From tawch (“misty”) + -u. Doublet of tochi (“to steep, to soak”).
tawchu (first-person singular present tawchaf)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | tawchaf | tawchi | tawch, tawcha | tawchwn | tawchwch | tawchant | tawchir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
tawchwn | tawchit | tawchai | tawchem | tawchech | tawchent | tawchid | |
| preterite | tawchais | tawchaist | tawchodd | tawchasom | tawchasoch | tawchasant | tawchwyd | |
| pluperfect | tawchaswn | tawchasit | tawchasai | tawchasem | tawchasech | tawchasent | tawchasid, tawchesid | |
| present subjunctive | tawchwyf | tawchych | tawcho | tawchom | tawchoch | tawchont | tawcher | |
| imperative | — | tawch, tawcha | tawched | tawchwn | tawchwch | tawchent | tawcher | |
| verbal noun | tawchu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | tawchedig tawchadwy | |||||||
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | tawcha i, tawchaf i | tawchi di | tawchith o/e/hi, tawchiff e/hi | tawchwn ni | tawchwch chi | tawchan nhw |
| conditional | tawchwn i, tawchswn i | tawchet ti, tawchset ti | tawchai fo/fe/hi, tawchsai fo/fe/hi | tawchen ni, tawchsen ni | tawchech chi, tawchsech chi | tawchen nhw, tawchsen nhw |
| preterite | tawchais i, tawches i | tawchaist ti, tawchest ti | tawchodd o/e/hi | tawchon ni | tawchoch chi | tawchon nhw |
| imperative | — | tawcha | — | — | tawchwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||