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Irish
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Phrase
is éigean (past and conditional b'éigean, negative ní héigean)
- it is necessary, one must, one has to
An éigean dul ann?- Is it necessary to go there?
B’éigean dom é a scríobh.- I had to write it.
Is éigean do mo mháthair labhairt leat.- My mother must speak to you.
Usage notes
- The subject of English must or have to is rendered as the object of the preposition do following éigean; the verb is rendered as a verbal noun.
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