2BA - past tense revision Flashcards
How many irregular verbs are there in the past simple form?
Four
(mynd, dod, gwneud, cael)
to lose (something) +stem
Colli
(coll—)
I lost
Collais i
Personal ending: me
–ais
(dysgais -I learned)
Personal ending: you
–aist
(golchaist -u washed)
Personal ending: he/she
–odd
(siopodd -he shopped)
Personal ending: we
–on
cerddon -we walked
Personal ending: wy
–och
(rhedoch -wy biegliście)
Personal ending: them
–on
(seiclon -they cycled)
Patterns of adding the ending:
- dropping the ending
- the verb is the stem
- irregular stems
Common endings of ending droppings patterns:
–i (coll-i)
–u* (cysg-u)*
–io (but the “i” stays: peinti-o)
Stem + I learned
Dysg-u
Dysgais i
Stem + you washed
Golch-i
Golchaist ti
stem + She walked
Cerdd-ed
Cerddodd hi
stem + he ran
rhed-eg
Rheddod e
stem + we shopped
siop-a
Siopon ni
stem + wy cycled
seicl-o
Seicloch chi
stem + they returned
dychwel-yd
Dychwelon nhw
stem + I ploughed
ared-ig
Aredais i
stem + you stood
sef-yll
Sefaist ti
stem + she shrieked
sgrechi-an
Sgrechiodd hi
Examples of the whole verbal noun being the stem (4):
Eistedd (sit)
Darllen (read)
Cadw (keep)
Prepare (paratoi)
I sat
eistedd-ais i
You understood
Deall-aist ti