We’ve already looked at the tràth chumhach (conditional tense) in this course. Here we introduce the conditional tense of the verb thoir! We need to remember that in the conditional tense the pronouns mi and sinn combine with the verb.
thoir! | a’ toirt
bring!, give! | bringing, giving
… gun toireadh
… that would bring, give
… nach toireadh
… that wouldn’t bring, give
An toireadh?
Would bring, give?
Nach toireadh?
Wouldn’t bring, give?
Bheireadh
Would bring, give
Cha toireadh
Wouldn’t bring, give
An toirinn?
Would I bring, give
Nach toirinn?
Wouldn’t I bring, give?
Bheirinn
I would bring, give
Cha toirinn
I wouldn’t bring, give
An toireamaid?
Would we bring, give?
Nach toireamaid?
Wouldn’t we bring, give?
Bheireamaid
We would bring give
Cha toireamaid
We wouldn’t bring, give
An toireamaid sùil air a’ chlàr–bìdh an toiseach? | [thoir + sinn] | Should we look/Let’s look at the menu first? |
Bheireadh e leabhar leis air a’ chuairt sin. | [thoir + e] | He would take a book with him on that trip. |
Cha toireadh iad airgead sam bith dhut. | [thoir + iad] | They wouldn’t give you any money. |
Bheireadh e airgead sam bith dhut. | [thoir + e] | He would give you any money. |
Bheirinn sùil air a’ chàr agad gun dragh sam bith. | [thoir + mi] | I would take a look at the car without a problem. |
Cha toireadh, duilich. Cha toirinn taic dhut le sin. | [thoir + mi] | (I) wouldn’t, sorry. I wouldn’t give you help with that. |