"I like games of football."
Translation:Dw i'n hoffi gemau pêl-droed.
June 25, 2016
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StephenDunscombe
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This seems odd to me - "games of football" looks like a partitive genitive ("darn o bapur", "peint o gwrw"), rather than a possessive genitive (NOUN + NOUN).
June 25, 2016
It is not odd in Welsh to say gemau pel-droed, with pêl-droed acting as an adjective.
June 25, 2016
StephenDunscombe
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Right. But I would translate that into English as "football games".
But Duolingo gave me the English sentence "I like games of football." Genitive, not adjectival. I believe I translated it as "Dw i'n licio gemau o bêl-droed," and got dinged for it, but at this point I can't remember for sure.
June 27, 2016
Both 'football games' and 'games of football' translate into Welsh as gemau pêl-droed.
June 27, 2016
