There are different modal expressions we can use in Gaelic to express ‘must, need’:
‘S fheudar dhomh …
I have to …
B’ fheudar dhomh …
I had to …
Bha agam ri …
I had
Tha agam ri …
I have to…
Bidh agam ri …
I will have to …
Thig orm …
I will have to …
Thàinig orm …
I had to …
Bha feum agam …
I had to
Tha feum agam …
I have to
Bidh feum agam …
I will have/need to …
Bha agam ri cìs a phàigheadh nuair a dh’fhàg mi an càr san àite cheàrr.
I had to pay a fine when I left the car in the wrong place.
B’ fheudar dhomh ceud leabhar a leughadh airson m’ obrach an–uiridh.
I had to read a hundred books for my work last year.
Nam faiceadh tu an spùinneadh, dh’fheumadh tu am baile fhàgail.
If you could see the looting, you would have to leave the city.
Thàinig orm an t–oilthigh fhàgail nuair a dh’fhàillig mi a’ chiad bhliadhna.
I had to leave university when I failed the first year.
‘S fheudar dhomh a dhol a dh’obair an–diugh.
I have to go to work today.
B’ fheudar dhomh èirigh tràth an–dè.
I had to get up early yesterday.
Bidh agam ri maraton a ruith a–màireach.
I’ll have to run a marathon tomorrow.
Bha agam ri taigh ùr a cheannach an t–seachdain a chaidh.
I had to buy a new house last week.
Thig orm cùrsa Gàidhlig a dhèanamh an–ath–sheachdain.
I will have to do a Gaelic course next week.
Thàinig orm an obair fhàgail an–uiridh.
I had to leave my work last year.
Am feum thu obair ùr fhaighinn?
Do you need to get another job?
Dè dh’fheumadh tu dèanamh gus obair ùr fhaighinn?
What would you need to do to get another job?