In this video we're going to look at some really useful phrases in Irish that
you could use throughout the day, these could be called mini phrases I suppose
because they're short and hopefully easy to remember, if you want to learn more
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section some of your favorite phrases in Irish as well so other people can
hopefully read them and learn from them. Our first phrase - Bail ó Dhia ort
this is a way of saying hello or good-day, it literally
translates into may Gods prosperity be upon you or it's just
wishing you lots of prosperity basically bail ó dhia ort, our next phrase then
is a useful one if you're leaving somebody's company it's the Irish for
have a good day - bíodh lá maith agat
so a very useful phrase that you can say, it means have a good day
or have a nice day - bíodh lá maith agat. I'd often start my videos with dia duit
which means hello but if it was morning I could say maidin mhaith, that means
good morning, maidin mhaith, another handy and short and useful phrase, maidin mhaith - good morning
our next phrase then is seachain, this means beware or watch out and if
you have a look at this sign here seachain an trácht
beware of the traffic or watch out for the traffic - seachain an trácht
sláinte is probably a phrase you may know, it's a famous enough phrase in
Irish it means Cheers or good health, Slainte = Cheers
or good health, the next phrase is another useful one if
you're leaving somebody's company or if somebody else is leaving your company I
should say, it's slán abhaile
that means safe home, slán abhaile, our next phrase then is the
Irish for that is fine or that is okay - tá sé sin go breá
that means that is fine but you could also say it a slightly
different way - tá sé sin togha
just an alternative way of saying that is fine, our next phrase then
is a compliment you could pay to somebody - tá tú ag breathnú go hálainn
you are looking beautiful or you are looking lovely- tá tú ag breathnú go hálainn
our next one then is the Irish for sleep well or sweet dreams
coladh sámh that means sleep well or sweet dreams
you could add in good night there as well and then add in sweet dreams so you
could say this - oíche mhaith agus coladh sámh good night and sweet dreams
another phrase then you could use is a response to thank you, so for example if somebody
says thank you they might say go raibh maith agat/míle buíochas that's thank you and
then you might say in English you might say don't mention it or you're welcome
so in Irish you could say tá míle fáilte romhat
that means you are very welcome, tá míle fáilte romhat and if you wanted
to say don't mention it just say this - ná habair é - that means don't mention it
so it's another way of replying to someone saying to you thank you - go raibh maith agat
ná habair é, thank you don't mention it, so I hope you enjoyed
this video of short mini phrases in Irish that you could use throughout the
day if you enjoyed it please give it a thumbs up and don't forget to let me
know in the comments section some of your favorite phrases in Irish, I'll be
back and very soon, slán go fóill.
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