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Adjectives (Describing words) Adjectives come after the noun in Welsh. Good is da
Afternoon is pnawn
Good coffee is coffi da One small complication is that Welsh nouns all have a gender, they're either masculine or feminine. Bore, prynhawn, coffi, car and gwin are all masculine, but the word noswaith (evening) is feminine, and this will cause a letter change - a soft mutation - in the describing word, so good evening is noswaith dda. Ffilm is also feminine, so a good film will be ffilm dda. Gêm is also feminine, so a good game will be gêm dda. Unfortunately there are few clues to help you know what's masculine or feminine, but you will still be understood if you forget to mutate after feminine words. |
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