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THE AUXILIARY VERBS 131 V. THE SUBJUNCTIVE, I may do. (a). Inflected. Singular. Plural. 1. gwrellev (older gwryllyf}. i. gwrellon, gwrellen. 2. gwrelly, gwrelles. 2. gwrellough, gwrelleugh. 3. gwrello, givreffa. 3. gwrellens, gwrons. There is rather a confusion of the subjunctive and imperfect, and the two are used rather indiscriminately. The third person plural, gwrons, is borrowed from the imperative. (b). The Impersonal. Mi, a wrello, ti a wrello, etc. Mi a wreffa, ti a wreffa, etc. VI. THE IMPERATIVE. / Singular. Plural. 1. wanting. i. gwren, let us do. 2. gu<ra, do thou. 2. gwreugh, do ye. 3. gwrens, let him do. 3. gwrens, gwrons, let them do. . INFINITIVE, gil, gwtl, to do. PRESENT OR ACTIVE PARTICIPLE, ow kit, doing. PAST OR PASSIVE PARTICIPLE, gwres, done. When this verb is used otherwise than as an auxiliary, the future is mi a vedn gwil, I will do, etc. It means, as a principal verb, to do or to make, and tenses may be formed with its own tenses as auxiliaries to its infinitive. Thus : Mi a wra gwil, I do or I make. Ti a wrig gwil, thou hast made. Mar qwressa 'n den e wtl, if the man would make it.