Nollaig shona duit

Happy Christmas · Null-ig hun-ah dit

Nollaig shona duit means Happy Christmas, and is said Null-ig hun-ah dit.

Word for word

Taken literally it reads Christmas happy 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 Null-ig hun-ah dit, written the way an English speaker would read it.

When you’d say it

Sona softens to shona after Nollaig, so it is said hun-ah. On a card to a family or a couple, use Nollaig shona daoibh.

More like this

• Lá breithe sona duit: Happy birthday to you
• Athbhliain faoi mhaise duit: Happy New Year
• Cáisc shona duit: Happy Easter
• Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
• Oíche Shamhna shona duit: Happy Halloween
• Comhghairdeas leat: Congratulations

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