"Tost"

Translation:Toast

January 27, 2016

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Ash473779

can this word have the same double meaning of being in trouble as it does in english slang? "TOST ydy e!" "he's TOAST!"


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/shwmae

Don't think so. "He's toast" as in "He's done for"?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Ash473779

Yeah,in that sense. I kinda regret asking now though, it is just slang that kids use really.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/shwmae

There's nothing wrong with asking :) For "He's done for" you could use Mae (hi) wedi canu arno fe = "It's sung on him". I don't know why we say that, but it conveys more or less the same meaning.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Ree509726

It's in reference to dirges, if I remember correctly


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/shwmae

That's really interesting. Diolch.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Cathal42

In irish it's "tá a chosa nite" his feet are washed (for the coffin)


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/susanescott

Autocorrect messed up my answer, but then it said the correct answer was "Ill." Anyone know why?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ibisc

As well as being a noun meaning 'toast', tost is also an adjective meaning 'ill'.

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