Go dté tú slán

May you go safely · Guh day too slawn

Go dté tú slán means May you go safely, and is said Guh day too slawn.

Word for word

Taken literally it reads May you go safe. Irish often puts a sentence together differently from English, so the literal reading rarely matches the meaning.

How to say it

Say it Guh day too slawn, written the way an English speaker would read it.

When you’d say it

Said to someone leaving on a journey, and the same slán that does for goodbye on its own.

More like this

• Go n-éirí an bóthar leat: May the road rise to meet you (Good luck)
• Go raibh míle maith agat: Thank you very much
• Sláinte: Cheers / Health
• Go maire tú: May you live long / Congratulations
• Beannacht Dé leat: God's blessing be with you
• Sonas ort: Happiness be on you

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