The conditional tense is the tense used to refer to what would happen. One might ask "An cluinneadh tu?" [Would you hear?] to which the response would be "Chluinneadh. Chluinninn." [Yes. I would hear.]

N.B. Two features of the conditional tense not tested in this quiz are featured in the above exchange. The first is that the second person pronoun thu is replaced with the form tu. The second is the special first person singular ending ainn/inn ("chluinninn" [I would hear]) that is mandatory in the conditional tense. There is an additional -amaid ("chluinniamaid" [we would hear]) first person plural ending that is optional.

The page Parsing the Conditional Tense of Irregular Verbs on Taic, Writing the Conditional Tense on BBC Bitesize, and Lesson 12 (page 167) from Learn Gaelic in Twelve Weeks are useful resources on the conditional tense.

Irregular Verbs (Conditional Tense) Quiz



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Beir Cluinn Ruig Dèan Rach Faic Faigh Abair Thig Thoir
n.e.* Bheireadh Chluinneadh Ruigeadh Dhèanadh Rachadh Chitheadh Gheibheadh Chanadh Thigeadh Bheireadh
Cha Cha bheireadh Cha chluinneadh Cha ruigeadh Cha dèanadh Cha rachadh Chan fhaiceadh Chan fhaigheadh Cha chanadh Cha tigeadh Cha toireadh
An Am beireadh An cluinneadh An ruigeadh An dèanadh An rachadh Am faiceadh Am faigheadh An canadh An tigeadh An toireadh
Nach Nach beireadh Nach cluinneadh Nach ruigeadh Nach dèanadh Nach rachadh Nach fhaiceadh Nach fhaigheadh Nach canadh Nach tigeadh Nach toireadh


*n.e. - neo-eisimeileach [independent] - The standard assertive or affirmative "yes" form of the verb.

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