How about a Welsh Language class

[Sultans_Kapitein]

It is the Mutations you have to worry about

Three Kinds of Mutation

There are three kinds of mutation in Welsh: soft, nasal and aspirate. Of these, soft mutation is the commonest, with a tendency to take over from nasal mutation in everyday speech. Because of their relative infrequency in colloquial Welsh nasal and aspirate will not be treated separately. Examples of nasal mutation can be found in Linguata.

Now I think I am beginning to understand where Kwaker comes from

Okay Kwaker me old matey

Mal

 

[Cymrogwyllt]

Nid oedd yn bwrw gwlaw ar y degfed o Fehefin eleni




http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-13731216



Nid = not
oedd = was

yn bwrw = raining

gwlaw = rain

ar = on

y = the

degfed =tenth

o = of

Fehefin = June

eleni = this year

 

[Searush]

Great, thanks, I love the structure "yn bwrw gwlaw"

oedd bwrw eira acha Wyddfa,

 

[Cymrogwyllt]

Yr Oedd yn bwrw eira ar ben Yr Wyddfa

Yr oedd=it was

ben= mutation of 'pen' after the 'ar' =literally head but context gives 'top of'

Yr Wyddfa = Snowdon. another mutation in there. Y to yr because w is a vowel

 

[Searush]

Yr Oedd yn bwrw eira ar ben Yr Wyddfa

Yr oedd=it was

ben= mutation of 'pen' after the 'ar' =literally head but context gives 'top of'

Yr Wyddfa = Snowdon. another mutation in there. Y to yr because w is a vowel

Ta. trouble is that my brain is mush these days & I will never remember it! But it does make sense.