ba mhaith le

ba mhaith le

Irish

Verb

ba mhaith le

1. past/conditional of is maith le
2. would like

   Ar mhaith leat tae nó caife?

   Would you like tea or coffee?

   Ba mhaith liom dul ag snámh amárach.

   I would like to go swimming tomorrow.

   • 2015, Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, transl.; Maura McHugh, editor, Amhrán na Mara (fiction, paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny; Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea by Will Collins, →ISBN, page 2:

     Ba mhaith le Ben an seomra a bheith réidh don deartháir nó deirfiúr bheag a bheidh aige gan mhoill.

     Ben wants the room ready for his new baby brother or sister.

Usage notes

The person who would like something is expressed as the object of le, while the person, object, or activity preferred is expressed as the subject of the sentence (coming at the end by the normal rules of Irish syntax).

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ba mhaith le	bha mhaith le	mba mhaith le
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.