Duration is the eighty-fifth (assuming read left to right) skill in the language tree for Welsh. It has three lessons and teaches how to describe something over time (using ers or am) and Welsh holidays.
Grammar Notes[]
Simple Past of Bod[]
Bod has a special simple past tense used when describing specific lengths of time:
| English | Welsh |
|---|---|
| I was | Bues i |
| You were | Buest ti |
| You were | Buoch chi |
| He/She was | Buodd/Bu e/o/hi |
| We were | Buon ni |
| They were | Buon nhw |
I have been here...[]
Welsh uses the present tense for constructions like this.
Lessons[]
Lesson 1[]
- o leia = at least
- munud = minute
- awr = hour
- oriau = hours
- sbel = a while
- achau = ages
- fan hyn = here
Lesson 2[]
- blwyddyn = year
- pythefnos = fortnight (two weeks)
- am faint o amser = for how long
- bues i = I was
- buoch chi = you were
- buest ti = you were
- buon ni = we were
- buon nhw = they were
- buodd e/o/hi = he/she was
Lesson 3[]
- fuest ti = were you
- fuoch chi = were you
- fues i = was I
- fuodd e/o/hi = was he/she
- fuon ni = were we
- fuon nhw = were they
References[]
Duolingo Lesson: www.duolingo.com/skill/cy/Duration