Topic: Welsh

"Dwy funud, os gwelwch chi'n dda."

Translation:Two minutes, please.

February 13, 2016

7 Comments

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

    Dwy funud (or more colloquially Dwy funed) is like saying "Just a sec" or "Hang on".

    February 13, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/mizinamo
    Plus
    • 46

    So should it have accepted "One moment, please"?

    It was rejected just now.

    March 18, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/shwmae

      I guess so. Though for "One moment" there'd be a few translations: Dwy funud, Un funud, Hanner munud, Un eiliad, Aros funud, Arhoswch eiliad etc.

      March 18, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ThomasoFflandrys

        So chances are that you're helped faster when you hear dwy funed than when you hear mewn munud? :)

        November 14, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/shwmae

          Ah no, sorry, muned is only colloquial in south(west?) Wales. Otherwise you’re good to go with munud.

          November 14, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Ellen827796
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          How would you say, "two minutes, if you please?"

          October 18, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ibisc
          Mod

            'If you please' is rather unusual in modern English - and not a form of words that we use on this course - but in Welsh we would the same Welsh phrases as for 'please'.

            November 14, 2017
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