{"id":11,"date":"2009-03-27T16:11:19","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T20:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=11"},"modified":"2017-05-06T13:49:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T13:49:49","slug":"beannachtai-i-ngaeilge-a-tri-%e2%80%93-or-how-to-reply-to-a-greeting-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/beannachtai-i-ngaeilge-a-tri-%e2%80%93-or-how-to-reply-to-a-greeting-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"Beannachta\u00ed i nGaeilge a Tr\u00ed \u2013 Or How to Reply to a Greeting in Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"

(le\u00a0R\u00f3isl\u00edn)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beannachta\u00ed i nGaeilge (Cuid a Tr\u00ed) \u2013 Or How to Reply to a Greeting in Irish<\/strong><\/p>\n

After two full blogs worth of information, we can finally say, \u201chello\u201d in Irish. And now, how to reply! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Here we\u2019ll be keeping track of singular and plural, as noted in the previous blogposts, but for the traditional blessings we\u2019ll also have to start using saints\u2019 names as well. Sound unusual? The key lies in the fact that the blessings are formulaic, so up to about three people, you add saints. If there are more than three people to be greeted, one may resort to the room-blessing form mentioned in an earlier blog (Dia isteach anseo<\/strong> or its variation, Dia anseo isteach<\/strong>). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re using hal\u00f3 <\/strong>or haigh<\/strong>, or their variants, you don\u2019t have to be concerned with singular and plural, since the word \u201cyou\u201d is not actually involved. One other thing you generally don\u2019t<\/em> have to worry about in Irish is a formal\/informal distinction for the word \u201cyou.\u201d Basically, it seems that most Irish speakers were on fairly equal footing as far as hierarchy goes, at least for the past several hundred years. I have heard of the plural form being used to address a priest, but this custom seems to be fading. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To go back to our original conversation, here\u2019s the continuation. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00dana: Dia duit, a Aoife. <\/span><\/strong> [<\/span>Hello (God bless you), Aoife]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Aoife: Dia\u2019s Muire duit, a \u00dana. <\/span><\/strong>[Hello (God and Mary bless you), \u00dana]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So we\u2019ve added two words. Well, one is just a contraction with an apostrophe, but it still counts as a word. The letter \u201cs<\/strong>\u201d with the apostrophe is short for agus<\/strong> (and). Muire <\/strong>is specifically the Virgin Mary; \u201cMary\u201d as a name for girls or women is spelled M\u00e1ire<\/strong>, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If \u00dana greets two people, the formula would go like this:<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00dana: Dia daoibh, a Aoife agus a Sh\u00e9amais. <\/span><\/strong> [<\/span>God bless you, Aoife and James]<\/span><\/span>
\nAoife <\/span><\/strong>and\/or S\u00e9amas: Dia\u2019s Muire duit, a \u00dana. <\/strong>[God and Mary bless you, \u00dana]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If a third person joins the conversation, we call upon Naomh P\u00e1draig<\/strong>, saying \u201cDia\u2019s Muire daoibh agus Naomh P\u00e1draig<\/strong>.\u201d At least supposedly we do. I can\u2019t say I\u2019ve heard this all that often in real life, any more than I\u2019ve really heard the traditional blessing for sneezes, \u201cCapall b\u00e1n f\u00fat<\/strong>\u201d (a white horse under you) used in real life. Speaking of sneezes and responses for them, keep an eye out for that to be covered in another blog soon. There are, of course, more choices for \u201cGesundheit\u201d than white horses, \u201cDia linn<\/strong>,\u201d mar shampla<\/strong>. Meanwhile, \u00e1\u00e1\u00e1tisi\u00fa\u00fa<\/strong>, and I\u2019ll be waiting for your response!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Bhur mblag\u00e1la\u00ed — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(le\u00a0R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Beannachta\u00ed i nGaeilge (Cuid a Tr\u00ed) \u2013 Or How to Reply to a Greeting in Irish After two full blogs worth of information, we can finally say, \u201chello\u201d in Irish. And now, how to reply! Here we\u2019ll be keeping track of singular and plural, as noted in the previous blogposts, but for the traditional…<\/p>\n

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