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Is fheudar dhomh ... (I must ...)

Melodaidh has bravely volunteered to cook Seanair his dinner, but will it be up to his usual high standards? Well, this lesson might not have the proof of the pudding, but we can prove that Gaelic is a versatile language! Check out the conversation for yet more tasty Gaelic morsels! We’ll round things up afterwards and give you a few extra pointers, too!

Melodaidh	Siuthad! Ith do bhiadh! Go on! Eat your food!
Seanair	Tha mi loma-làn. Feumaidh mi falbh. I’m full up. I need to go.
Melodaidh	Cha leig thu leas. Ith na thogras tu! You don’t need to. Eat what you like!
Seanair	Tha e blasta, ach is fheudar dhomh falbh. It’s tasty, but I must go.
Melodaidh	Chan eil adhbhar agad sin a dhèanamh! You don’t need to do that! (lit: You’ve no reason to do that!)
Seanair	Oh tha. Tha e anmoch a-nis. Oh, I do (Lit: Oh, yes) It’s late now.

Now listen to their conversation.

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Melodaidh is insistent, but Seanair’s not too keen! You’ve come across Cha leig thu leas already in this lesson. Ith na thogras tu is handy – it allows you to express the idea of ‘whatever you want’ to someone.

We’ve got more examples below.;

Useful vocabulary

Gaelic	English
Is fheudar dhomh	I must
Is fheudar dhomh sin a dhèanamh	I must do that
Is fheudar dhomh a bhith falbh	I must be going
B’fheudar dhomh falbh	I had to leave
Is fheàrr dhomh sin a dhèanamh	I’d better do that
Is fheàrr dhomh falbh	I’d better go
Cha robh adhbhar agad	You had no reason (to)
Cha robh adhbhar ann	There was no reason (to)
Cha robh adhbhar agad sin a dhèanamh	You had no reason to do that
Cha robh adhbhar agad sin a dhèanamh	You didn’t need to do that
Tha cruaidh fheum agam air ...	I really need ... (Lit: I badly need ...)
Tha cruaidh fheum agam air biadh teth	I really need hot food
Bha droch fheum agam air ...	I really needed ...
Bha cruaidh fheum againn air ...	We really needed ...
Gheibh thu na thogras tu	You’ll get what you like (ie: ... whatever you want)
Òl na thogras tu	Drink what you like
Ceannaich na thogras tu	Buy what you like

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