Tús maith leath na hoibre

A good start is half the work · Toos moh lah nah hib-reh

Tús maith leath na hoibre means A good start is half the work, and is said Toos moh lah nah hib-reh.

Word for word

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

How to say it

Say it Toos moh lah nah hib-reh, written the way an English speaker would read it.

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