From hoff (“beloved, dear”) + -i.
hoffi (first-person singular present hoffaf, not mutable)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | hoffaf | hoffi | hoffa | hoffwn | hoffwch | hoffant | hoffir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
hoffwn | hoffit | hoffai | hoffem | hoffech | hoffent | hoffid | |
| preterite | hoffais | hoffaist | hoffodd | hoffasom | hoffasoch | hoffasant | hoffwyd | |
| pluperfect | hoffaswn | hoffasit | hoffasai | hoffasem | hoffasech | hoffasent | hoffasid, hoffesid | |
| present subjunctive | hoffwyf | hoffych | hoffo | hoffom | hoffoch | hoffont | hoffer | |
| imperative | — | hoffa | hoffed | hoffwn | hoffwch | hoffent | hoffer | |
| verbal noun | hoffi | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | hoffedig hoffadwy | |||||||
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | hoffa i, hoffaf i | hoffi di | hoffith o/e/hi, hoffiff e/hi | hoffwn ni | hoffwch chi | hoffan nhw |
| conditional | hoffwn i, hoffswn i | hoffet ti, hoffset ti | hoffai fo/fe/hi, hoffsai fo/fe/hi | hoffen ni, hoffsen ni | hoffech chi, hoffsech chi | hoffen nhw, hoffsen nhw |
| preterite | hoffais i, hoffes i | hoffaist ti, hoffest ti | hoffodd o/e/hi | hoffon ni | hoffoch chi | hoffon nhw |
| imperative | — | hoffa | — | — | hoffwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||