Cáisc shona duit

Happy Easter · Kawshk hun-ah dit

Cáisc shona duit means Happy Easter, and is said Kawshk hun-ah dit.

Word for word

Taken literally it reads Easter happy to you. Irish often puts a sentence together differently from English, so the literal reading rarely matches the meaning.

How to say it

Say it Kawshk hun-ah dit, written the way an English speaker would read it.

When you’d say it

An Cháisc is Easter. The same word turns up in Domhnach Cásca, Easter Sunday.

More like this

• Lá breithe sona duit: Happy birthday to you
• Nollaig shona duit: Happy Christmas
• Athbhliain faoi mhaise duit: Happy New Year
• Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
• Oíche Shamhna shona duit: Happy Halloween
• Comhghairdeas leat: Congratulations

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