sôn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "son"

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh son, from Proto-Brythonic *son from Latin sonus (“sound; speech”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soːn/
• Rhymes: -oːn

Verb

sôn (first-person singular present soniaf, not mutable)

1. to talk
2. (with preposition am) to mention, to talk about

   Peidiwch â sôn.

   Don't mention it.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	soniaf	soni	sonia	soniwn	soniwch	soniant	sonir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	soniwn	sonit	soniai	soniem	soniech	sonient	sonid
preterite	soniais	soniaist	soniodd	soniasom	soniasoch	soniasant	soniwyd
pluperfect	soniaswn	soniasit	soniasai	soniasem	soniasech	soniasent	soniasid, soniesid
present subjunctive	soniwyf	soniech	sonio	soniom	sonioch	soniont	sonier
imperative	—	sonia	sonied	soniwn	soniwch	sonient	sonier
verbal noun	sôn
verbal adjectives	soniedig soniadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	sonia i, soniaf i	soni di	sonith o/e/hi, soniff e/hi	soniwn ni	soniwch chi	sonian nhw
conditional	soniwn i, sonswn i	soniet ti, sonset ti	soniai fo/fe/hi, sonsai fo/fe/hi	sonien ni, sonsen ni	soniech chi, sonsech chi	sonien nhw, sonsen nhw
preterite	soniais i, sonies i	soniaist ti, soniest ti	soniodd o/e/hi	sonion ni	sonioch chi	sonion nhw
imperative	—	sonia	—	—	soniwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.