Colours

Lliwiau

About this concept

Colour adjectives showing gender mutation: coch (red), glas (blue), gwyrdd (green), du (black), gwyn (white). Feminine nouns trigger soft mutation: cath ddu (a black cat, f.), ci du (a black dog, m.).

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~25 cards at level A1.

Examples

car cocha red car (m)

cath ddua black cat (f, soft mutation)

y drws gwyrddthe green door

blodau melynyellow flowers

Prerequisite

Basic AdjectivesA1

More A1 concepts

Personal PronounsRhagenwau Personol Soft MutationTreiglad Meddal Nasal MutationTreiglad Trwynol Aspirate MutationTreiglad Llaes The Definite ArticleY Bannod

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