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gwenu
gwenu
Welsh
Verb
gwenu (stem gwen-)
- to smile
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present/future | gwenaf | gweni | gwena | gwenwn | gwenwch | gwenant | gwenir | |
| imperfect/conditional | gwenwn | gwenit | gwenai | gwenem | gwenech | gwenent | gwenid | |
| preterite | gwenais | gwenaist | gwenodd | gwenasom | gwenasoch | gwenasant | gwenwyd | |
| pluperfect | gwenaswn | gwenasit | gwenasai | gwenasem | gwenasech | gwenasent | gwenasid, gwenesid | |
| subjunctive | gwenwyf | gwenych | gweno | gwenom | gwenoch | gwenont | gwener | |
| imperative | — | gwena | gwened | gwenwn | gwenwch | gwenent | gwener | |
| verbal noun | gwenu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | gwenedig gwenadwy |
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Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | gwena i, gwenaf i | gweni di | gwenith o/e/hi, gweniff e/hi | gwenwn ni | gwenwch chi | gwenan nhw |
| conditional | gwenwn i, gwenswn i | gwenet ti, gwenset ti | gwenai fo/fe/hi, gwensai fo/fe/hi | gwenen ni, gwensen ni | gwenech chi, gwensech chi | gwenen nhw, gwensen nhw |
| preterite | gwenais i, gwenes i | gwenaist ti, gwenest ti | gwenodd o/e/hi | gwenon ni | gwenoch chi | gwenon nhw |
| imperative | — | gwena | — | — | gwenwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gwenu | wenu | ngwenu | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||