ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Dúirt mé liom féin gurbh fhearr dom fanacht sa bhaile, I said in my own mind, I considered, that it would be better for me to stay at home.
Ba mhaith againn é, it would be well for us to have it.
Ba mhór an ~ dom é, it would be very handy for me.
Bheadh na comharsana ~ orainn, the neighbours would be down on us.
Ní dhéanfadh sé maith as féin, he would be useless by himself.
Bheadh aoibhneas lá a chaitheamh ann, it would be delightful to spend a day there.
Ba é do bhuaic dul abhaile anois, it would be well for you to go home now.
Níor chás duit braon tae a thabhairt dó, it would be no harm for you to give him a drop of tea.
B’fhearr dó an mac sin aige a cheartú, it would be better for him to correct, chastise, that son of his.
Ba chéim a gcomhaireamh, it would be tedious to count them.
B’olc an chomaoin dom gan cuidiú leat, it would be very ungrateful of me not to help you.
Is ~ an té a déarfadh, he would be a wise man that could tell.
Ba churtha chun cinn orainn gan é a dhéanamh, we would be better off not to do it.
Ba mhaith sin de, that would be good (if it were so).
Ba mhór an tslí chun Dé é, it would be a great act of mercy.
Is tú is dóiche, ba dhóiche, it is, would be, just like you; it would be just your luck.
Is ~ a chreidfí é sin, it would be difficult to believe that.
Rud ab éadóiche ná sin féin, what would be even more unlikely than that.
B’fhearr duit go mór ~ fanacht sa bhaile, it would be far better for you to stay at home.
B’olc a gheobhainn gan cuidiú leat, it would be a poor thing for me not to help you.
Níl duine dá fhánaí nach mbeadh fáilte roimhe, any person who chanced to come would be welcome.
Ba mhaith an ~ scéil tú, that would be wonderful news (if it should come to pass).
Ba ghairid Dia liom é, it would be a godsend to me.
Ionas go mb’fhusa an obair a dhéanamh, so that it would be easier to do the work.
Ba mhór an ~ dia é, it would be a great act of charity.
Bheidís ina gcuidiú againn, they would be a help to us.
Is mairg a d’~fadh ciall ort, it would be foolish to expect you to have sense.
Ní hin mar a bheadh an cás, that is not how the case would be.
Ní bheifeá ach ag cur láimhe i do bhás féin leis, it would be suicidal for you.
Chuirfeadh sé ~ ort a bheith ag éisteacht leo, it was, would be, painful to listen to them.
B’fhearr duit dul i leith Dé, you would be better to have recourse to God.
Ba ~ duit dá mbeadh éagóir á déanamh ort, it would be understandable if you were being unjustly treated.
Ní ~feadh an eagla, an náire, dom é, I would be too much afraid, ashamed, to do it.
Bheifí á mhaíomh orm, it would be held against me.
Is ~ a d’iarrfadh ciall ar pháistí, it would be foolish to expect children to have sense.
Ba mhaith an méid sin féin a fháil, it would be good to get even that much.
Ba bheag an chaill mé, I would be no great loss.
Ba mhéanar dá mbeadh sé againn, it would be wonderful if we could have it.
Níor mhiste smaoineamh air, it would be well to think about it.
Tá, bhí, bheadh, ~, we are, were, would be.
Bheimisne sásta leis sin, we would be satisfied with that.
(Aithrí a dhéanamh) agus go mbeadh Dia ~ leis, (to do penance) and that God would be merciful to him.
Ba shaoire dom é a cheannach, it would be cheaper for me to buy it.
~ a bheadh ann, it would be cheap at the price.
Bheadh ~ ar fheabhas, that thing (we were considering) would be excellent.
Dhéanfaí ~a dínn, we would be torn apart.
Ba dheacair na dreamanna sin a tháthú le chéile, it would be hard to get those groups to form one body.
Is mairg a loiscfeadh a thiompán leis, it would be a pity to waste one’s last resource on it.
Ba dheas suí anseo ar an ~ tamall, it would be nice to sit here in seclusion for a while.