tawchu
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tawch (“misty”) + -u. Doublet of tochi (“to steep, to soak”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtau̯χɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtau̯χi/
- Rhymes: -au̯χɨ̞
Verb
[edit]tawchu (first-person singular present tawchaf)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | tawchaf | tawchi | tawch, tawcha | tawchwn | tawchwch | tawchant | tawchir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
tawchwn | tawchit | tawchai | tawchem | tawchech | tawchent | tawchid | |
preterite | tawchais | tawchaist | tawchodd | tawchasom | tawchasoch | tawchasant | tawchwyd | |
pluperfect | tawchaswn | tawchasit | tawchasai | tawchasem | tawchasech | tawchasent | tawchasid, tawchesid | |
present subjunctive | tawchwyf | tawchych | tawcho | tawchom | tawchoch | tawchont | tawcher | |
imperative | — | tawch, tawcha | tawched | tawchwn | tawchwch | tawchent | tawcher | |
verbal noun | tawchu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | tawchedig tawchadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | tawcha i, tawchaf i | tawchi di | tawchith o/e/hi, tawchiff e/hi | tawchwn ni | tawchwch chi | tawchan nhw |
conditional | tawchwn i, tawchswn i | tawchet ti, tawchset ti | tawchai fo/fe/hi, tawchsai fo/fe/hi | tawchen ni, tawchsen ni | tawchech chi, tawchsech chi | tawchen nhw, tawchsen nhw |
preterite | tawchais i, tawches i | tawchaist ti, tawchest ti | tawchodd o/e/hi | tawchon ni | tawchoch chi | tawchon nhw |
imperative | — | tawcha | — | — | tawchwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |