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There is no indefinite article (a / an) in Welsh. 


There is no indefinite article (a / an) in Welsh.
e.g.  
e.g.  
cath a cat
afal an apple
merch a girl
ysgol school


{| class="wikitable"
|cath
|a cat 
|-
|afal
|an apple 
|-
|merch
|a girl 
|-
|ysgol
|school 
|}


There are three forms of the definite article (the) in Welsh
There are three forms of the definite article (the) in Welsh
==i==
==i==
‘y’ is used in front of a consonant. Singular, feminine nouns will undergo a Soft Mutation after ‘y’ (except those beginning with ‘ll’ and ‘rh’). See S.M. rule 1.  
‘y’ is used in front of a consonant. Singular, feminine nouns will undergo a Soft Mutation after ‘y’ (except those beginning with ‘ll’ and ‘rh’). See S.M. rule 1.
 
e.g. 


e.g.
{| class="wikitable"
ci y ci the dog
|ci
cath y gath the cat
|y ci
bachgen y bachgen the boy
|the dog 
merch y ferch the girl
|-
|cath
|y gath
|the cat 
|-
|bachgen
|y bachgen
|the boy 
|-
|merch
|y ferch
|the girl 
|}


==ii==
==ii==
‘yr’ is used in front of a vowel and in front of h. Remember that ‘w’ and ‘y’ are vowels in Welsh.  
‘yr’ is used in front of a vowel and in front of h. Remember that ‘w’ and ‘y’ are vowels in Welsh.
 
e.g.  
e.g.  


ysgol yr ysgol the school
{| class="wikitable"
enw yr enw the name
|ysgol
afal yr afal the apple
|yr ysgol
het yr het the hat
|the school 
|-
|enw
|yr enw
|the name 
|-
|afal
|yr afal
|the apple 
|-
|het
|yr het
|the hat 
|}


==iii==
==iii==
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e.g.  
e.g.  
Mae’r plant The children are
 
Mae’r ysgol The school is
{| class="wikitable"
Dyma‘r llyfr Here’s the book
|Mae’r plant
Dacw‘r afon There’s the river
|The children are 
|-
|Mae’r ysgol
|The school is 
|-
|Dyma‘r llyfr
|Here’s the book 
|-
|Dacw‘r afon
|There’s the river
|}
 
==Sources==
https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/learnwelsh/pdf/welshgrammar_allrules.pdf
 
==Other Lessons==
* [[Language/Welsh/Grammar/Questions|Questions]]
* [[Language/Welsh/Grammar/Future-Tense|Future Tense]]
* [[Language/Welsh/Grammar/Adjectives|Adjectives]]
* [[Language/Welsh/Grammar/Conditional-Mood|Conditional Mood]]
* [[Language/Welsh/Grammar/Negation|Negation]]
* [[Language/Welsh/Grammar/Pronouns|Pronouns]]
* [[Language/Welsh/Grammar/Plurals|Plurals]]
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Latest revision as of 13:06, 27 March 2023

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The Article in Welsh

There is no indefinite article (a / an) in Welsh.

e.g.

cath a cat 
afal an apple 
merch a girl 
ysgol school 

There are three forms of the definite article (the) in Welsh

i[edit | edit source]

‘y’ is used in front of a consonant. Singular, feminine nouns will undergo a Soft Mutation after ‘y’ (except those beginning with ‘ll’ and ‘rh’). See S.M. rule 1.

e.g.

ci y ci the dog 
cath y gath the cat 
bachgen y bachgen the boy 
merch y ferch the girl 

ii[edit | edit source]

‘yr’ is used in front of a vowel and in front of h. Remember that ‘w’ and ‘y’ are vowels in Welsh.

e.g.

ysgol yr ysgol the school 
enw yr enw the name 
afal yr afal the apple 
het yr het the hat 

iii[edit | edit source]

‘r’ is used after a word ending in a vowel, no matter whether the word which follows begins with a vowel or with a consonant.

e.g.

Mae’r plant The children are 
Mae’r ysgol The school is 
Dyma‘r llyfr Here’s the book 
Dacw‘r afon There’s the river

Sources[edit | edit source]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/learnwelsh/pdf/welshgrammar_allrules.pdf

Other Lessons[edit | edit source]

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