Gabh mo leithscéal

Excuse me · Gow muh lesh-kayl

Gabh mo leithscéal means Excuse me, and is said Gow muh lesh-kayl.

Word for word

Taken literally it reads Take my half-story. Irish often puts a sentence together differently from English, so the literal reading rarely matches the meaning.

How to say it

Say it Gow muh lesh-kayl, written the way an English speaker would read it.

When you’d say it

The literal reading is the best thing about it. Leithscéal is leith (half) and scéal (story), so an excuse in Irish is only ever half the story.

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• Dia duit: Hello
• 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

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