chwalu
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈχwalɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈχwali/
Verb
chwalu (first-person singular present chwalaf)
- to demolish
- Mae rhan o wal wedi ei chwalu gan fandaliaid. ― Part of a wall has been demolished by vandals.
- to shatter
- to spread
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | chwalaf | chwali | chwala | chwalwn | chwalwch | chwalant | chwalir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional | chwalwn | chwalit | chwalai | chwalem | chwalech | chwalent | chwalid | |
| preterite | chwalais | chwalaist | chwalodd | chwalasom | chwalasoch | chwalasant | chwalwyd | |
| pluperfect | chwalaswn | chwalasit | chwalasai | chwalasem | chwalasech | chwalasent | chwalasid, chwalesid | |
| present subjunctive | chwalwyf | chwalych | chwalo | chwalom | chwaloch | chwalont | chwaler | |
| imperative | — | chwala | chwaled | chwalwn | chwalwch | chwalent | chwaler | |
| verbal noun | chwalu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | chwaledig chwaladwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | chwala i, chwalaf i | chwali di | chwalith o/e/hi, chwaliff e/hi | chwalwn ni | chwalwch chi | chwalan nhw |
| conditional | chwalwn i, chwalswn i | chwalet ti, chwalset ti | chwalai fo/fe/hi, chwalsai fo/fe/hi | chwalen ni, chwalsen ni | chwalech chi, chwalsech chi | chwalen nhw, chwalsen nhw |
| preterite | chwalais i, chwales i | chwalaist ti, chwalest ti | chwalodd o/e/hi | chwalon ni | chwaloch chi | chwalon nhw |
| imperative | — | chwala | — | — | chwalwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||