Your mother rang this morning. exp. Ta mère a téléphoné ce matin….greet.

2 – A Polite Way to Say Hello in French Bonjour Madame. Bonjour Monsieur. Bonjour mademoiselle.

Bonjour is the go-to greeting in French. But if you want to be more precise (and the French usually love precision), if it’s evening or nighttime, you can say Bonsoir (literally, “Good evening”).

beautiful lady. More meanings for belle dame. lovely lady.

“Bonjour” in French, is a formal way of greeting someone. It can mean Good morning or hello. You can either reply saying “Bonjour” back or you could say “salut” which also means hello but in an informal way.

Meaning. Skol (written “skål” in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish and “skál” in Faroese and Icelandic or “skaal” in transliteration of any of those languages) is the Danish-Norwegian-Swedish word for “cheers”, or “good health”, a salute or a toast, as to an admired person or group.

In Irish, the response to sláinte is sláinte agatsa, which translates “to your health as well”. The basic Scottish Gaelic equivalent is slàinte (mhath), with the same meaning, to which the normal response is do dheagh shlàinte “your good health”.

The most common greeting is the handshake. The Irish usually shake hands when being introduced or when greeting a friend or work colleague. Among close friends and family, the Irish may hug and kiss each other on the cheek. Women will kiss both male and female friends, while men kiss only female friends.

Slàinte mhath

“Cheers” in Irish is sláinte which is pronounced a bit like “slawn-che”. Sláinte means “health”, and if you’re feeling brave, you can say sláinte is táinte (“slawn-che iss toin-che”), meaning “health and wealth”.

Scots is considered a separate language from Scottish English and from the English of England, and is recognised as such by the Scottish and UK governments….Useful Scots phrases.

excellent or pleasant

Hen – To most of the world, a hen is a female chicken, but in Scots the word is used to mean a woman or girl. Mind – Refers to a person’s ability to think and reason, but in Scots the word can also mean remember.

(br·aww) Dialect, chiefly Scot -adj. 1. fine, pleasant, esp.

Bonnie

“Yer bum’s oot the windae” (Your bum is out the window) – You’re literally talking rubbish.

In Scottish Gaelic, to say “Goodbye,” you can say “mar sin leat” which should be pronounced as “mar shin lat.” Note that this is an informal way of saying “farewell.”

Dinna fash A reassuring phrase meaning ‘don’t worry’.

Scottish Word: Wallie.

Kebbie-lebbie is an altercation carried on by various people speaking at the same time.