Topic: Welsh

"Sweden is cold. Alaska is colder. Siberia is the coldest!"

Translation:Mae Sweden yn oer. Mae Alaska'n oerach. Siberia yw'r oeraf!

August 1, 2016

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Why is the last part not "Mae Siberia......." Was this a boobytrap?

August 1, 2016
https://www.duolingo.com/EllisVaughan

    We use the emphatic for when we say something is the "most".

    August 1, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/rmcode
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    • 1542

    Yes as already stated in order to state the superlative in Welsh the word order is altered to make it an emphatic sentence.

    August 1, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/Hatakend
    • 9

    Now that you say so, I realise that I knew that. Just another Kick-self moment here.

    August 2, 2016
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