This post is the 6th instalment of the Welsh leg of my current Celtic challenge. It covers chapter 5 of Colloquial Welsh. For earlier instalments, please see Welsh Archives – Language Miscellany For a few words and phrases, there are differences between north (N) and south (S) Wales.I’ve used bold type below to highlight words…… Continue reading Welsh challenge (6)
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I don’t know if ‘whether’ can survive
It often irritates me when people use if when they could have used whether. What annoys me? It is the fact that using if in those cases can cause ambiguity. That is because in English if has 2 meanings: as a synonym for whether expressing a condition In many cases the context makes it clear…… Continue reading I don’t know if ‘whether’ can survive
Scandinavian language challenge day 14
Today I worked through chapter 4 of Swedish in three months, covering: weak and strong verbsimperfect tense of weak and irregular verbsreflexive verbsadjectives: definitive formspolite requestsword order: adverbsother words Weak and strong verbs As in other Germanic languages, weak verbs form their past tenses by adding a suffix and strong verbs form them by changing a…… Continue reading Scandinavian language challenge day 14