But first, a little anecdote about a word which was hard to unravel because it doesn't really fit into any of those categories.....
"Rarglwydd, newydd farw ma' hi"
Well, it took a good while to work out what Rarglwydd meant. It always seemed to occur at the start of sentences, and I guessed it was some sort of expletive or exclamation. I tried to guess what it might actually be, and looked up my guesses on the English-Welsh side, and after a lot of failed tries, I wondered if it might be "God!!!" Most dictionaries just give God = Duw, but I found that Lord = arglwydd after al ot of mucking about. .... and Bob was my Uncle at last.
So, "Rarglwydd" is actually "Yr Arglwydd"... " The Lord" .... what's happened id, they've fused the Yr with arglwydd and then dropped the Y ..... bloody typical I say. Still, I did solve it in the end.
So the moral of that is..... a difficult-to-unravel word could have a mixture of several of those pitfalls listed in the previous post. What little devils those Welsh speakers are, eh ?
So ... here's some for you to try for yourselves, wherein you will hone your problem-solving skills ......... I've put a few easy ones in first... I've tried to include most of the challenges you might face in real life!
[1] Casserole efeilliaid.
[2] Ynglŷn
[3] Ma'n rhaid i ti redeg off am bach a chwato.
[4] Erstalwm
[5] Esu mae 'na flynyddoedd ers pan oeddan ni'n rysgol efo'n gilydd.
[6] "Watshad yr Italians ydach chi "
[7] Ylwch ... dwi wedi llenwi dydd Llun.
[8] .... wedi llosgi'n golysyn.
[9] Y math eangderau !
[10] O'dd e'n ofnadwy !
[11] Mae dynes wedi cael ei harestio.
[12] Cyn gwisgo ffedog heb gwyno.
[13] Wel'so dwy o'n waitresses .....
[14] Meirion gwyllt.
[15] Y fidog finiog.
[16] Mae'n da dros ben.
[17] Amdani
[18] Dw i'n 'wa popeth !
[19] Login ..... y gorau !!
[20] Dechrau Huw sgwennu efo sialc gwyn ar y bwrdd du.
[21] Mae eu hymchwiliadau nhw'n dangos nad oes dim o'i le.
[22] Ges i 'nal fel ro'n i'n gadael y tŷ !
[23] Ga i rai cloriau.
[24] Gymharach.
Before we move on to the music section, here's a free gift, the letters Ŵŵ and Ŷŷ ... lucky you !
Well , here's the mighty DATBLYGU with the brilliant, anarchic Casserole efeilliaid ....