How do you say thank you in Gaelic?

Subject: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From: Marion
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 10:45 PM

Hello. I would like to know how to write "thank you" in Gaelic - both the Scottish and Irish versions, if they're different.

(I'm making a thank you/merci sign to put in my fiddle case when I busk; since I play Scottish and Irish tunes I thought it would be cute to have the Gaelic.)

Thanks, Marion

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From: Big Mick
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 10:56 PM

Probably the best would be Go raibh maith agat which simply means Thank you. If you want, you could add a little juice with Go raibh míle maith agat which would indicate "thank you very much". Or you could simply express gratitude with buíochas

Mick

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From: Marion
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 10:58 PM

Go raibh maith agat, Mick.

Marion

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From: Big Mick
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 11:08 PM

A Marion,

Tá fáilte romhat. Or another way to say that would be Níl a bhuíochas ort.

Mick

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 11:17 PM

Err.. how do you spernounce it in limey, Mick? lol

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From: Crazy Eddie
Date: 07 Jun 01 - 12:42 AM

Dave,
it's not easy to transcribe, but "Gurra mah a goot" would be pretty close. However, if you're from "dahn saff" you'll need to roll the "R" more than usual. Try to pronounce "r" the the way a Scot would .

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From: alison
Date: 07 Jun 01 - 12:49 AM

pronounced roughly.... gurra mah agut... or if you want to be from Belfast gurra maya gut.....

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From:
Date: 07 Jun 01 - 06:30 AM

In Scottish Gaelic, it would be

Tapadh leibh/leat (Thanks with you)[leibh for multiple people or as a sign of respect]

Móran taing (This means Many thanks)

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 07 Jun 01 - 09:27 AM

Thanks all... now I can say thank you in Gaelic as well as Slainte. Yours, Aye. Dave

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From: Wincing Devil
Date: 07 Jun 01 - 01:54 PM

Why is Gaelic so hard to pronounce? It never sounds like it's spelled.

Wincing Devil   >;-( A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From: GUEST,UB Dan
Date: 07 Jun 01 - 02:03 PM

Actually Dennis King provides a neat overview of gaelic pronunciation...and contends that it follows very clear rules, they are just different from english pronunciation...see http://www.lincolnu.edu/~focal for more info...

I think it has a lot to do with a separate gaelic alphabet that migrated over to the ABC alphabet based more on the letters appearance than sound...

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From: GUEST,Philippa
Date: 07 Jun 01 - 06:37 PM

Wincing Devil, how come English doesn't look like it's spelt? For instance why don't through, though, bough and rough rhyme? Why does though rhyme with mow and why doesn't mow rhyme with cow? Irish isn't as bad as that and Scottish Gaelic spelling is actually quite good phonetically when you understand how it works.

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From:
Date: 07 Jun 01 - 07:38 PM

For sure that in Gaelic, the sounds stay the same from one word to the next. In English, the words may have many different prounciations even though it's spelled the same. Just look at the simple word read.

Letters sounds the same in one word or another. The only difference comes when modified with another letter.

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From:
Date: 07 Jun 01 - 07:42 PM

Oh! Might as well give this:

'S e do bheatha. - Literally, "It's your life" - This is used after a "Thank you", sort of "You're welcome"/"It's my pleasure"/"No Problem"

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 07 Jun 01 - 09:25 PM

Many older words in English come from different sources even though they are spelled (spelt) the same. Mow the grass (mo), a stack of fodder (mau), projecting lower lip (mau), flattened (mo them down). Now repeat with bow (bo) in the hair or bow-legged or bow and arrow and bow (bough) of a ship or bow down before --. Etc etc. Great fun. Many easy opportunities to get the words wrong. Sooner or later we all get caught.

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From: Garry Gillard
Date: 08 Jun 01 - 11:48 AM

How do you say hello in Welsh?

I know how to say "cheers!"

Garry

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 08 Jun 01 - 11:54 AM

Does Gaelic have the dyslexia problems that English and French do?

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From: lady penelope
Date: 08 Jun 01 - 02:37 PM

Gaelic was only recently accorded a written version. They had to make do with the alphabet at hand. If you brake a lot of the words down to their syllables you can see where the sounds do follow the letters. Of course, in a lot of other places they simply had to decide to use letters for sounds they don't make in english. Like 'i' followed by an 's' in scots gaelic is - 'ish', 'dd' in welsh is 'th' but not quite, hence the change.

As far as I know, dyslexia is a visual "translation" problem, so any written language will "have that problem". People can have number dyslexia.

From "How to be a Welsh man" by Gren

SHW'MAE? ( Shoo-ma-eye ) How are you? BUT or BUTTY ( like it looks) Mate/ friend YECHYD DA ( Yukky-Dar ) Cheers DIOLCH I CHI ( Dee-olk-ee-kee ) Thank you

now put together to make a phrase. ( I couldn't find a phrase for "what are you drinking?" or "mine's a pint" )

Any help butty?

TTFN M'Lady P.

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From: GUEST,Philippa
Date: 08 Jun 01 - 03:27 PM

You're wrong about how long Gaelic has been written, Lady Penelope (unless you're comparing it with Greek, Latin, etc.)(I'm not referring to Welsh about which I don't know too much - but I'm told it's very phonetic) Some say Gaelic is the oldest written vernacular in Europe. Irish monks wrote in their own language while the learned in other countries only wrote in Latin. They wrote about the Viking raids, while the Vikings passed on the stories orally and only wrote down the sagas centuries later.

After the 17th century learning in Irish declined for political reasons; literacy underwent a revival from late last century. A lot of Scottish native speakers still don't read their own language as schooling is mostly in English, though many learned through the Gaelic bible.

Irish spelling was modernised about 50 years ago, and not very well. There are three main dialects in Irish, which are quite disctinct, though fluent speakers can understand each other. Sometimes the spelling of a word reflects the pronunciation in one dialect and sometimes that of another dialect.

I agree with Lady P. about dyslexia. Though the dyslexic pupils at the Irish language medium secondary school where I work seem to have more difficulties with English than with Irish. They get special coaching from a peripatetic teacher.

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From: Brían
Date: 09 Jun 01 - 12:19 AM

Here is some help for beginners with pronounciation in irish Blue Clicky Thing

Brían.

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From: Brían
Date: 09 Jun 01 - 12:26 AM

Forget that, try this: Blue Clicky Thing

Brían.

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From: catspaw49
Date: 09 Jun 01 - 12:46 AM

Try a triple brushing with toothpaste and then another with baking soda. Rinse three times with warm salt water and the a double shot of Listerine. That will generally help and the.................say what?...............oh...........I see it now, my mistake.............I thought it said "Garlic" and uh, well....................never mind.

Spaw

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From:
Date: 09 Jun 01 - 01:13 AM

Gurra ma agut. Best pronounced with a gift of some good distilled spirits.

Subject: RE: How do you say thank you in Gaelic?
From: Fiolar
Date: 09 Jun 01 - 06:40 AM

I remember as a child having no difficulty with writing the Irish alphabeth. When it came to switching to the English one, it was hell. I'm not dyslexic by the way.