gwylio
Welsh
Etymology
gŵyl (in its initial sense of “vigil”, from Latin vigilia) + -io
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwɪljɔ/, /ˈɡwɨ̞ljɔ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡʊi̯ljɔ/, /ˈɡwɪljɔ/
Usage notes
Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" follows "w".
Verb
gwylio (first-person singular present gwyliaf)
- to watch
- to keep watch over, to observe
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | gwyliaf | gwyli | gwyli, gwylia | gwyliwn | gwyliwch | gwyliant | gwylir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | gwyliwn | gwylit | gwyliai | gwyliem | gwyliech | gwylient | gwylid | |
| preterite | gwyliais | gwyliaist | gwyliodd | gwyliasom | gwyliasoch | gwyliasant | gwyliwyd | |
| pluperfect | gwyliaswn | gwyliasit | gwyliasai | gwyliasem | gwyliasech | gwyliasent | gwyliasid, gwyliesid | |
| present subjunctive | gwyliwyf | gwyliech | gwylio | gwyliom | gwylioch | gwyliont | gwylier | |
| imperative | — | gwyli, gwylia | gwylied | gwyliwn | gwyliwch | gwylient | gwylier | |
| verbal noun | ||||||||
| verbal adjectives | gwyliedig gwyliadwy | |||||||
| inflected colloquial forms |
singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | gwylia i, gwyliaf i |
gwyli di | gwylith o/e/hi, gwyliff e/hi |
gwyliwn ni | gwyliwch chi | gwylian nhw |
| conditional | gwyliwn i, gwylswn i |
gwyliet ti, gwylset ti |
gwyliai fo/fe/hi, gwylsai fo/fe/hi |
gwylien ni, gwylsen ni |
gwyliech chi, gwylsech chi |
gwylien nhw, gwylsen nhw |
| preterite | gwyliais i, gwylies i |
gwyliaist ti, gwyliest ti |
gwyliodd o/e/hi | gwylion ni | gwylioch chi | gwylion nhw |
| imperative | — | gwylia | — | — | gwyliwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.