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Greetings and salutations as Gaeilge

Dia dhuit ar maidin! God be with you this morning!

Let's start a thread consisting of greetings and salutations. Post one greeting and one salutation as Gaeilge (in Irish) and its literal translation.

I will use what we get to create a new set on Quizlet.

Is mise le meas, (I am respectfully / sincerely)
Robert

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Permalink Reply by Felicia on April 13, 2008 at 16:54

my favorite saying of all!

Permalink Reply by Felicia on April 13, 2008 at 19:58

Conas' a ta' tu?

Permalink Reply by Robert Brady on April 14, 2008 at 1:10

Go raibh agat a Felicia. Tá sé sin go maith!

Permalink Reply by Alexandre Boulet on April 13, 2008 at 22:30

I have several greeting and sallutation that i have foun din my book L'irlandais de poche a french book to learn Ulster Gaelic language :) this book come from France !

1)Slán go fóil goodbye see you soon
2)Faílte Welcome
3)Oíche mhaith good night ( like that one :)
4)Is maimn dom my name is
5)Sláinte health ( to you)
6)Cad é mar atá tú Hi how are you ?
7)Dia Duit God be with you
8)Dia is muire Duit God and mray with you
9)Go maith good

well that what i have for now :)

Permalink Reply by Robert Brady on April 14, 2008 at 1:09

Maith thú! Thanks for all the excellent material. I'm going to put all that has been posted in a new set very soon!

Slán anois!

Permalink Reply by Robert Brady on April 16, 2008 at 4:28

Just a quick note to let you all know I put up a new set on Quizlet - Greetings, salutations and Blessings. I'll add to the set as we get more material. In the mean time, sign on and practice!

Permalink Reply by Rodrigo Bitencourt Monteiro on April 16, 2008 at 16:43

Hey, Robert. Sorry for not being able to post everyday (midterm exams coming ahead)... But this Friday is when I'll sit in front of the computer and get updated with all the new stuff. I do hope we can go on with the Blas program.
Go raibh míle maith agat, mo cara.

Slán agat - (bye. Lit. 'health be at you'. Said by the person leaving)
Slán leat - (bye. Lit. 'health be at you'. Said in response by the person staying)

Permalink Reply by Felicia on April 16, 2008 at 21:41

Rodrigo--how do you do it all. I am finding that I cannot understand the irish I am reading--in fact, I have no clue--even though I used to know what was being said. I have not had anyone ot talk to for so long, that now I have to virtually start over.
Good luck with exams--I am just finishing mine. Slan! Nil' se' gael, ach ta' se' fuar innui.
(It is not bright, but it is warm today)

Permalink Reply by Alexandre Boulet on April 17, 2008 at 0:38

HI Felicia... i believe that ta sé fuar inniu mean it is cold today ( fuar meaning cold) Ta sé sé inniu mean it is warm or hot today ( sé meaning hot or warm)

Slan agat

Permalink Reply by Rodrigo Bitencourt Monteiro on April 17, 2008 at 1:21

Dia duit, mo cara!
If I may give my opinion, I do believe that 'warm' or 'hot' would be said as 'te' ( the "t" sounding like 'check' and a low pitched "e").
Slán agus beannacht.

Permalink Reply by Felicia on April 17, 2008 at 2:59

hey--you are right ta' se' te" means it is hot --fuar is cold.

Permalink Reply by Rodrigo Bitencourt Monteiro on April 17, 2008 at 1:29

Go raibh maith agat a Felicia.
The wee bit I know is due to threads we had on the previous group. But, I always check the English/Irish dictionary Robert suggested us (for both my English and Irish are very poor =D ).
Thanks for the good wishes. I hope we both can do great in our academic lives, ;)

[Saying "Tá sé te anois" is kinda redundant here in Rio - LOL!]