Hi Everyone!!!! I'm wanting to see the Irish translations for the following sayings. Looking to get tattooed.

You are half of me

I am my beloveds and my beloved is mine

Thanks for any help. It is greatly appreciated.

Hi Cdoherty, fáilte 'dtí'n fóram.

Just to get the ball rolling:

You ar half of me:

"Is túsa leath d(h)om"

I am my beloveds and my beloveds is mine:

"Is le m'fhíorghrá mé agus is liomsa m'fhíorghrá"

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I would see "Is tusa leath dom" as meaning "You are a match, (equal), for me" but I don't know how else to translate this rather strange English sentence.

I'd better add this, I am by no means fluent in Irish so there is a good chance that what I say is totally wrong.

It should be díom. do + mé (for me, what you have) is dom. de + mé (of me, what we want) is díom. Good suggestion.

Ah yes, forgot, sorry. You are of course correct for standardised Irish.

Standard:

"de" from, off, of

"do" to, for

I did't really think about that when I was writing it, well spotted lads !

"de" and "do", as far as my experience and understanding, are interchangeable in the Gaeltacht. Especially for "of"

Ring: "Do is often used for de....de is often used for do" (Ó Síothcháin, M (1944). Sean-Chaint na nDéise. 2nd ed. (1st 1906) Dublin: The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies . pg 20)



Munster:

"de" from, off (do thiteas de'n chapall-especially in Cork Irish. However, thit sé do'n gcapall is perfectly acceptable in Kerry), of ("do", in my experience, is used far more for "of")

"do" to, for, of

"Is mú (mó) do'n nGaolainn thá ag baint le "feireóg*" (eiseog) ná le "sicín." Is deise dhe* fhocal é" (Ó Síothcháin, pg.21)

Literal translation:

Greater/better is of the Irish associated with "feireóg" (pullet) than with "sicín". It is of a nicer word.

Translation:

"Feireóg" is a more Irish word than "sicín." It is a nicer word" (Ó Síothcháin, pg.21)

*feireóg (eireóg/eireog), a pullet (a chicken below a year old or one that has not molted yet) It is therefore, not the same as a chicken.

*dhe, "The d of de is frequently aspirated, getting a "y" sound" (Ó Síothcháin, pg.20)

However,

"Is túsa leath díom" is probably the better option.

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In An Bíobla Naofa, "I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine" is:

Is le mo grása mise, is is liomsa mo ghrá

Redwolf

I don't understand why it should be "díom" in this instance.

Is tusa leath díom.....means "you are something I discarded"

Is tusa leath d(h)om....means "you are half of me"

"I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine" is something that is not said in Gaelic, unless in the bible, that needed to be translated word for word at some stage.

It is addressed to the third person. It inherently lacks an intimacy of a simpler language. If you address this statement directly to a second person, in English it would be.....

I am your beloved and you are my beloved.


In Irish there is no need to go beyond " I am your beloved" or " You are my beloved"......The balance that exists in the English sentence is superfluous in Irish.......Is tusa mo ghrá....you are my love....

Is tusa mo chuisle- you are my pulse
Is tusa mo chroí- you are my heart etc srl

"I am my beloved and my beloved is mine" although a beautiful sentiment in English is close to meaningless as an idiom i Irish.

Mo ghrá go daingean thú.... is the most gorgeous phrase I have for expressing love in Gaelic

I wouldn't say so. I've taken the point that in the Gaeltacht, dom can often be interchanged with díom (this has come up before, actually, I had just forgotten).

fair enough.