Grammar

We now begin the future tense. The first forms will be for the verb "tá." To say "I shall be" or "I will be," the form is "beidh mé" (be may*). In some parts of Ireland, this is pronounced (beg may*).

The rest of the future is:

beidh tú(be too), you will be

beidh sé(be shay), he will be

beidh sí(be shee), she will be

beimid (BE-mid), we shall be

beidh sibh (be shiv), you will be

beidh siad (be SHEE-uhd), they will be

These forms can be combined with the verbal noun in the same way that you form "Táséag teacht" to say "He is coming." "Beidh séag teacht" means "He will be coming."

The negative of "beidh" is:

Níbheidh mé(nee ve may*), I shan't be

Níbheidh tú(nee ve too), you won't be; etc.

Examples of the negative's use: Níbheidh Seán ag an siopa; John won't be at the store. Níbheidh airgead agam; I won't have money.

To ask a question, the forms are:

An mbeidh mé? (un me may*), will I be?

An mbeidh tú? (un me too), will you be? Etc.

The negative questions are:

Nach mbeidh mé? (nahk* me may*), won't I be? Etc.

Vocabulary

amárach (uh-MAW*-rahk*), tomorrow

go deo (guh DYOH), forever (in the future)

an bhliain seo chugainn (un VLEE-in shuh HOO-in), next year (literally "the year coming toward us")

go luath (guh LOO-uh), soon

an tseachtain seo chugainn (un TYAHK*T-in shuh HOO-in), next week (literally "the week coming toward us")

feasta (FAS-tuh), henceforth, in the future

Drill

Go through a progressive drill with "beidh." Start with:

An mbeidh méar an mbus amárach? Níbheidh méar an mbus amárach. Beidh túar an mbus amárach. An mbeidh túar an mbus amárach? Etc.

The last sentence will be: Beidh méar an mbus amárach.

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