chwarae

Welsh

Etymology

Cognate with Cornish gwari and Breton c'hoari.

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈχwaraɨ̯/
    • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈχwarɛ/, /ˈχwara/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈχwa(ː)rai̯/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈχwa(ː)rɛ/, /ˈʍa(ː)rɛ/, /ˈwa(ː)rɛ/
  • Rhymes: -araɨ̯

Verb

chwarae (first-person singular present chwaraeaf, not mutable)

  1. to play
    Mae’r plant yn chwarae tennis.
    The children are playing tennis.
  2. to play, or perform with, a percussive instrument such as a drum. (Should not be used with any other type of instrument – see canu.)
    Dw i'n chwarae'r drymiau.
    I play the drums.

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future chwaraeaf chwaraei chwery chwaraewn chwaraewch chwaraeant chwaraeir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 chwaraewn chwaraeit chwaraeai chwaraeem chwaraeech chwaraeent chwaraeid
preterite chwaraeais chwaraeaist chwaraeodd chwaraeasom chwaraeasoch chwaraeasant chwaraewyd
pluperfect chwaraeaswn chwaraeasit chwaraeasai chwaraeasem chwaraeasech chwaraeasent chwaraeasid, chwaraeesid
present subjunctive chwaraewyf chwaraeych chwaraeo chwaraeom chwaraeoch chwaraeont chwaraeer
imperative — chwarae, chwaraea chwaraeed chwaraewn chwaraewch chwaraeent chwaraeer
verbal noun chwarae
verbal adjectives chwaraeedig
chwaraeadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future chwaraea i, chwaraeaf i chwaraei di chwaraeith o/e/hi, chwaraeiff e/hi chwaraewn ni chwaraewch chi chwaraean nhw
conditional chwaraewn i, chwaraeswn i chwaraeet ti, chwaraeset ti chwaraeai fo/fe/hi, chwaraesai fo/fe/hi chwaraeen ni, chwaraesen ni chwaraeech chi, chwaraesech chi chwaraeen nhw, chwaraesen nhw
preterite chwaraeais i, chwaraees i chwaraeaist ti, chwaraeest ti chwaraeodd o/e/hi chwaraeon ni chwaraeoch chi chwaraeon nhw
imperative — chwaraea — — chwaraewch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Noun

chwarae m (plural chwaraeon, not mutable)

  1. game
  2. sport

See also

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “chwarae”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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