this post was submitted on 30 Aug 2023
991 points (95.9% liked)

Memes

45619 readers
635 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then you have Welsh where a lot of things are double affirmed in sentences removing ambiguity. even for the word yes you conjugate your reply as it depending on the quesrion they asked you.

Wyt. (Yes, you are. when asked as Am I?)

Ydw. (Yes, I am.)

Ydy. (Yes, he is.)

Ydy. (Yes, she is.)

Ydych. (Yes, you are. when asked as are We?)

Ydyn. (Yes, we are.)

Ydyn. (Yes, they are.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How do you pronounce Ydw, Ydy and Ydych?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Oh boy, Welsh is fun. Y is sort of an UH sound, W is a OO sound and CH is A hard back of throat noise you make for the real scottish LOCH

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Seems to be like "Eh-dew", "Eh-dee", "Eh-dich", so eh- or uh- for the Y at the start. Welsh IPA guide on wiktionary says Y at the start is like the a at the start of "about", when it's not either a single-syllable or in the last syllable of a word, in which case it's an "eee" sound, like the end of "happy".