Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí

Praise the youth and they will flourish · Mul on oh-ig-eh og-us tyuk-fee shee

Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí means Praise the youth and they will flourish, and is said Mul on oh-ig-eh og-us tyuk-fee shee.

Word for word

Taken literally it reads Praise the youth and will come she. Irish often puts a sentence together differently from English, so the literal reading rarely matches the meaning.

How to say it

Say it Mul on oh-ig-eh og-us tyuk-fee shee, written the way an English speaker would read it.

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