If you were wanting to make food for your friends, what would you make for them? We’ll take a look at a clàr–bìdh (a menu) here and we’ll see again now nan | nam works in the conditional case, as we saw in Cuspair 7. Here we look at nan | nam again, this time with the irregular verbs dèan and thig.
CUMHACH | CAITHTE GNÀTHACH
Dèan! | a’ dèanamh
Do! Make! | doing
An dèanadh?
Would do/make?
Nach dèanadh?
Wouldn’t do/make?
Dhèanadh
Would do/make
Cha dèanadh
Wouldn’t do/make
+ MI
Dhèanainn
I would do/make
Cha dèanainn
I wouldn’t do/make
+ SINN
Dhèanamaid
We would do/make
Cha dèanamaid
We wouldn’t do/make
CUMHACH | CAITHTE GNÀTHACH
Thig! | a’ tighinn
Come! | coming
An tigeadh?
Would come?
Nach tigeadh?
Wouldn’t come?
Thigeadh
Would come
Cha tigeadh
Wouldn’t come
+ MI
Thiginn
I would come
Cha tiginn
I wouldn’t come
+ SINN
Thigeamaid
We would come
Cha tigeamaid
We wouldn’t come