Grammar

Question 1

Dá

Answer 1

If (use with conditional)

— causes eclipsis
— e.g. Dá mba chapall mé
— e.g. Dá dtiocfaidh siad

Question 2

Mura

Answer 2

If not

— use for all tenses, except Murar for past tense
— muh-ruh
— e.g. Mura bhfuil tú anseo
— e.g. Mura dtiocfaidh sé

Question 3

Féad

Answer 3

Should / could

— in this sense, usually seen in conditional tense

— D’fhéadfainn a ra _____
(I could say _____

— e.g. Nach bhféadfa _____?
(Couldn’t you _____?)

Question 4

Ba

Answer 4

— past/conditional affirmative of copula
— e.g. Ba mhaith liom cupán tae

— past/conditional dir. relative of copula
— e.g. Chonaic mé an fear ba shine ná m’athair
— (I saw a man that was older than my father)

Question 5

Ab

Answer 5

— Alternative form of BA used before vowel sounds
— (Ba: dir. relative of
— e.g. Chonaic an buachaill ab airde ná no dheartháir