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If you want to
tell someone to do something, you need to use the command
form, or imperative. The imperative is created by adding -wch
(plural or singular, formal) or -a (singular, familiar) or
to the stem of the verbnoun.
Sometimes, if the stem ends in a consonant, the singular version
just uses the stem of the verbnoun with no added a.
And remember that some stems are irregular!
verbnoun |
stem |
imperatives |
talu |
tal |
tala!
talwch! |
gwylio |
gwyli |
gwylia!
gwyliwch! |
eistedd |
eistedd |
eistedda!
or eistedd!
eisteddwch! |
edrych |
edrych |
edrycha!
or edrych!
edrychwch! |
Of course, this
wouldnt be a cheat sheet if there wasnt more to
it than that. Some command forms are irregular and just have
to be learnt:
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singular |
plural |
mynd
- to go |
dos!
(N) |
ewch! |
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cer!
(S) |
cerwch!
(S) |
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cewch! |
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dod
- to come |
tyd!
(N) |
dewch! |
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tyrd!
(N) |
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dere!
(S) |
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gadael
- to let, leave |
gad! |
gadewch! |
Note: In the event
that you are using two verbnouns in the same command, only
the first takes the imperative, e.g. come back and pay!
would be dere yn ôl a talu!.
dont!
If you want to give a negative command, i.e. dont!,
then you use paid or peidiwch, or more formally, paid
â/peidiwch â with optional nasal mutation
after the â, along with your verbnoun. Thus dont
pay can variously be: paid talu, paid â talu,
paid â thalu, peidiwch talu, peidiwch â talu,
or peidiwch â thalu.
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