We’ve looked at the cruth teachdail dàimheach (relative future form) many times now. We first saw this with ceannaich (buy) in A2 Cuspair 10.
Do you remember the correct form of the relative future tense?
DÀIMHEACH | EISIMEILEACH |
Ciamar a cheannaicheas …? | Càit an ceannaich …? |
Cuin a cheannaicheas …? | Mura ceannaich … |
Cò cheannaicheas …? | … gun ceannaich … |
Nuair a cheannaicheas …? | … nach ceannaich … |
And here are the answers!
DÀIMHEACH | EISIMEILEACH |
Ciamar a cheannaicheas …? | Càit an ceannaich …? |
Cuin a cheannaicheas …? | Mura ceannaich … |
Cò cheannaicheas …? | … gun ceannaich … |
Nuair a cheannaicheas … | … nach ceannaich … |
Why don’t you have a go at this task! If you have a Gaelic–speaking/learning friend, you could do this together. If you don’t—no problem—you can have double the fun!
Have a conversation about ceannachd (buying/shopping):
You can use these questions as a guide to get you going. Siuthad!
Cuin a cheannaicheas tu biadh gach seachdain?
When do you buy food each week?
Dè seòrsa bìdh a cheannaicheas tu?
What kind of food do you buy?
Am feum thu rud sam bith a cheannach às dèidh a’ chlas? Dè dh’fheumas tu ceannach?
Do you have to buy anything after the class? What do you have to buy?
An ceannaich thu aodach ùr air a’ mhìos seo?
Will you buy new clothes this month?
Ma cheannaicheas, dè cheannaicheas tu?
If you do [buy], what will you buy?