User talk:EdwardH

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hachos

Please note that entries have to declare one or more parts of speech. If a header is incorrect or insufficient, change it or add new headers, but don't leave the entry without any part of speech. Cheers, - -sche (discuss) 01:46, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Welsh capitalization

You have moved the Welsh days of the week to the incorrect capitalization. Monday, for example, is written dydd Llun dyddiau Llun. The word dydd just means "day" and is not capitalized. If you need evidence, see http://techiaith.bangor.ac.uk/GeiriadurAcademi/?lang=en —Stephen ^(Talk) 13:20, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Sorry Stephen, I've always been taught to capitalise dydd. I'll undo my edits immediately. Thanks for pointing it out. EdwardH (talk) 15:23, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Template:cy-conj-colloquial

Hi, I can't figure out what the second parameter of {{cy-conj-colloquial}} (things like pret-1s and fut-3s-b) is supposed to do. I've added samples of its usage to the documentation page, and I don't see any difference in the table. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 11:06, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

If you provide a value for pret-1-s, say, then the -b parameter lets you provide an optional, alternative value. for example, {{cy-conj-colloquial|bwyt|pret-1s=blah|pret-1s-b=blahblah}} yields:

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	bwyta i, bwytaf i	bwyti di	bwytith o/e/hi, bwytiff e/hi	bwytwn ni	bwytwch chi	bwytan nhw
conditional	bwytwn i, bwytswn i	bwytet ti, bwytset ti	bwytai fo/fe/hi, bwytsai fo/fe/hi	bwyten ni, bwytsen ni	bwytech chi, bwytsech chi	bwyten nhw, bwytsen nhw
preterite	blah i, blahblah i	bwytaist ti, bwytest ti	bwytodd o/e/hi	bwyton ni	bwytoch chi	bwyton nhw
imperative	—	bwyta	—	—	bwytwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Oh okay. The way the documentation is written, it looks like the second positional parameter is supposed to be "pret-1s" or "fut-3s-b" or whatever, but in fact, there can be a named parameter whose name is "pret-1s" or "fut-3s-b" or whatever. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 12:32, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, it's not very intuitive. I don't think those parameters have even been used, so you could change it to something more useful if you'd like. EdwardH (talk) 13:40, 21 December 2014 (UTC)