"Mae hi'n braf y bore 'ma."

Translation: It is fine this morning.

[sbnaidu]

Could this not translate as She is fine this morning?

[rmcode]

Yes it could but you wouldn't ever use the adjective 'braf' to describe a person.

[andyroo93]

Fine in Irish is breá.

[Pampelius]

Does yma always shorten to 'ma after vowels?

[rmcode]

Yes

[HK-FTW]

Should be ...was fine, as it refers to the past ie. this morning

[rmcode]

A weather forecast would use this construction in the present tense. eg

'Yng Nghaerdydd mae hi'n braf y bore 'ma' = 'In Cardiff it is fine this morning'

But, yes in other circumstances this would be a sentence in the past tense = 'Roedd hi'n braf y bore 'ma'

[panfilam]

How do we know this doesn't mean "This morning is fine"? (We don't know enough about hwo to specify subjects...why is 'this morning' an adverbial phrase here??)

[IrinaSlav]

I guess it's because the actual sentence is Mae hi's braf. The adverbial phrase just tells us when it was/is fine. And we know it can't mean "This morning is fine" because that's how I translated it, without thinking too much, and Duolingo rightly told me I was wrong. :)

[shwmae]

That'd be:

Mae'r bore 'ma'n braf

"This morning is fine"

But here we have:

Mae hi'n braf y bore 'ma

"It's fine this morning"

The subjects come straight after the verb ("Mae").

[Fenodyree]

So to say "it is fine" we use the feminine in Welsh?

[shwmae]

When referring to weather (and time), we use the feminine "hi", yes.

[cvictoria42]

Is it just me, or does saying "It's fine this morning" sound really weird in English? I'd say something like "It's nice weather this morning" or "the weather's fine this morning".

[ibisc]

It is a very common expression, in Britain at least.