sgwrsio

Welsh

Alternative forms

• ysgwrsio, sgyrsio

Etymology

From sgwrs +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsɡʊrʃo/, [ˈskʊrʃo]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsɡʊrsjo/, [ˈskʊrsjo], /ˈsɡʊrʃo/, [ˈskʊrʃo]

Verb

sgwrsio (first-person singular present sgwrsiaf, not mutable)

1. to chat, to converse

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	sgwrsiaf	sgwrsi	sgwrsia	sgwrsiwn	sgwrsiwch	sgwrsiant	sgwrsir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	sgwrsiwn	sgwrsit	sgwrsiai	sgwrsiem	sgwrsiech	sgwrsient	sgwrsid
preterite	sgwrsiais	sgwrsiaist	sgwrsiodd	sgwrsiasom	sgwrsiasoch	sgwrsiasant	sgwrsiwyd
pluperfect	sgwrsiaswn	sgwrsiasit	sgwrsiasai	sgwrsiasem	sgwrsiasech	sgwrsiasent	sgwrsiasid, sgwrsiesid
present subjunctive	sgwrsiwyf	sgwrsiech	sgwrsio	sgwrsiom	sgwrsioch	sgwrsiont	sgwrsier
imperative	—	sgwrsia	sgwrsied	sgwrsiwn	sgwrsiwch	sgwrsient	sgwrsier
verbal noun	sgwrsio
verbal adjectives	sgwrsiedig sgwrsiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	sgwrsia i, sgwrsiaf i	sgwrsi di	sgwrsith o/e/hi, sgwrsiff e/hi	sgwrsiwn ni	sgwrsiwch chi	sgwrsian nhw
conditional	sgwrsiwn i, sgwrswn i	sgwrsiet ti, sgwrset ti	sgwrsiai fo/fe/hi, sgwrsai fo/fe/hi	sgwrsien ni, sgwrsen ni	sgwrsiech chi, sgwrsech chi	sgwrsien nhw, sgwrsen nhw
preterite	sgwrsiais i, sgwrsies i	sgwrsiaist ti, sgwrsiest ti	sgwrsiodd o/e/hi	sgwrsion ni	sgwrsioch chi	sgwrsion nhw
imperative	—	sgwrsia	—	—	sgwrsiwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sgwrsio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies