Scots Gaelic Greetings
last added to : Arpil 5, 2001
pronunciation in brackets where available

Good morning : Madainn mhath! ( madee va )
Good evening! : Feasgur math! ( feskur ma )
How are you? : Ciamar a tha thu? ( kimmer uh ha oo?)
Fine, thanks : Tha gu math, tapadh leat. ( ha goo ma, tappuh let )
How's yourself? : Ciamar a that thu-fhein? ( kimmer uh ha oo haen? )
How's everybody? : Ciamar a tha a h-uile duine? ( kimmer uh ha uh hooluh doonyuh )
How are you keeping? : D do chor? ( jae daw chorr? )
Fine. : Cor math. ( Corr ma )
How are things? : Ciamar a that cisean? ( kimmer uh ha cooshin )
Very good. : Gl mhath. ( glae va )
Good enough. : Math gu lor. ( ma goo lyawr )
Middling. : Meadhanach. ( meeannoch )
Pretty poor. : Gu math bochd. ( goo ma bochk )

What's doing? : D tha 'dol? ( jae ha doll )
What's new? : D do naigheachd? ( jae daw neh-ochk )
Nothing much. : Chan eil mran. ( chan yil moe-ran )
Nothing new. : Chan eil cil s r. ( chan yil cashl as oor )
I'm very busy these days. : Tha mi gl thrang na lithean-s'. ( ha mee glae hrang nuh lah-yuns. )

What's your name? : Degrave; 'n t-ainm a th'ort? ( jaen tannam uh horsht )
I am...(name) : Is mise... ( iss meeshuh )
I'm pleased to see you. : That mi toilicht' d'fhaicinn. ( ha mee tolleech-tch dech-keen )

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