"Dw i'n bwyta bara menyn."
Translation:I eat bread and butter.
Why is there no need for "a" in this sentence?
Crush is right. You could put "a", but it'd be unnatural. We don't say "bread and butter", it's literally "butter bread".
I'm not sure, maybe you could think of it as "butter bread" or "buttered bread"?
Unfortunately, you are. 'Bara' derives from Proto-Celtic (as indeed does 'arán') so is etymologically unrelated to English.
I reckon you're trying to say "Are you Welsh?", but you've said essentially "Are you the Welsh language?"
"Are you Welsh" is "Ydych chi'n Cymry?"
"Do you speak Welsh", however is "Ydych chi'n siarad Cymraeg?"
I've always said "Wyt ti'n siarad cymraeg" for "Do you speak Welsh", is that incorrect? I don't ever remember being taught Ydych chi'n in school, for some reason.
chi is the formal you. I'm guessing you say ydych for chi and wyt for ti. I could well be wrong though!
Nice... I'd like to ask you something about your other comment, but I don't see the reply button there. It's about "Ydych chi'n" being formal... Is it 2nd person plural form as well? And is that why you say "Ydych chi'n Cymry?" instead of "Ydych chi'n Cymro?"
"chi" is literally "y'all", but it's also used to address one person politely.
Like in Spanish 'usted' and French 'vous', they're literally the plural forms, but also used as a formal distinction.
You seem to be confused here. It's "breid" in Scots. Scots is a totally different language from Scottish Gaelic.
In Scottish Gaelic the word is aran.
Oh, that's interesting... thank you!
Thanks, I thought it must ,So far tho, I haven't found many words similar to Irish, but maybe when I get used to the spellings and pronunciation of the Welsh words, it might be easier to spot them.
So, you speak Irish well then?
I see... I guess that's the situation of many people in Ireland, right?
Oh, okay, that's sort of what I thought. I wouldn'h have guessed that some people had started to speak it to their children though... nonetheless I'd say few people do that, am I right?
I'm glad to say that many families living in non Gaeltacht areas are speaking Irish on a daily basis to their children. There are many Gaelscoileanna in Dublin and in every county in Ireland that teach the school subjects through the medium of Irish too. That is a big help to those parents , as they and their children then make friends with other like minded families. There are Irish classes available too through Connradh na Gaeilge, Gael-linn and other organisations . Biggest problem facing us is the lack of real interest and lack of financial support from the Government .
"Dw i'n bwyta bara a selsig."