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good morning
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.
good afternoon
FES-gur MA
/ˈfesɡər ˈma/
Word by word
- Feasgar
- afternoon, evening
- math
- good
Literally: evening good
Feasgar covers everything from about midday until dark, so it serves as both good afternoon and good evening. Note that math is plain here — it only lenites to mhath after a feminine noun like madainn.
good night
UH-ee-chuh VA
/ˈɤiçə ˈva/
Word by word
- Oidhche
- night
- mhath
- good
Literally: night good
a hundred thousand welcomes
kee-ut MEE-luh FAAL-tchuh
/kiad ˈmiːlə ˈfaːltʃə/
Word by word
- Ceud
- hundred
- mìle
- thousand
- fàilte
- welcomes
Literally: hundred thousand welcomes
The traditional Gaelic welcome, seen on signs across the Highlands.
hello everyone
ha-LAW uh HOO-luh DOO-nyuh
/haˈloː ə ˈhulə ˈt̪ɯɲə/
Word by word
- Halò
- hello
- a h-uile
- every
- duine
- person
how are you? (polite)
KIM-ur uh HA shiv
/ˈkʲimər ə ha ʃiv/
Word by word
- Ciamar
- how
- a
- that
- tha
- are
- sibh
- you (formal)