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Learning the Welsh Articles displayed below is vital to the language. Welsh articles are words that combine with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Generally articles specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun. Examples are "the, a, and an".
Definite Article:
Unlike English, which has only one definite article “the", Welsh has 3 forms of the definite article:
‘y’ before consonants (y ci = the dog)
‘yr’ before vowels (yr oren = the orange)
‘ ‘r ‘ after vowels (i’r plant = to/for the children)
Indefinite Article:
While we have (a / an / some) in English as indefinite articles, there is no indefinite article in Welsh .
‘Some’ can be translated by ‘rhai’ if it means ‘a few’ (rhai pethau = some things), or ‘peth’ if it means ‘a small amount’ (peth llaeth = a small amount of milk).
Here are some examples:
| English Articles | Welsh Articles |
|---|---|
| articles | erthyglau |
| the | y |
| a | a |
| one | un |
| some | rhai |
| few | ychydig |
| the book | y llyfr |
| the books | y llyfrau |
| a book | llyfr |
| one book | un llyfr |
| some books | rhai llyfrau |
| few books | ychydig o lyfrau |
Notice the structure of the Articles in Welsh.
Below is a list of vocabulary where you can use the Definite and Indefinite Articles in Welsh. Try to practice but also memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Welsh vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Welsh Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Food | bwyd |
| almonds | cnau almon |
| bread | bara |
| breakfast | brecwast |
| butter | menyn |
| candy | candy |
| cheese | caws |
| chicken | cyw iâr |
| cumin | cwmin |
| dessert | pwdin |
| dinner | cinio |
| fish | pysgod |
| fruit | ffrwythau |
| ice cream | hufen iâ |
| lamb | cig oen |
| lemon | lemon |
| lunch | cinio |
| meal | pryd |
| meat | cig |
| oven | popty |
| pepper | pupur |
| plants | planhigion |
| pork | porc |
| salad | salad |
| salt | halen |
| sandwich | brechdan |
| sausage | selsig |
| soup | Cawl |
| sugar | siwgr |
| supper | swper |
| turkey | twrci |
| apple | afal |
| banana | banana |
| oranges | orennau |
| peaches | eirin gwlanog |
| peanut | cnau mwnci |
| pears | gellyg |
| pineapple | phîn-afal |
| grapes | grawnwin |
| strawberries | mefus |
| vegetables | llysiau |
| carrot | moron |
| corn | yd |
| cucumber | ciwcymbr |
| garlic | garlleg |
| lettuce | letys |
| olives | olewydd |
| onions | winwns |
| peppers | pupur |
| potatoes | tatws |
| pumpkin | pwmpen |
| beans | ffa |
| tomatoes | tomatos |
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