sylwebu
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]sylw (“comment”) + hebu (“to say”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /səlˈwɛbɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /səlˈweːbi/, /səlˈwɛbi/
Verb
[edit]sylwebu (first-person singular present sylwebaf, not mutable)
- to commentate
- Pwy sy'n sylwebu ar y gêm heno?
- Who's commentating on the game tonight?
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | sylwebaf | sylwebi | sylweb, sylweba | sylwebwn | sylwebwch | sylwebant | sylwebir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
sylwebwn | sylwebit | sylwebai | sylwebem | sylwebech | sylwebent | sylwebid | |
preterite | sylwebais | sylwebaist | sylwebodd | sylwebasom | sylwebasoch | sylwebasant | sylwebwyd | |
pluperfect | sylwebaswn | sylwebasit | sylwebasai | sylwebasem | sylwebasech | sylwebasent | sylwebasid, sylwebesid | |
present subjunctive | sylwebwyf | sylwebych | sylwebo | sylwebom | sylweboch | sylwebont | sylweber | |
imperative | — | sylweb, sylweba | sylwebed | sylwebwn | sylwebwch | sylwebent | sylweber | |
verbal noun | sylwebu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | — |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | sylweba i, sylwebaf i | sylwebi di | sylwebith o/e/hi, sylwebiff e/hi | sylwebwn ni | sylwebwch chi | sylweban nhw |
conditional | sylwebwn i, sylwebswn i | sylwebet ti, sylwebset ti | sylwebai fo/fe/hi, sylwebsai fo/fe/hi | sylweben ni, sylwebsen ni | sylwebech chi, sylwebsech chi | sylweben nhw, sylwebsen nhw |
preterite | sylwebais i, sylwebes i | sylwebaist ti, sylwebest ti | sylwebodd o/e/hi | sylwebon ni | sylweboch chi | sylwebon nhw |
imperative | — | sylweba | — | — | sylwebwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sylwebaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies