mitsio
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mitsio (first-person singular present mitsiaf)
- (South Wales, informal) to mitch, to skive, to bunk off, to play truant
- Synonym: sgeifio
- Maen nhw wedi bod yn mitsio o'r ysgol.
- They've been bunking off school.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | mitsiaf | mitshi | mitsia | mitsiwn | mitsiwch | mitsiant | mitshir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | mitsiwn | mitshit | mitsiai | mitsiem | mitsiech | mitsient | mitshid | |
| preterite | mitsiais | mitsiaist | mitsiodd | mitsiasom | mitsiasoch | mitsiasant | mitsiwyd | |
| pluperfect | mitsiaswn | mitsiasit | mitsiasai | mitsiasem | mitsiasech | mitsiasent | mitsiasid, mitsiesid | |
| present subjunctive | mitsiwyf | mitsiech | mitsio | mitsiom | mitsioch | mitsiont | mitsier | |
| imperative | — | mitsia | mitsied | mitsiwn | mitsiwch | mitsient | mitsier | |
| verbal noun | mitsio | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | mitsiedig mitsiadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | mitsia i, mitsiaf i | mitshi di | mitshith o/e/hi, mitshiff o/e/hi | mitsiwn ni | mitsiwch chi | mitsian nhw |
| conditional | mitsiwn i | mitsiet ti | mitsiai fo/fe/hi | mitsien ni | mitsiech chi | mitsien nhw |
| preterite | mitsiais i, mitsies i | mitsiaist ti, mitsiest ti | mitsiodd o/e/hi | mitsion ni | mitsioch chi | mitsion nhw |
| imperative | — | mitsia | — | — | mitsiwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mitsio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies