To: Multiple recipients of list WELSH-L > The Welsh language thus proves the indefinite article to be > superfluous by omitting it. Crikey! Would you also say that the English language proves the indefinite article to be necessary by including it? > If the preceding word ends in a vowel 'r > Else if the next word starts with a vowel yr > Otherwise y > > _Note:_ An 'h' at the beginning of a word is considered a vowel. > > Some examples: > > y gwely the bed > yr achos the cause > yr haf the summer > Mae'r gwely yma. The bed is here. Could you say something about 'w' in this connection? Is it 'y wlad' or 'yr wlad'? I think I've seen both. > Plentyn: O. Ble mae teigrod yn byw? > > Mam: Maen nhw'n byw yn yr Affrig. Well, there may be a few, in zoos and so forth. But I think Mam is either lying or ignorant. ************************ Nigel Love Linguistics Cape Town NLOVE@BEATTIE.UCT.AC.ZA ************************