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Future.
Feudfad, tiocfaiḋ liom.	I shall be able.
Conditional.
D’ ḟeudfainn, do ṫiocfaḋ liom.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ I would be able,
Ní féidir leis,	(He thinks) he cannot,
Ní féidir ḋó,	He cannot (It is absolutely impossible for him).

I MUST.

644. The verb “must” when it means necessity or duty, is usually translated by the phrase ní fuláir or caiṫfiḋ. This latter is really the third person singular, future tense of caiṫim; but the present and other tenses are also frequently used. It may also be very neatly rendered by the phrase, is éigean do (lit. it is necessary for).

Ní fuláir ḋom, caiṫfiḋ mé, or is éigean dom.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ I must.
Ní fuláir ḋuit, caiṫfiḋ tú, or is éigean duit.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ You must.
Ní fuláir ḋó, caiṫfiḋ sé, or is éigean dó.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ He must.
&c.,     &c.

The English phrase “have to” usually means “must” and is translated like the above: as, I have to go home now. Caiṫfiḋ mé dul a ḃaile anois.