Dia duit

Hello · Dee-ah dit

Dia duit means Hello, and is said Dee-ah dit.

Word for word

Taken literally it reads God 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 Dee-ah dit, written the way an English speaker would read it.

When you’d say it

The ordinary Irish hello, and it still carries the blessing it was built from. The reply is Dia is Muire duit, which answers God with God and Mary. Speaking to more than one person, it becomes Dia daoibh.

More like this

• Dia is Muire duit: Hello (in reply)
• Conas atá tú?: How are you?
• Tá mé go maith: I am well
• Go raibh maith agat: Thank you
• Le do thoil: Please
• Gabh mo leithscéal: Excuse me

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