Tá mé go maith

I am well · Taw may guh moh

Tá mé go maith means I am well, and is said Taw may guh moh.

Word for word

Taken literally it reads Am I good. Irish often puts a sentence together differently from English, so the literal reading rarely matches the meaning.

How to say it

Say it Taw may guh moh, written the way an English speaker would read it.

When you’d say it

The straight answer to Conas atá tú. Add go raibh maith agat after it and you have a whole polite exchange.

More like this

• Dia duit: Hello
• Dia is Muire duit: Hello (in reply)
• Conas atá tú?: How are you?
• Go raibh maith agat: Thank you
• Le do thoil: Please
• Gabh mo leithscéal: Excuse me

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