gwylio
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]gŵyl (in its initial sense of “vigil”, from Latin vigilia) + -io
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwɪljɔ/, /ˈɡwɨ̞ljɔ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡʊi̯ljɔ/, /ˈɡwɪljɔ/
Usage notes
[edit]Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" follows "w".
Verb
[edit]gwylio (first-person singular present gwyliaf)
- to watch
- to keep watch over, to observe
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | gwyliaf | gwyli | gwyli, gwylia | gwyliwn | gwyliwch | gwyliant | gwylir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | gwyliwn | gwylit | gwyliai | gwyliem | gwyliech | gwylient | gwylid | |
preterite | gwyliais | gwyliaist | gwyliodd | gwyliasom | gwyliasoch | gwyliasant | gwyliwyd | |
pluperfect | gwyliaswn | gwyliasit | gwyliasai | gwyliasem | gwyliasech | gwyliasent | gwyliasid, gwyliesid | |
present subjunctive | gwyliwyf | gwyliech | gwylio | gwyliom | gwylioch | gwyliont | gwylier | |
imperative | — | gwyli, gwylia | gwylied | gwyliwn | gwyliwch | gwylient | gwylier | |
verbal noun | gwylio | |||||||
verbal adjectives | gwyliedig gwyliadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | gwylia i, gwyliaf i | gwyli di | gwylith o/e/hi, gwyliff e/hi | gwyliwn ni | gwyliwch chi | gwylian nhw |
conditional | gwyliwn i, gwylswn i | gwyliet ti, gwylset ti | gwyliai fo/fe/hi, gwylsai fo/fe/hi | gwylien ni, gwylsen ni | gwyliech chi, gwylsech chi | gwylien nhw, gwylsen nhw |
preterite | gwyliais i, gwylies i | gwyliaist ti, gwyliest ti | gwyliodd o/e/hi | gwylion ni | gwylioch chi | gwylion nhw |
imperative | — | gwylia | — | — | gwyliwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |