mas e do thoil e

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• ma 's e do thoil e

Phrase

mas e do thoil e

1. 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”)