Topic: Welsh

"Mae hi'n dwll o le."

Translation:It is a dump.

April 12, 2016

8 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/sally281539

    It is a hole wasn't accepted. I think it means the same colloquially.

    April 12, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/EllisVaughan

      Do you mean in English. I've never seen "It is a hole" to mean it is a dump unless it is preceded by a certain word.

      April 12, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/sally281539

        Yes, in English. I've often heard it used like that ( "It is a hole" meaning "It is a dump")

        April 12, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Hatakend
        • 126

        I've heard it too, but it's definitly not good English.

        April 30, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/rhywun

          i would call a place a hole.. to call it a dump sounds unnatural to me.

          July 11, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JamesTWils
          • 1489

          What is the function of yn here? I thought that was generally used with adjectives and verbal things, not nouns.

          March 8, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/EllisVaughan

            "Yn" is needed with nouns, verb-nouns and adjectives.

            March 8, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JamesTWils
            • 1489

            Sorry for asking such a basic question in such an advanced question. I'm coming back to the Welsh programme after javing done other languages for a while.

            March 8, 2018
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