong. I'd also like to know if a(c) always triggers the spirant mutation or if there are exceptions, but maybe this is the wrong place to ask that.

I can't think of anything in particular to say to this. I think I recognize a few of the words, though (correct me if I'm wrong -- deu = dod, ar = yr, amañ = yma). Just out of curiosity, which of the Celtic languages can you put together sentences in?

It's register-dependent. The spirant mutation is uncommon in spontaneous colloquial speech nowadays; many Welsh-speakers would say ci a cath. What you have isn't wrong, it just comes across as more formal.


No, those are all correct. Deu actually corresponds to daw, which in spoken Welsh is the inflected future tense of dod. Neñv uhel in Welsh is nef uchel and "angel" is angel (pronounced complete different from English despite the spelling).


All of 'em, given enough time and trouble.

I see. I'll just leave that bit out then -- less to worry about. I was going by something it said in the lullaby book (clyd a chynnes, I think) which may be slightly out of date.

I figured I wouldn't be picking the right tense inflection. I don't know most of those things.

Good to know.

You're welcome Tikolm So I guess I won't be saying

O Omniglot, ich muss dich lassen. Hehe! in English. Hmm... another language...used to know a bit of Italian:

C'é la luna, mia amica cara.

Merci pour le "fil" Tikolm. J'aime beaucoup la langue du Pays de Galles.
À bientôt.

De rien !

Ah bon ? C'est bien ! Tu veux dire «gallois», n'est-ce pas ? («Gallois», ça veut dire «Welsh» en anglais.)

I can't really write much here -- have to go to school -- but I think you'd like to know that I've been writing Welsh notes in my school binders instead of giving my teachers my total attention. I'm also trying to learn how to roll r's, but I haven't gotten past the stage where I can be heard doing it from a few rooms away and it sounds like hissing. I'd like to learn how to roll r's well before I learn to speak Welsh, because I don't want to go around sounding wrong.
Bye now!

I just looked up the unknown words in the suggested dictionary, and here's a really crummy translation:
"Are you leaning by the time of the door?"
"No, I'm not leaning by the time of the door! Don't with my scold me!"
"I'm not scolding!"

I can't understand what the first two lines might really mean. University of Wales said that pwyso is something along the lines of "press/lean", erbyn is "by (the time of)" and paid is "don't". I think â is "with" or something like that, but maybe it isn't (got that information from a somewhat mistake-riddled "word-for-word translation" found on this page). It looks as if you mean "leaning on the door" and "don't scold me", but I'm having a hard time figuring out why it would be done in such a roundabout way. Can you tell me what's going on here, linguoboy, or are you too busy?

"The [no matches], hundred the hundred!" I'll have to run this through GT and see how it does:

That makes a little more sense. Is that what you intended? If so, what is it sincerely a hundred percent of? Were you referring to the dog sleeping under the car?

(I love [sarcastic] how every single word has a red underline except for y and e.)
You said this was correct, but elsewhere (I'll reference the post if you like) you said that ydy had to follow nad. I'd like to know which statement was right.

The preposition isn't erbyn, it's yn erbyn. Searching the complete phrase gives you the correct translation, "against".

Note that the default for searching the UWTSD dictionary is "Term entered is: The whole word." This will only find exact matches. It won't find phrases containing the particular word. For that you need to change the selection to: "Term entered is: Part of a word or phrase." If you search for an exact match on the word paid, you will only find the translation "don't". However, if you search for phrases containing paid, you will get examples such as:

paid â bod yn ddig wrthyn nhw don't be angry with them cmb.
paid â brysio take your time cmb.
paid â busnesa! mind your own business cmb.
paid â chrio, cariad don't cry, dear cmb.
paid â chynhyrfu! don't get excited! cmb.
etc.

What this shows you is that the â is part of the negative imperative construction when a verb-noun follows. (If it helps, think of paid â as meaning "cease with", so paid â brysio is "cease with hurrying", paid â fy nwrdio fi! is "cease with my scolding", and so forth.)