chwarae

Welsh

Etymology

Cognate with Cornish gwari and Breton c'hoari.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈχwaraɨ̯/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈχwarɛ/, /ˈχwara/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈχwaːrai̯/, /ˈχwarai̯/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈχwaːrɛ/, /ˈχwarɛ/, /ˈhwaːrɛ/, /ˈhwarɛ/, /ˈwaːrɛ/, /ˈwarɛ/

Verb

chwarae (first-person singular present chwaraeaf)

1. to play

   Mae’r plant yn chwarae rygbi.

   The children are playing rugby.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	chwaraeaf	chwaraei	chwery	chwaraewn	chwaraewch	chwaraeant	chwaraeir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	chwaraewn	chwaraeit	chwaraeai	chwaraeem	chwaraeech	chwaraeent	chwaraeid
preterite	chwaraeais	chwaraeaist	chwaraeodd	chwaraeasom	chwaraeasoch	chwaraeasant	chwaraewyd
pluperfect	chwaraeaswn	chwaraeasit	chwaraeasai	chwaraeasem	chwaraeasech	chwaraeasent	chwaraeasid, chwaraeesid
present subjunctive	chwaraewyf	chwaraeych	chwaraeo	chwaraeom	chwaraeoch	chwaraeont	chwaraeer
imperative	—	chwarae, chwaraea	chwaraeed	chwaraewn	chwaraewch	chwaraeent	chwaraeer
verbal noun	chwarae
verbal adjectives	chwaraeedig chwaraeadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	chwaraea i, chwaraeaf i	chwaraei di	chwaraeith o/e/hi, chwaraeiff e/hi	chwaraewn ni	chwaraewch chi	chwaraean nhw
conditional	chwaraewn i, chwaraeswn i	chwaraeet ti, chwaraeset ti	chwaraeai fo/fe/hi, chwaraesai fo/fe/hi	chwaraeen ni, chwaraesen ni	chwaraeech chi, chwaraesech chi	chwaraeen nhw, chwaraesen nhw
preterite	chwaraeais i, chwaraees i	chwaraeaist ti, chwaraeest ti	chwaraeodd o/e/hi	chwaraeon ni	chwaraeoch chi	chwaraeon nhw
imperative	—	chwaraea	—	—	chwaraewch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Noun

chwarae m (plural chwaraeon)

1. game
2. sport

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
chwarae	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.