sgwrsio

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • ysgwrsio, sgyrsio

Etymology

From sgwrs +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈsɡʊrʃo/, [ˈskʊrʃo]
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈsɡʊrsjo/, [ˈskʊrsjo], /ˈsɡʊrʃo/, [ˈskʊrʃo]

Verb

sgwrsio (first-person singular present sgwrsiaf, not mutable)

  1. to chat, to converse

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future sgwrsiaf sgwrsi sgwrsia sgwrsiwn sgwrsiwch sgwrsiant sgwrsir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional sgwrsiwn sgwrsit sgwrsiai sgwrsiem sgwrsiech sgwrsient sgwrsid
preterite sgwrsiais sgwrsiaist sgwrsiodd sgwrsiasom sgwrsiasoch sgwrsiasant sgwrsiwyd
pluperfect sgwrsiaswn sgwrsiasit sgwrsiasai sgwrsiasem sgwrsiasech sgwrsiasent sgwrsiasid, sgwrsiesid
present subjunctive sgwrsiwyf sgwrsiech sgwrsio sgwrsiom sgwrsioch sgwrsiont sgwrsier
imperative — sgwrsia sgwrsied sgwrsiwn sgwrsiwch sgwrsient sgwrsier
verbal noun
verbal adjectives sgwrsiedig
sgwrsiadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future sgwrsia i,
sgwrsiaf i 		sgwrsi di sgwrsith o/e/hi,
sgwrsiff e/hi 		sgwrsiwn ni sgwrsiwch chi sgwrsian nhw
conditional sgwrsiwn i,
sgwrswn i 		sgwrsiet ti,
sgwrset ti 		sgwrsiai fo/fe/hi,
sgwrsai fo/fe/hi 		sgwrsien ni,
sgwrsen ni 		sgwrsiech chi,
sgwrsech chi 		sgwrsien nhw,
sgwrsen nhw
preterite sgwrsiais i,
sgwrsies i 		sgwrsiaist ti,
sgwrsiest ti 		sgwrsiodd o/e/hi sgwrsion ni sgwrsioch chi sgwrsion nhw
imperative — sgwrsia — — sgwrsiwch —

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sgwrsio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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