gofalu

Welsh

Etymology

gofal +‎ -u

Verb

gofalu (first-person singular present gofalaf)

1. to take care
2. to look after, to mind
3. to care, to be concerned

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	gofalaf	gofeli	gofala	gofalwn	gofelwch, gofalwch	gofalant	gofelir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	gofalwn	gofalit	gofalai	gofalem	gofalech	gofalent	gofelid
preterite	gofelais	gofelaist	gofalodd	gofalasom	gofalasoch	gofalasant	gofalwyd
pluperfect	gofalaswn	gofalasit	gofalasai	gofalasem	gofalasech	gofalasent	gofalasid, gofalesid
present subjunctive	gofalwyf	gofelych	gofalo	gofalom	gofaloch	gofalont	gofaler
imperative	—	gofala	gofaled	gofalwn	gofelwch, gofalwch	gofalent	gofaler
verbal noun	gofalu
verbal adjectives	gofaledig gofaladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	gofala i, gofalaf i	gofali di	gofalith o/e/hi, gofaliff e/hi	gofalwn ni	gofalwch chi	gofalan nhw
conditional	gofalwn i, gofalswn i	gofalet ti, gofalset ti	gofalai fo/fe/hi, gofalsai fo/fe/hi	gofalen ni, gofalsen ni	gofalech chi, gofalsech chi	gofalen nhw, gofalsen nhw
preterite	gofalais i, gofales i	gofalaist ti, gofalest ti	gofalodd o/e/hi	gofalon ni	gofaloch chi	gofalon nhw
imperative	—	gofala	—	—	gofalwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Synonyms

• (South Wales) carco

Derived terms

• gofalwr m (“carer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gofalu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gofalu	ofalu	ngofalu	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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