dysgu
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin discō (“I learn”). Cognate to Breton deskiñ and Cornish dyski, from the same origin.
Pronunciation
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Verb
dysgu (first-person singular present dysgaf)
- to learn
- Dw i ddim yn deall yn iawn achos dw i’n dysgu Cymraeg o hyd.
- I don’t properly understand because I’m still learning Welsh.
- (with preposition i) to teach (often replaced by addysgu in modern Welsh)
- Mae Mrs Jones yn dysgu Cymraeg i mi.
- Mrs Jones is teaching me Welsh.
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | dysgaf | dysgi | dysg | dysgwn | dysgwch | dysgant | dysgir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
dysgwn | dysgit | dysgai | dysgem | dysgech | dysgent | dysgid | |
preterite | dysgais | dysgaist | dysgodd | dysgasom | dysgasoch | dysgasant | dysgwyd | |
pluperfect | dysgaswn | dysgasit | dysgasai | dysgasem | dysgasech | dysgasent | dysgasid, dysgesid | |
present subjunctive | dysgwyf | dysgych | dysgo | dysgom | dysgoch | dysgont | dysger | |
imperative | — | dysg, dysga | dysged | dysgwn | dysgwch | dysgent | dysger | |
verbal noun | dysgu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | dysgedig dysgadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | dysga i, dysgaf i | dysgi di | dysgith o/e/hi, dysgiff e/hi | dysgwn ni | dysgwch chi | dysgan nhw |
conditional | dysgwn i, dysgswn i | dysget ti, dysgset ti | dysgai fo/fe/hi, dysgsai fo/fe/hi | dysgen ni, dysgsen ni | dysgech chi, dysgsech chi | dysgen nhw, dysgsen nhw |
preterite | dysgais i, dysges i | dysgaist ti, dysgest ti | dysgodd o/e/hi | dysgon ni | dysgoch chi | dysgon nhw |
imperative | — | dysga | — | — | dysgwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |