Intermediate Welsh: A Grammar and Workbook

by Gareth King

Overview

Intermediate Welsh: A Grammar and Workbook is designed for learners who have achieved basic proficiency and wish to proceed to more complex language. It presents a broad range of grammatical topics, illustrated by examples, which serve as models for the varied exercises that follow. The emphasis throughout is on colloquial spoken Welsh used by modern-day native speakers. Features include:

• a clear, accessible format;
• many useful language examples;
• jargon-free grammar explanations;
• sample drills and exercises;
• a full key to the exercises.

This new edition has been redesigned for greater clarity and further examples have been updated.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138063785
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/06/2018
Series:	Routledge Grammar Workbooks
Edition description:	Bilingual
Pages:	194
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gareth King was UCAS Co-ordinator, Oxbridge Applications Co-ordinator and Latin Co-ordinator for a large sixth-form college. He is also the series editor for the Colloquials, and the author of numerous books for learners of Welsh, including Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar, The Routledge Intermediate Welsh Reader and Basic Welsh, the companion volume to this one.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Inflected future: regulars 2 Inflected future: irregulars 3 Galla i°/medra i° ‘I can’, etc. 4 Byth and erioed ‘never/ever’ 5 Comparison of adjectives I: comparison 6 Comparison of adjectives II: superlative; equative 7 Comparison of adjectives III: irregulars 8 ‘Time’; ordinal numerals 9 Aspect distinctions with VNs: newydd°, ar° and heb° with VNs 10 Alternative preterite formations 11 Subordinate clauses I 12 Subordinate clauses II 13 Subordinate clauses III 14 Relative clauses I 15 Relative clauses II 16 Conditional of bod; conditional of other verbs 17 Conditional sentences I: open conditions 18 Conditional sentences II: closed conditions 19 Other unreality verbs: gallwn i°/medrwn i°, dylwn i°, leiciwn i°/hoffwn i° 20 Unreality verbs with wedi: ‘should have…’, ‘could have…’, ‘might have…’, etc. 21 Colloquial passive construction with cael 22 Stative passives with wedi and heb° 23 Formal/media (or short) passive in -ir and -wyd 24 More conjugated prepositions 25 Compound prepositions 26 Miscellaneous pronouns I 27 Miscellaneous pronouns II 28 Gwybod ‘know’; sa i, so ti, etc. (neg) 29 Summary of SM 30 Conjunctions I 31 Conjunctions II 32 Focus I: principles 33 Focus II: VNs, bod 34 Focus III: mai and taw 35 Summary of sy 36 Mutation of verb-forms in more formal styles 37 Literary Welsh verbs I: the tense system of Literary Welsh 38 Literary Welsh verbs II: forms of bod 39 Literary Welsh verbs III: irregulars; subjunctive forms 40 Literary Welsh verbs IV: autonomous/impersonal forms Key to exercises Glossary of technical terms Vocabularies: Welsh–English; English–Welsh

Editorial Reviews

A second grammar-based self-tutor and self-tester by a major teacher of the Welsh language to adults, intended to follow his "Basic Welsh" or for learners who have acquired elsewhere a knowledge of such elements as pronunciation, basic vocabulary, morphology, and sentence structure. Covers 40 points of grammar. Includes answers to all the exercises. No index or bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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