mynnu

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mennɨd.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmənɨ/
• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈməni/

Verb

mynnu (first-person singular present mynnaf)

1. to insist (on)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	mynnaf	mynni	myn, mynna	mynnwn	mynnwch	mynnant	mynnir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	mynnwn	mynnit	mynnai	mynnem	mynnech	mynnent	mynnid
preterite	mynnais	mynnaist	mynnodd	mynasom	mynasoch	mynasant	mynnwyd
pluperfect	mynaswn	mynasit	mynasai	mynasem	mynasech	mynasent	mynasid, mynesid
present subjunctive	mynnwyf	mynnych	mynno	mynnom	mynnoch	mynnont	mynner
imperative	—	myn, mynna	mynned	mynnwn	mynnwch	mynnent	mynner
verbal noun	mynnu
verbal adjectives	mynedig mynadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	mynna i, mynnaf i	mynni di	mynnith o/e/hi, mynniff e/hi	mynnwn ni	mynnwch chi	mynnan nhw
conditional	mynnwn i, mynswn i	mynnet ti, mynset ti	mynnai fo/fe/hi, mynsai fo/fe/hi	mynnen ni, mynsen ni	mynnech chi, mynsech chi	mynnen nhw, mynsen nhw
preterite	mynnais i, mynnes i	mynnaist ti, mynnest ti	mynnodd o/e/hi	mynnon ni	mynnoch chi	mynnon nhw
imperative	—	mynna	—	—	mynnwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mynnu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies