From sŵn (“sound, noise”) + -ian.
swnian (first-person singular present swniaf, not mutable)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | swniaf | swni | swnia | swniwn | swniwch | swniant | swnir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | swniwn | swnit | swniai | swniem | swniech | swnient | swnid | |
preterite | swniais | swniaist | swniodd | swniasom | swniasoch | swniasant | swniwyd | |
pluperfect | swniaswn | swniasit | swniasai | swniasem | swniasech | swniasent | swniasid, swniesid | |
present subjunctive | swniwyf | swniech | swnio | swniom | swnioch | swniont | swnier | |
imperative | — | swnia | swnied | swniwn | swniwch | swnient | swnier | |
verbal noun | swnian | |||||||
verbal adjectives | swniedig swniadwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | swnia i, swniaf i | swni di | swnith o/e/hi, swniff e/hi | swniwn ni | swniwch chi | swnian nhw |
conditional | swniwn i, swnswn i | swniet ti, swnset ti | swniai fo/fe/hi, swnsai fo/fe/hi | swnien ni, swnsen ni | swniech chi, swnsech chi | swnien nhw, swnsen nhw |
preterite | swniais i, swnies i | swniaist ti, swniest ti | swniodd o/e/hi | swnion ni | swnioch chi | swnion nhw |
imperative | — | swnia | — | — | swniwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |