"Dim diolch Gareth"

Translation: No thanks, Gareth

[slugdoug]

Why is the name there? Your Welsh learner is not going to understand that word as a name without a context.

[Beccah123]

exactly! that's what I've been thinking, I'm learning Norwegian and that hasn't mentioned a name at all. you don't need a name, particularly a welsh one

[Brid-Eilis]

Could this also be translated as: Nothing, thanks, Gareth.

[Willowfae]

Am I right in saying that dim is 'not'? I know there are different ways of saying no but so far we have only been taught nac ydw. When we negate a verb we use ddim ('Dw i ddim eisiau afal' for example - I want not an apple) So when do we use dim and when ddim?

[ElectricHare]

If you think of "dim" as none or the number zero, then that might help.

[slugdoug]

Is your question about soft mutation (i.e. when does "dim" become "ddim") or something else?

[Indicosa]

Or is this more like "you're welcome"?

[ElectricHare]

No, this this is definitely "no thanks". "You're welcome" is "croeso".

[Indicosa]

But even as a reply to thanks? (I mean like "de nada" or "de rien" are used in spanish and French)

[ElectricHare]

No this is not the same as "de rien" in French. It's a response to a question as to whether you want or need something. Eg "Wyt ti eisiau afal? Dim, diolch" (Do you want an apple? No, thanks)

[yeet266155]

any tips on pronouncing the 'ch'?

[jerryleebee]

Does this need to be marked incorrectly purely because I didn’t include the comma?

[TobyBartels]

I've never seen Duolingo care about my commas, but I see from your other comment that something else was going wrong.

[jerryleebee]

This question is broken. It keeps marking wrong even though my response exactly matches the correct one.