"Rwyt ti eisiau tost a menyn."

Translation: You want toast and butter.

[AnUnicorn]

Does anyone else hear a phantom /d/ at the start of this sentence, or is it just my ears deceiving me?

[Dim-ond-dysgwr]

I think it's just the effect of the "trilled" Welsh r.

[Salsmachev]

Can things like "Tost a menyn" be translated as "Toast with butter" or "Buttered toast" or is it that there is toast and there is butter, but they are separate?

[Dim-ond-dysgwr]

Interesting question, Salsmachev! Just for clarification, here are the literal translations:

1. Tost a menyn = Toast and butter
2. Tost â menyn = Toast with butter
3. Tost menyn = Butter-toast

No. 3 is, in fact, what you're most likely to hear for the English expression "buttered toast". As you imply, nos. 1 and 2 (which sound the same, by the way!) refer -- strictly speaking -- to toast and/with butter as separate items.

Supplementary point (hoping not to confuse you!): the parallel expression "bara menyn" (lit. "butter-bread") is used for what English calls "bread and butter" (i.e. buttered bread). This is one of those cases where the Welsh is more consistent than the English!

[Salsmachev]

Diolch! That's very helpful.

[brisa_picerem]

When I translated "tost a menyn" as "a toast and some butter" it got corrected as "a toast and a butter"; is there a reason I shouldn't be using "some" or is it a glitch? A whole stick of butter sound excessive for a piece of toast, but what do I know about Welsh cuisine...

[Dim-ond-dysgwr]

Looks to me like (a serious) glitch, since "a toast and a butter" isn't even English!

[brisa_picerem]

I thought so. I realize I could easily have translated it as "toast and butter" or perhaps even "buttered toast" (though wouldn't that ideally be "tost menyn"?), but I just think "a toast and some butter" sounds better.

Anyway, thank you so much for your reply!