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Irish
Verb
ba mhaith le
- past/conditional of is maith le
- would like
Ar mhaith leat tae nó caife?- Would you like tea or coffee?
Ba mhaith liom dul ag snámh amárach.- I would like to go swimming tomorrow.
2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:Ba mhaith le Ben an seomra a bheith réidh don deartháir nó deirfiúr bheag a bheidh aige gan mhoill.
Usage notes
The person who would like something is expressed as the object of le, while the person, object, or activity preferred is expressed as the subject of the sentence (coming at the end by the normal rules of Irish syntax).
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
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