Who will win and who will lose?
Cò bhuannaicheas agus cò chailleas?
We saw in A2 Cuspair 10 there is a special form of the future tense which follows the relative particle: a . We see this with the questions: Ciamar a , Cuin a, Cia mheud a, and also with the questions Dè and Cò, and with Ma (If).
| CHAILLEAS | BHUANNAICHEAS | AN CAILL …? | AM BUANNAICH …? |
| Ciamar a chailleas? | Ciamar a bhuannaicheas ? | Càit an caill …? | Càit am buannaich ? |
| Cuin a chailleas? | Cuin a bhuannaicheas ? | Mura caill | Mura buannaich … |
| Cò chailleas? | Cò bhuannaicheas ? | ||
| Ma chailleas | Ma bhuannaicheas … | ||
| Nuair a chailleas | Nuair a bhuannaicheas |
Ma bhuannaicheas …
Regular verbs have a relative future form, which is used after the relative particle: a . This is seen in relative clauses, and with question words, including Dè and Cò , and with Ma (If), even though the relative particle a is dropped because these all end in a vowel. The relative future form is made by leniting the root form of the verb and adding an –as/–eas ending:
With càite (where) and mura (if not) we use the question (dependent) form as we do in other tenses: