"Is Dewi Lingo ill today?"

Translation: Ydy Dewi Lingo'n sâl heddiw?

[JamesTWils]

It is really inconvenient when one is expected to know phrase like "yn sal," that one could not possibly have. Is this another regional variant?

[EllisVaughan]

Yep, "yn sal" is the northern variant, and I'd recommend learning it since until I looked at the course I had no clue that "dost" even existed.

[ibisc]

Sâl, tost, gwael are all used for ill, poorly, etc. (Sâl with the to bach accent.)

[Daveterpreter]

Aren't "yw" and "ydy" interchangeable? I wrote "Yw Dewi Lingo'n sâl heddiw" and was marked incorrect.

[ibisc]

See the course notes - yw is not used to start a question (in the standard language, anyway).

[LizBrent]

why is 'tost' not acceptable and yet it was in the previous question?

[Nathan173901]

It should be mutated: Ydy Dewi Lingo'n dost heddiw?

[Annie468793]

I put "tost" in this one and was told that "dost" was another translation. Does this mean that the mutation isn't that important here, or is it a glitch?

[ibisc]

The mutation is required. Without seeing the question, your exact answer and the exact response by Duo, it is hard to say if there was a system problem or not. Using tost here instead of the correctly mutated dost is something that Duo's algorithm might flag as a mistake or simply as a typo.

If you do come across a system bug, please report it so that Duo staff can investigate - https://support.duolingo.com/hc/en-us/articles/204728264-How-do-I-report-a-bug-

[CroesoJohn]

Just to check. Above it said tost, sal(+ roof), gwael all used for ill, poorly etc. But to say. I am poor in Welsh would only be Dw i'n wael yn Cymraeg. Not sure about yn Cymraeg or yn Gymraeg

[Nathan173901]

That should be yn Gymraeg because it comes from yn y Gymraeg.