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Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi/
- Hyphenation: bidh
Verb
bidh
- future indicative independent of bi
Usage notes
- Some speakers use bidh in contrast to the alternative form bithidh, the latter being used only as an emphatic affirmative answer to questions formed with bi:
- Bidh sinn ag obair a-màireach. ― We will be working tomorrow.
- Am bi e aig an taigh a-màireach? — Bithidh. ― Will he be at home tomorrow? — Yes.
- This is however not true for all speakers, and the following sentence is also correct:
- Bithidh sinn ag obair a-màireach. ― We will be working tomorrow.
- Bidh (and bithidh) is also used as a present habitual, to denote a current and ongoing regular activity:
- Bidh/Bithidh mi ag èisteachd ris an rèidio. ― I (often) listen to the radio. (literally, “I will be listening to the radio.”)
- Am bi thu a' cluich tàileasg? — Bithidh. ― Do you play chess? Yes.
References
- Colin Mark (2003) “bi”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 75