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====Welsh==== {{See also|Literary Welsh morphology|Colloquial Welsh morphology}} In [[Welsh language|Welsh]], there are two forms of the subjunctive: present and imperfect. The present subjunctive is barely ever used in spoken Welsh except in certain fixed phrases, and is restricted in most cases to the third person singular. However, it is more likely to be found in literary Welsh, most widely in more old-fashioned registers. The third-person singular is properly used after certain conjunctions and prepositions but in spoken Welsh the present subjunctive is frequently replaced by either the infinitives, the present tense, the conditional, or the future tense (this latter is called the present-future by some grammarians). {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan=2|Present indicative ! colspan=2|Present subjunctive |- !English !Welsh !English !Welsh |- | I am | {{Lang|cy|(Ry)dw i/... ydw i}} | (that) I be | {{Lang|cy|bwyf, byddwyf}} |- | Thou art | {{Lang|cy|(R)wyt ti/... wyt ti}} | (that) thou be[est] | {{Lang|cy|bych, byddych}} |- | He is | {{Lang|cy|Mae e/... ydy e<br />Mae o/...ydy o}} | (that) he be | {{Lang|cy|bo, byddo}} |- | One is | {{Lang|cy|Ydys}} | (that) one be | {{Lang|cy|bydder}} |- | We are | {{Lang|cy|(Ry)dyn ni/...dyn ni<br /> (Ry)dan ni/... dan ni}} | (that) we be | {{Lang|cy|bôm, byddom}} |- | You are | {{Lang|cy|(Ry)dych chi/...dych chi<br /> (Ry)dach chi/... dach chi}} | (that) you be | {{Lang|cy|boch, byddoch}} |- | They are | {{Lang|cy|Maen nhw/...dyn nhw}} | (that) they be | {{Lang|cy|bônt, byddont}} |- |} {| class="wikitable" |- ! Literary English ! Literary Welsh ! Spoken English ! Spoken Welsh |- | When need be | {{Lang|cy|Pan fo angen}} | When there'll be need | {{Lang|cy| Pan fydd angen}} |- | Before it be | {{Lang|cy|Cyn (y) bo}} | Before it's | {{Lang|cy|Cyn iddi fod}} |- | In order that there be | {{Lang|cy|Fel y bo}} | In order for there to be | {{Lang|cy|Er mwyn bod}} |- | She left so that she be safe | {{Lang|cy|Gadawodd hi fel y bo hi'n ddiogel}} | She left so that she'd be safe | {{Lang|cy|Gadawodd hi fel y byddai hi'n ddiogel}} |- | It is time that I go | {{Lang|cy|Mae'n amser yr elwyf}} | It's time for me to go | {{Lang|cy|Mae'n amser imi fynd}} |} The imperfect subjunctive, as in English, only affects the verb {{Lang|cy|bod}} ("to be"). It is used after {{Lang|cy|pe}} (a form of "if") and it must be accompanied by the conditional subjunctive e.g. {{Lang|cy|Pe '''bawn''' i'n gyfoethog, teithiwn i trwy'r byd.}} = "If I '''were''' rich, I would travel throughout the world." {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan=2|Imperfect indicative ! colspan=2|Conditional subjunctive ! colspan=2|Imperfect subjunctive |- ! English !Welsh ! English !Welsh ! English !Welsh |- | I was | {{Lang|cy|(R)oeddwn i}} | I would be | {{Lang|cy|byddwn i}} | (that) I were | {{Lang|cy|bawn i}} |- | Thou wast | {{Lang|cy|(R)oeddet ti}} | Thou wouldst be | {{Lang|cy|byddet ti}} | (that) thou wert | {{Lang|cy|baet ti}} |- | He was<br />She was | {{Lang|cy|(R)oedd e/o<br /> (R)oedd hi}} | He would be<br />She would be | {{Lang|cy|byddai fe/fo<br /> byddai hi}} | (that) he were<br />(that) she were | {{Lang|cy|bai fe/fo<br /> bai hi}} |- | One was | {{Lang|cy|(R)oeddid}} | One would be | {{Lang|cy|byddid}} | (that) one were | {{Lang|cy|byddid}} |- | We were | {{Lang|cy|(R)oeddem ni}} | We would be | {{Lang|cy|byddem ni}} | (that) we were | {{Lang|cy|baem ni}} |- | You were | {{Lang|cy|(R)oeddech chi}} | You would be | {{Lang|cy|byddech chi}} | (that) you were | {{Lang|cy|baech chi}} |- | They were | {{Lang|cy|(R)oedden nhw}} | They would be | {{Lang|cy|bydden nhw}} | (that) they were | {{Lang|cy|baent hwy}} |} For all other verbs in Welsh, as in English, the imperfect subjunctive takes the same stems as do the conditional subjunctive and the imperfect indicative.
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