a chairde

Plural Vocative

Level 3

A chairde addresses a group of friends. Vocative phrases have their own noun and mutation patterns rather than simply adding English hey.

How It Works

A chairde addresses a group of friends. Vocative phrases have their own noun and mutation patterns rather than simply adding English hey.

A chairde is the conventional plural vocative of cara when addressing friends. It is not the ordinary noun phrase na cairde with an extra greeting word attached. A speech or letter may open with this form before moving to the main message.

Examples (3)

  1. A chairde, fáilte romhaibh.

    Friends, welcome.

  2. A chairde, éistigí liom.

    Friends, listen to me.

  3. A chairde, go raibh maith agaibh.

    Friends, thank you.

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a chairdeLevel 3Plural Vocative

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