dat- (“re-”) + canu (“sing; say”)[1]
datgan (first-person singular present datganaf)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | datganaf | datgeni | datgana | datganwn | datgenwch, datganwch | datganant | datgenir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
datganwn | datganit | datganai | datganem | datganech | datganent | datgenid | |
preterite | datgenais | datgenaist | datganodd | datganasom | datganasoch | datganasant | datganwyd | |
pluperfect | datganaswn | datganasit | datganasai | datganasem | datganasech | datganasent | datganasid, datganesid | |
present subjunctive | datganwyf | datgenych | datgano | datganom | datganoch | datganont | datganer | |
imperative | — | datgana | datganed | datganwn | datgenwch, datganwch | datganent | datganer | |
verbal noun | datgan | |||||||
verbal adjectives | datganedig datganadwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | datgana i, datganaf i | datgani di | datganith o/e/hi, datganiff e/hi | datganwn ni | datganwch chi | datganan nhw |
conditional | datganwn i, datganswn i | datganet ti, datganset ti | datganai fo/fe/hi, datgansai fo/fe/hi | datganen ni, datgansen ni | datganech chi, datgansech chi | datganen nhw, datgansen nhw |
preterite | datganais i, datganes i | datganaist ti, datganest ti | datganodd o/e/hi | datganon ni | datganoch chi | datganon nhw |
imperative | — | datgana | — | — | datganwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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datgan | ddatgan | natgan | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.