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car

NounMasculine (gwrywaidd)A2/kar/

“car” means “car” in Welsh (masculine noun). Pronounced /kar/. Mutation forms: Treiglad Meddal → gar, Treiglad Trwynol → nghar, Treiglad Llaes → char.

Mutation forms

In Welsh, the first letter of “car” changes depending on the grammatical context. These are the mutated forms:

MutationForm
Base formcar
Treiglad Meddalgar
Treiglad Trwynolnghar
Treiglad Llaeschar

When does “car” mutate?

dy— your (informal, triggers treiglad meddal)

car→dy gar(your car)

fy— my (triggers treiglad trwynol)

car→fy nghar(my car)

ei— her (triggers treiglad llaes)

car→ei char(her car)

ei— his (triggers treiglad meddal)

car→ei gar(his car)

heb— without (triggers treiglad meddal)

car→heb gar(without a car)

dyma— here is/are (triggers treiglad meddal)

car→dyma gar(here is a car)

hen— old (pre-modifier, triggers treiglad meddal)

car→hen gar(old car)

“car” in context

Mae'r car yn las.

The car is blue.

A2

Mae car 'da fe.

He has a car.

A1

Mae'r ci yn cysgu yn y car.

The dog is sleeping in the car.

A1

Phryna i mo'r car yfory.

I won't buy the car tomorrow.

A2

Wyt ti'n mynd i brynu y car 'na.

Are you going to buy that car?

A2

Further reading

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