ar- (“over-, super-, sur-”) + nofio (“to swim”).
arnofio (first-person singular present arnofiaf)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | arnofiaf | arnofi | arnawf, arnofia | arnofiwn | arnofiwch | arnofiant | arnofir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | arnofiwn | arnofit | arnofiai | arnofiem | arnofiech | arnofient | arnofid | |
| preterite | arnofiais | arnofiaist | arnofiodd | arnofiasom | arnofiasoch | arnofiasant | arnofiwyd | |
| pluperfect | arnofiaswn | arnofiasit | arnofiasai | arnofiasem | arnofiasech | arnofiasent | arnofiasid, arnofiesid | |
| present subjunctive | arnofiwyf | arnofiech | arnofio | arnofiom | arnofioch | arnofiont | arnofier | |
| imperative | — | arnawf, arnofia | arnofied | arnofiwn | arnofiwch | arnofient | arnofier | |
| verbal noun | arnofio | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | arnofiedig arnofiadwy | |||||||
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | nofia i, nofiaf i | nofi di | nofith o/e/hi, nofiff e/hi | nofiwn ni | nofiwch chi | nofian nhw |
| conditional | arnofiwn i, arnofswn i | arnofiet ti, arnofset ti | arnofiai fo/fe/hi, arnofsai fo/fe/hi | arnofien ni, arnofsen ni | arnofiech chi, arnofsech chi | arnofien nhw, arnofsen nhw |
| preterite | nofiais i, nofies i | nofiaist ti, nofiest ti | nofiodd o/e/hi | nofion ni | nofioch chi | nofion nhw |
| imperative | — | nofia | — | — | nofiwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||