Hello all,

I'm used to Gaeilge and I have taken up Gaelic on the side. I translated this sentence into Gaelic, I was wondering if it is correct?

Tha Gaol agam air mo theaghlach agus mo bheatha.

kind regards,

Swisscheese

depends on the meaning of "life" in the English sentence. Beatha is rather the fact of being alive, saoghal is the time you are alive (ie. you love all what you live and have lived).

And I would put "air" before "mo bheatha/mo shaoghal" too.

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Ah, thanks so much :} I'm finding Gaelic fun to learn.

swisscheese

I agree with Lughaidh about using the preposition air both times.

I think beatha (or mo bheatha in your sentence) is fine in Gaelic, and would be the modern way to say it. Lughaidh is right as to traditional usage, but I think beatha has become more common now even in this meaning (in Gaelic, though not in Irish), so saoghal (or mo shaoghal) might sound a bit old-fashioned (of course, that might be just fine for an expression like this).

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Hello again,

Would this translation work as well for Scottish? = 's gaol leam mo theaghlach, mo shaogal

thanks,

Swisscheese

Not sure you can say "'s gaol leam" in Gaelic.
You can say "is toigh leam", or "tha gaol agam air...".

so:
'S toigh leam mo theaghlach agus mo shaoghal

or

Tha gaol agam air mo theaghlach agus air mo shaoghal.

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I agree with Lughaidh: "'s gaol leam" doesn't work. Is toigh leam ... does work, but the meaning becomes more like "I'm pleased with ..." or "... pleases me".

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I have nothing constructive to add to this conversation, but couldn't help noticing that this sounds remarkably like you are 'cheating' on Gaeilge........

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