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 Post subject: Help!!!!!
PostPosted: Sun 01 May 2016 8:13 am 
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Hi
I'm looking to get a couple of things translated from English to Irish.
I've tried the internet searches but are coming back slightly different.
"My Father, My hero "
And
"My Mother, brave and beautiful "
It's for a tattoo so needs to be exact.
Thank you in advance.


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 Post subject: Re: Help!!!!!
PostPosted: Sun 01 May 2016 5:39 pm 
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paullyons wrote:
Hi
I'm looking to get a couple of things translated from English to Irish.
I've tried the internet searches but are coming back slightly different.
"My Father, My hero "
And
"My Mother, brave and beautiful "
It's for a tattoo so needs to be exact.
Thank you in advance.

Assuming you are talking about your father and not to him, this should work:

M'athair, mo laoch

For the second one (again, assuming you're talking about your mother):

Mo mháthair, cróga is álainn

Wait for confirmation.


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 Post subject: Re: Help!!!!!
PostPosted: Mon 02 May 2016 8:22 am 
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That is exactly how I meant it.
The only difference is for the second one
I got :
Mo mháthair, cróga agus álainn as opposed to is álainn
Could you tell me what the difference is?
Thanks for the reply


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 Post subject: Re: Help!!!!!
PostPosted: Tue 03 May 2016 4:26 am 
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paullyons wrote:
That is exactly how I meant it.
The only difference is for the second one
I got :
Mo mháthair, cróga agus álainn as opposed to is álainn
Could you tell me what the difference is?
Thanks for the reply


"Is" is a shorter and more natural way to say "agus" in this context.


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 Post subject: Re: Help!!!!!
PostPosted: Tue 03 May 2016 10:05 am 
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Redwolf wrote:
paullyons wrote:
That is exactly how I meant it.
The only difference is for the second one
I got :
Mo mháthair, cróga agus álainn as opposed to is álainn
Could you tell me what the difference is?
Thanks for the reply


"Is" is a shorter and more natural way to say "agus" in this context.


Can't you delete "and" completely here between adjectives?
Mo mháthair, cróga álainn


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 Post subject: Re: Help!!!!!
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Labhrás wrote:
Redwolf wrote:
paullyons wrote:
That is exactly how I meant it.
The only difference is for the second one
I got :
Mo mháthair, cróga agus álainn as opposed to is álainn
Could you tell me what the difference is?
Thanks for the reply


"Is" is a shorter and more natural way to say "agus" in this context.


Can't you delete "and" completely here between adjectives?
Mo mháthair cróga álainn


Yes...I think that would be more natural.

Redwolf


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 Post subject: Re: Help!!!!!
PostPosted: Tue 03 May 2016 9:25 pm 
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mo mháthair chróga álainn

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne
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 Post subject: Re: Help!!!!!
PostPosted: Wed 04 May 2016 9:06 pm 
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Thanks for the comments.
Could I just ask :
The letter h has now appeared in cróga / chróga
Thanks again


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 Post subject: Re: Help!!!!!
PostPosted: Wed 04 May 2016 9:12 pm 
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paullyons wrote:
Thanks for the comments.
Could I just ask :
The letter h has now appeared in cróga / chróga
Thanks again


mo mháthair chróga álainn = my brave and beautiful mother

mo mháthair (atá) cróga álainn = my mother (who is) brave and beautiful


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 Post subject: Re: Help!!!!!
PostPosted: Thu 05 May 2016 5:03 pm 
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paullyons wrote:
Thanks for the comments.
Could I just ask :
The letter h has now appeared in cróga / chróga
Thanks again


That happens for grammatical reasons. "Máthair" (Mother) is grammatically feminine, so the adjective modifying it will be lenited or "softened" if it begins with any consonant other than l, n, or r. This is indicated by writing an "h" after the consonant in contemporary orthography, or by writing a dot over the consonant in the older writing style. Adjectives beginning with vowels, such as "álainn," aren't affected by this rule.

So, if you were speaking of your father, it would be

M'athair cróga

But for your mother it's

Mo mháthair chróga

Redwolf


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