In this video I'm going to show you how to give a proper introduction in the
Irish language so I'll be discussing words and phrases to do with saying
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if you wanted to say hello in Irish the most common way to say it is Dia duit
that literally means God be with you Dia duit, and the standard response to that
then is Dia is Muire duit so that means God and Mary be with you
If you wanted to ask somebody their name there's two ways you could
say this Cad is ainm duit? = what is your name?
the answer to that question would be Liam is ainm dom
Liam is my name = Liam is ainm dom
if you were asked that question in a slightly
different way it could go like this Cén t-ainm atá ort?, that literally means what
name is upon you or what name is on you Cén t-ainm atá ort, the response to
that question would be Dane an t-ainm atá orm, Dane is my name
the next thing you might want to ask is how are you? so
one way of saying that is Conas atá tú? = how are you
but let's look at some alternative ways of saying how are you
so you could say this Conas atá cúrsaí leatsa? that means how are things with you?
or Cén chaoi a bhfuil cúrsaí? again that means
how are things or how are you Cén chaoi a bhfuil cúrsaí and another way
Cad é mar atá ag éirí leat that means how are you getting on
or how are you succeeding it means literally, but generally it just means
how are you or how you getting on, Cad é mar atá ag éirí leat, a response then to
any of those questions on how are you or how are things could be Tá mé go breá
that means I am fine, tá mé go breá
Tá mé ceart go leor
I am okay - Tá mé ceart go leor, if you meet someone and you want to say
it's nice to meet you you could say Is deas bualadh leat
you could also say it's nice to see you or it's good to see you - Is deas tú a fheiceáil
If you wanted to say I'm happy to meet you or pleased to meet you
you could say this- Tá áthas orm bualadh leat
if someone is standing outside and you wish to invite them in you could say
Tar isteach - which means come in
you could also say Bí istigh that also means come in, you might want to
say sit down and you could say it this way Suigh síos más é do thoil é so that means
sit down if you wish or if you please
Suigh síos más é do thoil é
If you wanted to say to somebody to relax or to make
themselves at home once you've invited them in you could say this
Bí ar do shuaimhneas, so that means relax or take it easy or make yourself at home
so hopefully you can put into practice some of these phrases
in whatever order you choose and if you enjoyed this video please give it a
thumbs up and let me know in the comment section some of your favorite phrases
that you might use in the context of introducing yourself to someone new
so thanks for watching and I'll be back very soon
slán tamall.