Some verb and pronouns combinations may be abbreviated for euphony or ease of pronunciation. You may see the pronoun vy (I/me) replaced by ma or a, the pronoun jy (you) replaced by ta and the pronoun ev or hi (he or she) replaced by va or a. Some abbreviations and variations you may come across are:
Using ma or a for vy (I):
ama or a'ma (I go) from a vy
oma or o'ma (I was) from o vy
ytha or yth'a (I went) from eth vy
gwrama or gwra'ma (I do) from gwrav vy
gwruga or gwrug'a(I did) from gwrug vy
Using ta for jy (you):
osta or os ta or o'ta (you are, short form) from os jy
esosta or esos ta or es'ta (you are, long form) from esos jy
es ta (you were, short form) from es jy
eses ta (you were, long form) from eses jy
e'ta (you go) from edh jy
beusta or beus ta(you were) from beus jy
deu'ta (you come) from deudh jy
deuth'ta (you came) from deuthys jy
myn'ta (you want) from mynnydh jy
myns'ta (you wanted) from mynsys jy
myns'ta (you would want) from mynses jy
gwith'ta (you keep) from gwithydh jy
gwre'ta (you do) from gwredh jy
gwruss'ta (you did) from gwrussys jy
gwruss'ta (you would do) from gwrusses jy
gyll'ta (you can) from gyllydh jy
gyls'ta (you could/were able to) from gylsys jy
gals'ta (you could) from galses jy
a wodhes ta? (do you know?) from a wodhes jy?
Using va or a for ev (he, it) and hi (she, it):
ova or o'va (he/she was) from o ev/hi
ywa or yw'a (he/she is, short form) from yw ev/hi
ymava or yma'va (he/she is, long form) from yma ev/hi
bova or bo'va (he/she may be) from bo ev/hi
gwrava or gwra'va (he/she does) from gwra ev/hi
gwruga or gwrug'a (he/she did) from gwrug ev/hi
etha or eth'a (he/she went) from eth ev/hi
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