mura mbeadh

If It Were Not

Level 5

Mura mbeadh supplies a negative hypothetical condition. Coordinate it with a conditional result rather than a mechanically copied English tense.

How It Works

Mura mbeadh supplies a negative hypothetical condition. Coordinate it with a conditional result rather than a mechanically copied English tense.

Mura with the conditional dependent form mbeadh introduces a negative hypothetical state. The result clause takes the appropriate conditional form. The sentence imagines what would follow if the stated condition did not hold; it is not an ordinary negative assertion about what actually happened.

Examples (3)

  1. Mura mbeadh sé fuar, rachainn amach.

    If it were not cold, I would go out.

  2. Mura mbeadh am agam, ní thiocfainn.

    If I did not have time, I would not come.

  3. Mura mbeadh tú anseo, bheinn uaigneach.

    If you were not here, I would be lonely.

How It Connects

Tap a pattern to see what it builds on and what it leads to.

mura mbeadhLevel 5If It Were Not

Learn This First

Negate the hypothetical state inside the condition.

Words in This Pattern

murabí