Is ainm dom

My name is · Iss an-im dum

Is ainm dom means My name is, and is said Iss an-im dum.

Word for word

Taken literally it reads Is name to me. Irish often puts a sentence together differently from English, so the literal reading rarely matches the meaning.

How to say it

Say it Iss an-im dum, written the way an English speaker would read it.

When you’d say it

Put your name in front of it: Síle is ainm dom. The other way to say it is Síle atá orm, the name that is on me.

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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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