tewi
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtɛu̯ɪ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtɛu̯i/
Verb
tewi (first-person singular present tawaf)
- to be silent
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | tawaf | tewi | 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| tewi | dewi | nhewi | thewi |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- “tawaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
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