Making requests A’ dèanamh iarrtas
Do I have to... ?Am feum mi... ?
Look out for the following pieces of vocabulary in this clip.
feumaidh tu còta a chur ort you must put a coat on
am feum mi geansaidh a chur orm? do I need to put a sweater on?
chan fheum no (to the question am feum... ?)
We have seen that chan fheum can be used as a response, but it can be used to say that someone doesn’t have to do something:
chan fheum mi … I don’t have to …
chan fheum sibh … you don’t have to … (plural/polite)
chan fheum sinn … we don’t have to …
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| Wife | Feumaidh sinn na h-uinneagan a ghlanadh. | We need to clean the windows. |
| Husband | Chan eil iad dona. | They’re not bad. |
| Wife | Tha iad cho salach. An dèan thusa an fheadhainn shuas an staidhre? | They are so dirty. Will you do the ones upstairs? |
| Husband | Nì. | Yes. |
| Wife | An-dràsta. | Just now. |
| Sister | Iain? | John? |
| Iain | Seadh? | Yes? |
| Sister | An dèan thu seo dhomh? | Will you do this for me? |
| Iain | Cha dèan. | No. |
| Sister | Och, siuthad. Tha e fada ro dhoirbh dhomhsa. | Och, go on. It’s far too difficult for me. |
| Iain | Cha dèan. Tha mi trang. | No. I’m busy. |
| Sister | Iain? A bheil fios aig Dadaidh gu bheil thu a’ cleachdadh a’ choimpiutair aige? An dèan thu seo dhomh? | John? Does Daddy know that you are using his computer? Will you do this for me? |
| Iain | Nì ma-thà. | I will, then. |
| Wife | Bhiodh sin snog. ’S toigh leam an dath sin. Dè do bheachd? | That would be nice. I like that colour. What do you think? |
| Husband | Tha. Tha mi a' dol leat. Tha e snog. | Yes. I agree. It’s nice. |
| Wife | Bruidhnidh mi ri Seonaidh mu dheidhinn. Cuiridh esan suas e. | I’ll speak to Johnny about it. He’ll put it up. |
| Husband | Seonaidh? Carson? Nì mi fhìn e. | Johnny? Why? I’ll do it myself. |
| Wife | An dèan? | Will you? |
| Husband | Nì gu dearbh. Bidh e furasta gu leòr. ’S e mi fhìn a rinn e an turas mu dheireadh. | I will indeed. It will be easy enough. I was the one who did it the last time. |
