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Má (if) is placed immediately before the verb.
Suigh cois na tine, má tá fuacht ort. Sit by the fire if you are cold.
Téigh abhaile, má tá tú breoite. Go home, if you are sick.

All verbs except tá are subject to lenition.
Má théann tú ann... If you go there...
Fan sa bhaile, má bhíonn sé fliuch. Stay at home, if it is wet.
Tar linn, ma bhíonn tú saor. Come with us, if you are free.

Notice that má bhíonn is used with reference to the future. Má is gives más:
Fan istigh, más maith leat. Stay in, if you like.
Déanfaidh mé é, más feidir. I'll do it, if possible.

How to say 'I hope'
The phrase tá súil ag (there is expectation at) is used:
Tá súil agam go mbeidh siad in am. I hope they will be on time.
Tá súil agam nach mbeidh báisteach ann. I hope there won't be rain.
An dtiocfaidh Tomás amárach? Will Tomás come tomorrow?
Tá súil agam go dtiocfaidh. I hope he will come.
An mbuailfidh tú leis? Will you meet him?
Tá súil agam go mbuailfidh. I hope I will (meet).



No Russian yesterday, Russian needs to happen today before my head explodes. I guess the plan will be to use phrases like "across the hotel to the left" or "to the right" and "down two blocks" and "turn left" and so on. Landmarks can come when I have a better idea of where I'm going an what I'm walking to and so on. Stupid bloody con maze.

Did at least get the Haven photoshopping done last night, and more to come tonight. And got Haven down to a quick five minutes I can do tonight, and so on. If I'm very lucky I can get all of Person of Interest done tomorrow and Sunday. Gods and Monsters needs to get done today, some of Nerd Girls got plotted and more can get plotted today as it occurs to me, and in the evening there will be knitting and Emperor's New Groove. Scrivener downloading this weekend. Ulp. At least I'm giving myself a month and a half to fuck around and get used to the new software, but still ulp.

Waking up is happening very, very slowly this morning. For example I've been awake for about four hours and I just typed "this weekend." Oops. But on the other hand I did realize that the weak Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is the equivalent of the three blind men with the elephant story. Or rather, one of those three blind men. And then, you know, I lost myself in the aboriginal Australian language that has only geocentric words for directions so its members have an uncanny ability to know where they are and the locations of things at any given time. And so, that's enough of that. Back to work.