"Coch a gwyn ydy lliw baner Lloegr."

Translation: Red and white are the colours of England's flag.

[LangForThought]

It's asking me to say "the colors" when I don't see an "y" before "lliw", plus I thought "colors" was "lliwau". This sentence is very strange, I've had to report about four different answers now.

[mizinamo]

You have the construct state here ("lliw baner Lloegr" - the colour(s) of the flag of England), where this kind of possession makes the possessed thing definite by default.

[shwmae]

Or another way of putting it is that only the final noun in a possessive series of nouns can take the definite article e.g. baner y wlad (the flag of the country) NEVER y baner y wlad; lliw baner y dref (the colour of the flag of the town) NEVER y lliw y faner y dref.

Some more info on this construction is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUuvCwOHs2c and also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wmO_ZWUBK0

You're right that it should say "lliwiau". Well done for reporting.

[joblackest]

An alternative translation: Red and white are England's flag colours

[Fenodyree]

Why isn't it "Maen coch a gwyn yn lliw baner Lloegr"?

[shwmae]

If you've got "A is/are B", where "B" is something indefinite, you can use either mae or ydy, the difference being that an ydy sentence is emphatic:

Mae hi'n athrawes "She's a teacher"

Athrawes yw hi "She's a teacher"

If however "B" is definite, then you have to use the ydy:

Yr athrawes yw hi "She's the teacher"

Hi yw'r athrawes "She's the teacher"

never: *Mae hi'n yr athrawes - Makes no sense

So in this case, where "B" is something definite: "the colour of the flag of England", you have to use ydy too:

Coch a gwyn ydy lliw baner Lloegr "The colour of the English flag is red and white"

Does that make sense?

[Fenodyree]

Thanks so much for your response! I get it now :)

[shwmae]

Croeso :)

[Otto_Didactyl]

I give the correct answer and it tells me i have an extra space. Turns out there is an extrs space between the word Red and that are provided by the app.