ffili

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪlɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈfiːli/, /ˈfɪli/
• Rhymes: -ɪlɪ

Verb

ffili (first-person singular present ffilaf, not mutable)

1. (South Wales) (informal) Alternative form of ffaelu (“to fail; to be unable”)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ffilaf	ffili	ffila	ffilwn	ffilwch	ffilant	ffilir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	ffilwn	ffilit	ffilai	ffilem	ffilech	ffilent	ffilid
preterite	ffilais	ffilaist	ffilodd	ffilasom	ffilasoch	ffilasant	ffilwyd
pluperfect	ffilaswn	ffilasit	ffilasai	ffilasem	ffilasech	ffilasent	ffilasid, ffilesid
present subjunctive	ffilwyf	ffilych	ffilo	ffilom	ffiloch	ffilont	ffiler
imperative	—	ffila	ffiled	ffilwn	ffilwch	ffilent	ffiler
verbal noun	ffili
verbal adjectives	ffiledig ffiladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ffila i, ffilaf i	ffili di	ffilith o/e/hi, ffiliff e/hi	ffilwn ni	ffilwch chi	ffilan nhw
conditional	ffilwn i, ffilswn i	ffilet ti, ffilset ti	ffilai fo/fe/hi, ffilsai fo/fe/hi	ffilen ni, ffilsen ni	ffilech chi, ffilsech chi	ffilen nhw, ffilsen nhw
preterite	ffilais i, ffiles i	ffilaist ti, ffilest ti	ffilodd o/e/hi	ffilon ni	ffiloch chi	ffilon nhw
imperative	—	ffila	—	—	ffilwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.