C2

Discourse Grammar and Pragmatics

Gramadeg Disgwrs a Phragmateg

About this concept

Welsh-specific discourse features: tag questions (ydy/ife?), focus particles (ynteu, tybed), hedging (falle, hwyrach), and information structure strategies unique to Welsh conversation.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level C2.

Examples

Mae e'n braf, on'd ydy?It's fine, isn't it?
Tybed a ddaw hi.I wonder if she'll come.
Hwyrach y bydd e'n dod.Perhaps he'll come.
Dyna fe, yntefe?That's it, isn't it?

Prerequisite

Complex Sentence StructuresC1

More C2 concepts

Middle Welsh and Archaic FormsCymraeg Canol a Ffurfiau HynafolDialectal VariationTafodieithoeddOfficial and Legal WelshCymraeg Swyddogol a ChyfreithiolColloquial and Slang WelshCymraeg Llafar AnffurfiolMedia and Journalistic WelshCymraeg y Cyfryngau

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