Greetings✓ Verified phrase
good morning
Madainn mhath
MA-tin VA
/ˈmatɪɲ ˈva/
Word by word
- Madainn
- morning
- mhath
- good
Literally: morning good
Gaelic puts the adjective after the noun. The mh in mhath is pronounced like an English v.
Where you’ll hear it
In conversation, with what comes before it.
- Am Baile · Am Baile 3: Weather on the doorstepCeitidh: Madainn mhath, a Sheonag!Good morning, Seonag!Hear the whole conversation →
- Am Baile · Am Baile 2: At the shopCalum: Madainn mhathGood morningHear the whole conversation →
- Listening · In a caféSpeaker 1: Madainn mhathgood morningHear the whole conversation →
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