To talk about technology we also have to learn gnìomhairean ùra (new verbs). There are specific words used, just as in English, to talk about using computers and other technology. The regular verbs here give us an opportunity to look again at the rules for each tràth (tense) we learned before:
Cruthaich! | Create! | a’ cruthachadh | creating | ||
An do chruthaich? | Nach do chruthaich? | ✅ Chruthaich | ⛔ Cha do chruthaich |
Did create? | Didn’t create? | Created | Didn’t create |
An cruthaich? | Nach cruthaich? | ✅ Cruthaichidh | ⛔ Cha chruthaich |
Will create? | Won’t create? | Will create | Won’t create |
a chruthaicheas | |||
(that) will create | |||
An cruthaicheadh? | Nach cruthaicheadh? | ✅ chruthaicheadh | ⛔ Cha chruthaicheadh |
Would create? | Wouldn’t create? | Would create | Wouldn’t create |
You can apply the same rules to the following verbs which you may find useful when talking about teicneòlas.
dùin sìos! (v)
shut down!
ùraich! (v)
update!
stàlaich! (v)
install!
sguab às! (v)
delete!
tog dealbh! (v)
take a picture!
taisbean! (v)
display!
sàbhail! (v)
save!
put! (v)
push!
brùth! (v)
press!
briog! (v)
click!
clò–bhuail! (v)
print!
cobhair! (v)
help!
cuir air! (v)
turn on!
cuir dheth! (v)
turn off!
sgrolaich! (v)
scroll!
ùisnich! (v)
use!
DÈ DO BHEACHD? | WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Am bi thu a’ dùnadh sìos an coimpiutair gach oidhche?
Do you shut down your computer every night?
Am bi thu a’ stàladh ùrachaidhean nuair a thèid iarraidh ort, no ga fhàgail gun ùrachadh?
Do you install updates when you are asked, or leave without updating?
Dè nì thu ma tha an coimpiutair agad reòite?
What do you do if your computer is/has frozen?
Am bi thu a’ sàbhaladh na h–obrach agad air a’ choimpiutair no anns ‘an sgòth’?
Do you save your work on the computer or in ‘the cloud’?