| Colours | |
|---|---|
| Language | Welsh |
| Skills | 112 |
| Skill No. | |
| Previous skill | Wanting |
| Next skill | Work |
Colours is the eighth (assuming read left to right) skill in the Welsh language tree with a total of four lessons. The skill teaches basic colors and a few other words like shapes and size words.
Grammar tips[]
Adjectives[]
Adjectives in Welsh come after the noun they're attached to:
- seren arian = a silver star
- sgwâr bach = a small square
Soft mutation[]
Following certain words in Welsh, there is a modification done to the first letter of the following word. In this skill, this is seen with words following the i in perthyn i (belong to), words after pa (which) and an adjective following a feminine definite noun (of which seren and hecsagon are in this skill)
- Mae'r lemon yn perthyn i Ddylan. = The lemon belongs to Dylan. (instead of Dylan)
- Pa liw ydy'r pannas? = What color are the parsnips? (instead of lliw)
- Ydy'r hecsagon fach yn las? = Is the small hexagon blue? (instead of bach and glas)
Here is a table of the changes that soft mutation causes:
| Regular start | Changes to |
|---|---|
| p | b |
| b | f |
| m | f |
| t | d |
| d | dd |
| ll | l |
| rh | r |
| c | g |
| g | - |
A few words in this skill are also different when they are feminine. We'll learn the differences for feminine nouns in a later skill.
Lessons[]
Lesson 1[]
- glas = blue
- coch = red
- gwyrdd = green
- du = black
- pinc = pink
- brown = brown
- blodyn = flower
- blodau = flowers
Lesson 2[]
- porffor = purple
- glaswellt = grass
- llwyd = gray
- trên = train
- lliw = colour
- pa = which
- perthyn i = to belong to
Lesson 3[]
- melyn = yellow
- gwyn = white
- tractor = tractor
- tractorau = tractors
- cylch = circle
- inc = ink
- saws = sauce
- buwch = cow
- buchod = cows
- sgwâr = square
- lliwio = to colour
- cae = field
Lesson 4[]
- seren = star (f.)
- petryal = rectangle
- arian = silver, money
- triongl = triangle
- ciwb = cube
- hecsagon = hexagon (f.)
- hir = long
- bach = short, small
References[]
Duolingo Lesson: www.duolingo.com/skill/cy/Colours