Editing Subjunctive mood (section)

====Irish====
In the [[Irish language]] (Gaeilge), the subjunctive, like in Scottish Gaelic (its sister language), covers the idea of wishing something and so appears in some famous Irish proverbs and blessings. It is considered an old-fashioned tense for daily speech (except in set phrases) but still appears often in print.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eirefirst.com/lesson14.html|title=Ireland First! - Gaelic/Irish lessons: lesson 14|website=www.eirefirst.com|access-date=5 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011020000/http://www.eirefirst.com/lesson14.html|archive-date=11 October 2017}}</ref>

The subjunctive is normally formed from "Go" (which eclipses, and adds "n-" to a verb beginning with a vowel), plus the subjunctive form of the verb, plus the subject, plus the thing being wished for. For instance, the subjunctive form of "téigh" (go) is "té":
* Go dté tú slán.  –  May you be well. (lit: may you go well)

Or again, the subjunctive of "tabhair" (give) is "tuga":
* Go dtuga Dia ciall duit. –  May God give you sense.

Or to take a third example, sometimes the wish is also a curse, like this one from Tory Island in Donegal:
* Go ndéana an Diabhal toirneach de d'anam in Ifreann. – May the Devil make thunder of your soul in Hell.

The subjunctive is generally formed by taking the stem of the verb and adding on the appropriate subjunctive ending depending on broad or slender, and first or second conjugation. For example, to the stem of '''bog''' ''(to move)'' is added '''-a''' giving as its subjunctive in the first person '''boga mé''':

'''First conjugation:'''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| '''mol''' ''(to praise)''|| mola mé || mola tú || mola sé/sí || molaimid || mola sibh || mola siad
|-
| '''bris''' ''(to break)''|| brise mé || brise tú || brise sé/sí || brisimid || brise sibh || brise siad
|}

'''Second conjugation:'''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| '''beannaigh''' ''(to bless)'' || beannaí mé || beannaí tú || beannaí sé/sí || beannaímid || beannaí sibh || beannaí siad
|-
| '''bailigh''' ''(to collect)'' || bailí mé || bailí tú || bailí sé/sí || bailímid || bailí sibh || bailí siad
|}

E.g. "go mbeannaí Dia thú" – May God bless you.

There is also some irregularity in certain verbs in the subjunctive. The verb '''bí''' ''(to be)'' is the most irregular verb in Irish (as in most Indo-European languages):
{| class="wikitable"
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| '''Present indicative''' || tá mé/táim || tá tú || tá sé/sí || tá muid/táimid || tá sibh || tá siad
|-
| '''Present subjunctive''' || raibh mé || raibh tú || raibh sé/sí || rabhaimid || raibh sibh || raibh siad
|}

The Irish phrase for "thank you" – go raibh maith agat – uses the subjunctive of "bí" and literally means "may there be good at-you".

Some verbs do not follow the conjugation of the subjunctive exactly as conjugated above. These irregularities apply to verbs whose stem ends already in a stressed vowel and thus due to the rules of Irish orthography and pronunciation, cannot take another. For example:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!  !! Present indicative !! Present subjunctive
|-
| '''téigh''' ''(to go)'' || t'''é'''ann tú || té tú
|-
| '''sáigh''' ''(to stab)''|| s'''á'''nn tú || sá tú
|-
| '''luigh''' ''(to lie down)'' || lu'''í'''onn tú || luí tú
|-
| *'''feoigh''' ''(to decay; wither)'' || feonn tú || feo tú
|}
* Although '''feoigh''' doesn't have a ''síneadh fada'' (accent), the 'o' in this position is stressed (pronounced as though it is '''ó''') and thus the subjunctive is irregular.

Where the subjunctive is used in English, it may not be used in Irish and another tense might be used instead. For example:
* If I '''were''' (past subjunctive) you, I would study for the exam tomorrow. – Dá '''mba''' (past/conditional of the [[Copula (linguistics)|copula]]) mise tusa, dhéanfainn (conditional) staidéar le haghaidh an scrúdaithe amárach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teanglann.ie/ga/fgb/staid%C3%A9ar|title=Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill): staidéar|website=www.teanglann.ie|access-date=5 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106075723/http://www.teanglann.ie/ga/fgb/staid%c3%a9ar|archive-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>
* I wish *(that) you '''were''' (past sub.) here. – Is mian liom go '''raibh''' (present sub.) tú anseo.
* It is important that he '''choose''' (present sub.) the right way—Tá sé tábhachtach go '''roghnóidh''' (future indicative) sé ar an mbealach ceart.
*** When '''you're older''' (present ind.), you'll understand – Nuair a '''bheidh'''/'''bheas''' (future ind.) tú níos sine, tuigfidh tú.
** Note that in English, the relative pronoun '''that''' can be omitted; in Irish, the corresponding '''go''' must be retained.
*** Note that in English, the present tense is often used to refer to a future state whereas in Irish there is less freedom with tenses (i.e. time is more strictly bound to the appropriate tense, present for present, past for past, future for future). In this particular example, ''you will be older'' and it is then that ''you will understand''.