Dia is Muire duit
Hello (in reply) · Dee-ah iss Mwir-eh dit
Dia is Muire duit means Hello (in reply), and is said Dee-ah iss Mwir-eh dit.
Word for word
Taken literally it reads God and Mary 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 iss Mwir-eh dit, written the way an English speaker would read it.
When you’d say it
The answer to Dia duit. Whoever is greeted adds Mary to the blessing, and in some places a third person will add Pádraig as well.
More like this
- Dia duit: Hello
- 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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