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Criomag: Joy Dunlop agus Anna NicLeoid (‘Leugh Mi’)

Anna: “Dè bhiodh tu a’ dèanamh son leabhraichean fhaighinn?”
“What would you do (‘what would you be doing’) to get books?”

“Dè bhiodh tu a’ toirt leat?”
What would you take (‘what would you be taking’) with you?”

Joy:
“Leigeadh iad leam na ficheadan a ghabhail aig an aon àm nuair a bha mi ag iarraidh sin.”
“They would let me take scores [of books] at the same time when I wanted to.”

Bhitheadh ( / Bhiodh) - ‘would be, could be’
Dhèanadh - ‘would do, could do’
Leigeadh - ‘would let, could let’

Thoir an aire (1): thu → tu
Dè dhèanadh tu? ‘What would you do?’
Cha chanadh tu mòran. ‘You wouldn’t say much.’
An leigeadh tu leotha snàmh? ‘Would you let them swim, allow them to swim?’

Thoir an aire (2): ‘I would’: -inn

Joy:
“Gheibhinnsa ultach leabhraichean bhon leabharlann is bheirinn dhachaigh leams’ iad is dìreach leughainn cha mhòr bho cheann gu ceann iad.”
“I would get a pile of books from the library and I would take them home with me and I would just read them almost straight through, from cover to cover.”

“Bhithinnsa gam falach anns a’ mheadhan is chuirinnsa an fheadhainn mhath aig an toiseach is an uair sin an fheadhainn caran drabasta anns a’ mheadhan.”
“I used to hide them [‘I would be hiding them’] in the middle, and I’d put the good ones at the front, and then the more risqué ones in the middle.”

Bheirinn - ‘I would take/bring’.
Bheirinn dhachaigh iad. ‘I’d bring them home.’

Bhithinn - ‘I would be’
Bhithinn gan leughadh o cheann gu ceann. ‘I’d be reading them (I’d read them) from start to finish.’

Chanainn - ‘I would say’
Cha chanainn mòran. ‘I woudn’t say much.’

Dhèanainn - ‘I would do’
Dhèanainn tòrr obair sa mhadainn agus bhithinn saor feasgar. ‘I’d do plenty work in the morning and I’d be free in the afternoon.’

Leiginn - ‘I would let’
Leiginn leis a’ chloinn cluich sa phàirc. ‘I’d let the children play in the park.’

Leughainn - ‘I would read.’ Gheibhinn - ‘I would get/find.’
Leughainn rud sam bith a gheibhinn. ‘I’d read anything I could find.’

mi - mise
-inn -inn-sa: Bhithinn-sa, chuirinn-sa, chanainn-sa, etc.