I’m a Welsh speaker and I don’t think I’ve ever used the word ‘pannas’ in conversation, but Duolingo seems to love it.
From what I understand, the whole point is to teach you sentence structure so you can learn how to substitute the silly words for pertinent ones as you learn. Duolingo should never be used as a standalone teaching tool (I mean, nothing should, not even a textbook). I think the weird sentences help you remember the structure.
What?
A sentence that has a subject, a verb, an object and an adjective that describes that object?
One of the most basic forms of sentence ever?
Welsh Duolingio is OBSESSED with parsnips!!
I went to school with a guy we called shark.
He only ate red parsnips though.
My mate dolphin though….
Yes. The other day down the beach. I was having a picnic whilst painting and dropped my parsnip in the paint. It was at that moment…..
Once a month, actually
I was visiting an aquarium in Anglesey and I had to ask the intern what they were feeding the shark
Are sharks particularly attracted to parsnips?
I was an alpha tester on Duolingo Cymraeg. They needed Welsh speakers to test the lessons. I initially felt that this type of lesson was useless, but as another person has mentioned, it was explained to me that it doesn’t really matter *what* is said, but rather *how* it is said.
Have you ever thought about how you’ve never really used “the cow says moo” since you’re a toddler? We teach these sounds to children in order to develop vocabulary, general speech articulation, and sentence structure.
I guess you will never really use this type of sentence in real life, but it’s likely that with more practice, you’ll understand why the sentence is structured in that way, and how to use a similar sentence in your day to day life.
Lastly though, I have so much respect for you for learning Cymraeg, and it shows that you’re really getting somewhere when you can recognise how *bizarre* these sentences are!
Da iawn ti!!!
I once used it in the Sesiwn Fawr in Dolgellau and was run out of town with pitch forks. It was at the turn of the 19th Century, so I suppose I should have expected it !!
Does it really matter?
“This sort of sentence” is “Mae’r [noun] yn [verb] [noun] [adjective]”.
So yes, of course, I use it virtually every time I speak. It’s teaching you basic sentence structure and vocabulary.
I literally said to the wife this morning “the dolphin eats red carrots”. So close.
The dog eats raw beef is a perfectly valid sentence that follows this pattern.
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Funnily enough, no.
I’m a Welsh speaker and I don’t think I’ve ever used the word ‘pannas’ in conversation, but Duolingo seems to love it.
From what I understand, the whole point is to teach you sentence structure so you can learn how to substitute the silly words for pertinent ones as you learn. Duolingo should never be used as a standalone teaching tool (I mean, nothing should, not even a textbook). I think the weird sentences help you remember the structure.
What?
A sentence that has a subject, a verb, an object and an adjective that describes that object?
One of the most basic forms of sentence ever?
Welsh Duolingio is OBSESSED with parsnips!!
I went to school with a guy we called shark.
He only ate red parsnips though.
My mate dolphin though….
Yes. The other day down the beach. I was having a picnic whilst painting and dropped my parsnip in the paint. It was at that moment…..
Once a month, actually
I was visiting an aquarium in Anglesey and I had to ask the intern what they were feeding the shark
Are sharks particularly attracted to parsnips?
I was an alpha tester on Duolingo Cymraeg. They needed Welsh speakers to test the lessons. I initially felt that this type of lesson was useless, but as another person has mentioned, it was explained to me that it doesn’t really matter *what* is said, but rather *how* it is said.
Have you ever thought about how you’ve never really used “the cow says moo” since you’re a toddler? We teach these sounds to children in order to develop vocabulary, general speech articulation, and sentence structure.
I guess you will never really use this type of sentence in real life, but it’s likely that with more practice, you’ll understand why the sentence is structured in that way, and how to use a similar sentence in your day to day life.
Lastly though, I have so much respect for you for learning Cymraeg, and it shows that you’re really getting somewhere when you can recognise how *bizarre* these sentences are!
Da iawn ti!!!
I once used it in the Sesiwn Fawr in Dolgellau and was run out of town with pitch forks. It was at the turn of the 19th Century, so I suppose I should have expected it !!
Does it really matter?
“This sort of sentence” is “Mae’r [noun] yn [verb] [noun] [adjective]”.
So yes, of course, I use it virtually every time I speak. It’s teaching you basic sentence structure and vocabulary.
I literally said to the wife this morning “the dolphin eats red carrots”. So close.
The dog eats raw beef is a perfectly valid sentence that follows this pattern.
He does tho’
Welsh spies?
No, my shark prefers swede.
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