Dai dhaoibh a chairde,

I was wondering how one would write salutations and closings in a formal or semi formal letter in Irish.

Salutations such as:

Dear Sir / Madam / Miss
Dear Mr. / Mrs. / Miss

Closings such as:

Yours sincerely
Yours faithfully
Yours truly
With kindest regards
etc.
or as we sometimes say in Civil War reenacting

I am, and remain, your most humble and obedient servant...


Any help would be appreciated.

Go raibh maith agat

Garth

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Please feel free to correct any and all mistakes in spelling, grammar etc.
I am very much a beginner and need all the help I can get.

This is what I have at the back of my copy of the Collins Pocket Dictionary

Opening formula

FORMAL
Dear Sir/Madam - A chara
Dear Sir, - A dhuine uasail,
Dear Madam, - A bhean uasal
Dear Secretary, - A Rúnaí, a chara
Dear Chairman/Chairwoman, - A Chathaoirligh, a chara
Dear Senator, A Sheanadóir, a chara

Closing formula

FORMAL (equivalent)
I remain yours faithfully - Mise, Le meas (but I usually put - Is mise le meas)

A dhuine uasail, (franc 91 a chara)

Go raibh maith agat (for the) moltai.

Ceist:
What would be the correct way to say "for the suggestions"?
I looked on the Irish Online Dictionary that is linked to IGTF and each of the 30+ examples had a different way of saying "for the..."

Please feel free to correct any spelling, grammar etc. mistakes that I make.
What little Irish I have is very bad and I need all the help I can get.

GRMA

Is mise le meas

Garth

_________________
Please feel free to correct any and all mistakes in spelling, grammar etc.
I am very much a beginner and need all the help I can get.

Better to think of it as "what preposition do I use with Go raibh maith agat?"

Answer: as (rud) = Go raibh maith agat as na moltaí.

Or more formally as ucht (ruda) Go raibh maith agat as ucht na moltaí.

(ruda = genitive of rud because ucht, being a noun, requires the genitive to follow it.)

Await confirmation or correction ...

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WARNING: Intermediate speaker - await further opinions, corrections and adjustments before acting on my advice.
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Just to add that - as ucht (ruda) means for the sake of, in return for (something)
which I looked up in Pota Focal and one of the examples they give is -
go raibh maith agat as ucht do theachtaireachta - thank you for your message

Oh my goodness,

This type of stuff was one of my major stumbling blocks when I first started learning.
I always seemed to me that you either know this stuff or you don't.
If you don't, then advancing in your learning will be a rough road.

Is there a quick reference guide that can help one with this type of grammar.

Garth

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Please feel free to correct any and all mistakes in spelling, grammar etc.
I am very much a beginner and need all the help I can get.

This may help:

http://nualeargais.ie/gnag/gramadac.htm

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WARNING: Intermediate speaker - await further opinions, corrections and adjustments before acting on my advice.
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Yikes

I am definitely going to have to be careful what I ask for on this forum...
I may just get it !

GRMA

Garth

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Please feel free to correct any and all mistakes in spelling, grammar etc.
I am very much a beginner and need all the help I can get.

Úsáid teanga ghnéaschlaonta uafásach anseo measaim!

A dhuine uasail: Dear Sir/Madam, toisc go bhfuil mrá agus fir araon ina ndaoine

Muna n-úsáidtear "A fear uasal", níl aon gá le difríocht a dhéanamh idir bean agus fear ag rá "A bhean usual", nach ea?

Ceist agam oraibh - cén fáth go gcaolaítear "uasal" i A dhuine uasail?
Níor cheap mé go ndéantar aon athrúchán ar aidiachtaí, seachas seimhiú a chur isteach le focail baininscneacha?

De réir 'New Irish Grammar' na mBráithre Criostaí:

- An adjective qualifying a feminine singular noun has the same form in the Common (=nominative) and Vocative cases:

common sing: an bhean bheag; vocative sing: a bhean bheag

- An adjective qualifying a masculine singular noun has the same form in the Genitive and Vocative cases:

genitive sing: hata an fhir bhig; vocative sing: a fhir bhig

Is maith liom an litriú sin...!