ffaelu
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Welsh
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈfeɨ̯lɨ̞/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈfei̯li/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈfiːli/, /ˈfɪli/
- Rhymes: -eɨ̯lɨ̞
Verb
ffaelu (first-person singular present ffaelaf, not mutable)
- (South Wales) (informal) to fail
- (South Wales) (informal) to be unable, cannot
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | ffaelaf | ffaeli | ffaela | ffaelwn | ffaelwch | ffaelant | ffaelir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
ffaelwn | ffaelit | ffaelai | ffaelem | ffaelech | ffaelent | ffaelid | |
preterite | ffaelais | ffaelaist | ffaelodd | ffaelasom | ffaelasoch | ffaelasant | ffaelwyd | |
pluperfect | ffaelaswn | ffaelasit | ffaelasai | ffaelasem | ffaelasech | ffaelasent | ffaelasid, ffaelesid | |
present subjunctive | ffaelwyf | ffaelych | ffaelo | ffaelom | ffaeloch | ffaelont | ffaeler | |
imperative | — | ffaela | ffaeled | ffaelwn | ffaelwch | ffaelent | ffaeler | |
verbal noun | ffaelu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | ffaeledig ffaeladwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | ffaela i, ffaelaf i | ffaeli di | ffaelith o/e/hi, ffaeliff e/hi | ffaelwn ni | ffaelwch chi | ffaelan nhw |
conditional | ffaelwn i, ffaelswn i | ffaelet ti, ffaelset ti | ffaelai fo/fe/hi, ffaelsai fo/fe/hi | ffaelen ni, ffaelsen ni | ffaelech chi, ffaelsech chi | ffaelen nhw, ffaelsen nhw |
preterite | ffaelais i, ffaeles i | ffaelaist ti, ffaelest ti | ffaelodd o/e/hi | ffaelon ni | ffaeloch chi | ffaelon nhw |
imperative | — | ffaela | — | — | ffaelwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ffaelu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies