dysgu

Welsh

Borrowed from Latin discō (“I learn”). Cognate to Breton deskiñ and Cornish dyski, from the same origin.

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 (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third	impersonal
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
Inflected colloquial forms	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.

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

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