The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #160925   Message #3819660
Posted By: Thompson
10-Nov-16 - 04:42 PM
Thread Name: BS: So!
Subject: RE: BS: So!
Incidentally, the word 'so' has migrated from English into Irish in the last century. Until Irish was so pressed-in-upon by English, 'agus' ('and') was used in contexts where 'so' would normally be used in English; now, however, 'so' is used. I mean, of course, in sentences like 'He's going to be late, so she'll be annoyed'.
In senses like 'I'll leave it there so', the normal usage in Irish (always, including today) would be '…má 'sea'.