mas e do thoil e
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Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Phrase
- please (used to make a polite request)
Usage notes
- Usage of this phrase is not uncontroversial. It is considered by many to be excessively formal and anachronistic, or an importation of English-language values foreign to Gaelic society. Some native speakers use it, but many use different ways of expressing politeness, such as indirect questions and formal vocabulary.
Related terms
- mas e ur toil e (“plural or formal singular”)