> is there any similarity between some uses of the Welsh construction > Ti eisio paned o de? > and the Mad Magazine sentence > Juan buy a stretch limo!? > If not, when *can* you use a sentence having no inflected verb? Welsh does use uninflected verbs in two interesting ways: 1) to mean something like "one might xxx", "it is to be xxx-ed" Bydd Cymru yn enill, gobeithio [Let's hope Wales wins; Wales will win, hopefully] Bydd Cymru yn enill, felly? - Gobeithio! [ ... Let's hope so! Yes, hopefully!] Un o ble 'dach chi, tybed? [Where are you from, I wonder?] 2) When verbs are repeated in a string, only the first need be inflected: Rhuthrodd hi i mewn, rhoi sws i'r gw+r, a gweiddi "Dan ni wedi enill y cwpan!" > Welsh with its periphrastic > expressions could be seen as having the same sort of construction, > so it may not be surprising if the auxiliary can drop. These periphrastic contructions certainly seem characteristic of Welsh. Here are some lesser-known ones which I find useful: "dyma/dyna": ...ro+n i bron wedi cyrraedd - ond yn sydyn, dyma'r car yn torri lawr! Dyma hi'n rhuthro i mewn, rhoi sws i'r gw+r, a gweiddi "Dan ni wedi enill y cwpan!" [used to show suddenness, unexpectedness? cf Eng historic present?] (N Wales) "daru (mi ddaru)": Daru ni enill y cwpan ddoe (Mi ddaru ni...) Ddaru nhw enill y ge+m? [same as preterite but easier for learners to manipulate!] Harri _____________________________________________________________________ Dw i'n siwr bydd Cymry Gymraeg y net mor garedig a+ nghywirio i os dw i'n anghywir! Diolch!