Topic: Welsh

"Nawr"

Translation:Now

January 30, 2016

13 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/AnCatDubh
  • 1655

What’s the difference between this and rwan?

January 30, 2016
https://www.duolingo.com/EllisVaughan

    Rwan is north and nawr is south.

    January 30, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/mizinamo
    • 17

    So one dialect decided to simply read the word backwards?

    It's just a funny coincidence that the letters happen to be exactly in the reverse order :)

    January 31, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/EllisVaughan

      I had never noticed that :). I think rwan is more celtic and nawr is related to now in english

      January 31, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/danieljwood

        Dw i'n meddwl fod gen y dau geiriau "nawr" a "rŵan" wreiddiau cymraeg: 'yr awr hon' < rŵan ac 'yn awr' < nawr. :)

        February 1, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/Lundgren8
        • 19

        That’s right. It’s the same in Gaelic where nuair comes from an uair.

        February 3, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/RowenaJane
        • 811

        Yn saesneg, plis?

        April 25, 2016
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