Rare bit of Welsh, dissected

[muckefuck]

Mae hi'n ffodus aeth lhn a prilicla gyda fi ran o ffordd adre.
is she[1] PART fortunate go-3S-PRET[2] lhn and prilicla with me part from way home.

Beth o'r tro o leia doedd ddim yn flinderus.

what from the turn from least NEG-be-3S-PRET PART wearisome

Notes:
[1] As previously mentioned, the role of dummy subject is filled by feminine hi.

[2]There is no number agreement in third person verbal forms unless the third-person plural subject nhw is present. Thus: Mae lhn a prilicla wedi rhoi lifft i fi. Maen nhw'n haelionus.

Ydy popeth yn glir 'nawr?

Comments

[aadroma.livejournal.com]

I find the part about the dummy subject fascinating. You compared hi to Hebrew, amusingly enough, and Hebrew does this, though it's because Hebrew lacks any present-tense of "to be", meaning that you have to make sentences like, "אהבה היה שיר לישניים", Ahava hi shir lishnayim, "Love is a song for two" (literally "Love she song to-two").

I must take a look at Gaelic more closely now -- it's a language I've never studied but really should ...

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I must take a look at Gaelic more closely now

And while you're at it, have a look at Welsh and Breton, too. (Cornish is Celtic Esperanto.) Both very fun languages!