tewi
Welsh
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
edittewi (first-person singular present tawaf)
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | tawaf | tewi | tau, tawa | tawn | tewch | tawant | tewir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | tawn | tawit | tawai | tawem | tawech | tawent | tewid | |
preterite | tewais | tewaist | tawodd | tawsom | tawsoch | tawsant | tawyd | |
pluperfect | tawswn | tawsit | tawsai | tawsem | tawsech | tawsent | tawsid, tewsid | |
present subjunctive | tawyf | tewych | tawo | tawom | tawoch | tawont | tawer | |
imperative | — | taw | tawed | tawn | tewch | tawent | tawer | |
verbal noun | tewi | |||||||
verbal adjectives | tawedig |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | tawa i, tawaf i | tawi di | tawith o/e/hi, tawiff e/hi | tawn ni | tawch chi | tawan nhw |
conditional | tawn i, tawswn i | tawet ti, tawset ti | tawai fo/fe/hi, tawsai fo/fe/hi | tawen ni, tawsen ni | tawech chi, tawsech chi | tawen nhw, tawsen nhw |
preterite | tawais i, tawes i | tawaist ti, tawest ti | tawodd o/e/hi | tawon ni | tawoch chi | tawon nhw |
imperative | — | tawa | — | — | tawch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
editradical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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tewi | dewi | nhewi | thewi |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tawaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies