The Highland Council ~ Comhairle na Gàidhealtachd

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Gaelic is a very polite language. So polite in fact, that there is no word for 'Please'! But you can use a little phrase that is the equivalent of 'please':

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Mas e ur toil e!

Please!
(formal/plural)

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Mas e do thoil e!

Please!
(informal/singular)

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You could use this in a situation such as asking for someone's name:

Ur n-ainm, mas e ur toil e.

Your name, please.
(formal/plural)

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D' ainm, mas e do thoil e.

Your name, please.
(informal/singular)

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