Irish/Déise Irish/TEG Déise

This page will explore the Déise dialect utilising material from the TEG grading system by taking the standardised Irish presented in TEG materials and converting it into dialectal form.

A1 Déise

Topic 1: Meeting People

Greeting and replying to someone

Hello (to one person)
Dia dhoit.

Hello (response to one person)
Dia’s Muire dhoit.

Hello (to multiple people)
Dia dhíbh.

Hello (response to multiple people)
Dia’s Muire dhíbh.

Notes

• The full phrase is can often be go mbeannaí Dia dhoit/dhíbh, but this is usually just shortened to Dia dhoit/dhíbh.
• The initial hello can be [go mbeannaí] Dia's Muire dhoit/dhíbh to which the reply would be [go mbeannaí] Dia's Muire dhoit/dhíbh is Pádraig.