{"product_id":"basic-welsh-9780415857499","title":"Basic Welsh","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBasic Welsh: A Grammar and Workbook\u003c\/em\u003e comprises an accessible grammar handbook and related exercises in a single volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book presents forty grammar units, covering the core materials which beginning students would expect to encounter in the course of learning Welsh. User-friendly grammar points are followed by multiple examples and exercises which allow students to reinforce and consolidate their learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey features include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eClear, accessible format \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMany relevant and useful examples \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA wide range of challenging exercises to reinforce learning\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConcise and jargon-free explanations of grammar \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFull answer key, glossary of technical terms and Welsh-English, English-Welsh glossary at the back of the book\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevised throughout, this updated second edition of \u003cem\u003eBasic Welsh \u003c\/em\u003eprovides the ideal practice book for all beginning students in the language. It is suitable for both class use and in\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/strong\u003e1. Identification sentences; question words Pwy?, Beth?; identifiers hwn, hon; hwnna, honna; y rhain, y rheina 2. Nouns and noun plurals 3. The verb ‘to be’: present tense statements (AFF) and questions (INT) 4. The present tense of bod: NEG forms 5. Mutations: Soft Mutation 6. The definite article: ‘the . . .’ 7. The genitive construction: ‘the X of Y’ etc. 8. Adjectives 9. The present tense of verbs 10. Other auxiliaries with the VN; requests 11. The complement marker yn° + noun\/adjective 12. Personal pronouns; word order; third-person singular rule 13. ‘Want’ and ‘would like’ 14. Aspirate and Nasal Mutations 15. Possessive adjectives: ‘his . . .’, ‘her . . .’, ‘your . . .’, etc. 16. Yn and mewn ‘in’ 17. The imperfect of bod: ‘I was’, ‘you were’, etc. 18. The future of bod: ‘I will be’, etc.; affirmative markers fe° and mi° 19. The imperfect and future of other verbs: ‘I was . . . ing’, ‘I will . . .’ 20. The existential verb: ‘There is\/are . . .’, ‘There was\/were . . .’, etc. 21. Conjugated prepositions 22. More conjugated prepositions 23. Possession 24. Stems; imperatives (command forms) 25. The inflected preterite: completed action in the past 26. General principles with inflected verbs (verbs with endings) 27. Irregular preterites: ‘went’, ‘came’, ‘did’, ‘got’ 28 . Mo after inflected NEG verbs 29. Present tense ‘is\/are’ with question words 30. Numerals 1–12; telling the time 31. More numbers; Faint . . .? ‘How much\/many . . . ?’; quantity expressions 32. Days, months and years 33. ‘Some’ and ‘any’, ‘no-one’, `everyone’; ‘all’ 34. Rhaid ‘must’, ‘have to’ 35. Rhaid-type expressions: well, waeth, man a man, hen bryd 36. Derived adverbs in yn°; summary of meanings and uses of yn 37. Wedi: ‘perfect’ tense 38. The pluperfect and future perfect 39. Yes\/no answers; tags 40. Translating \"have\" \u003cstrong\u003eKey to exercises Glossary of technical terms Vocabularies: Welsh–English English–Welsh \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018207363415,"sku":"9780415857499","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415857499.jpg?v=1750776022","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/basic-welsh-9780415857499","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}