Translation: "It is my wish to be there (again)" :)

Annabeth · **Joined:** Wed 14 Mar 2012 8:40 pm **Posts:** 190

Dia dhaoibh

How would you said in Irish, "It is my wish to be there (again)"?

:GRMA:

Redwolf · **Posted:** Fri 20 Sep 2013 1:47 pm

Annabeth wrote:

Dia dhaoibh

How would you said in Irish, "It is my wish to be there (again)"?

:GRMA:

I would say "ba mhaith liom bheith ansin (arís)" I think you could also say "Is mian liom bheith ansin (arís)" as well, but wait for more input on that.

Redwolf

MacBoo · **Posted:** Sat 21 Sep 2013 12:32 am

Tá fonn orm a bheith ansin arís.

Might be another way.

Redwolf · **Posted:** Sat 21 Sep 2013 1:15 am

Might be easier to narrow things down in English. Are you saying:

I would like to be there (again)

I wish I were there (again)

I hope to be there (again)

The "it is my wish" phrasing is kind of awkward in English and makes it a bit of a challenge to translate.

Redwolf

patrickjwalsh · **Joined:** Wed 24 Jul 2013 2:31 am **Posts:** 329

is é is fada liom go mbeidh mé ansan arís

Braoin · **Joined:** Sat 17 Sep 2011 11:52 pm **Posts:** 460

Redwolf wrote:

Annabeth wrote:

Dia dhaoibh

How would you said in Irish, "It is my wish to be there (again)"?

:GRMA:

I would say "ba mhaith liom bheith ansin (arís)" I think you could also say "Is mian liom bheith ansin (arís)" as well, but wait for more input on that.

Redwolf

These have my vote.

There might be another way of thinking it:
Is mian liom dul ar ais ann.
I wish to go back there.

Annabeth · **Joined:** Wed 14 Mar 2012 8:40 pm **Posts:** 190

I would say the best English would be "I wish I were there (again)"

Errigal · **Joined:** Fri 09 Sep 2011 2:06 pm **Posts:** 715

Annabeth wrote:

I would say the best English would be "I wish I were there (again)"

There's a big difference between "It is my wish to be/I wish to be/I would like to be"(etc.) and "I wish I were".
For "I wish I were..." I'd suggest Is trua nach bhfuil mé ann arís or Is trua gan mé ann arís, both of which literally mean "'Tis a pity I'm not..." but are typical ways of expressing "I wish I were..." in traditional songs. Otherwise I like patrickjjwalsh's Is é is fada liom go mbeidh mé ann arís ("I long to be..."). The "Is é" bit could be omitted.

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Annabeth · **Joined:** Wed 14 Mar 2012 8:40 pm **Posts:** 190

Yes, I have heard "Is trua nach" :yes:

patrickjwalsh · **Joined:** Wed 24 Jul 2013 2:31 am **Posts:** 329

Errigal wrote:

Otherwise I like patrickjwalsh's Is é is fada liom go mbeidh mé ann arís ("I long to be..."). The "Is é" bit could be omitted.

The is é is emphatic, and the whole sentence means "I can't wait to go back there again". Leaving off the is é would not sound right in Irish - it would produce a dull sentence that is just a literal translation of the English. Possibly you could argue the OP's original English sentence, "it is my wish to be there again", is insipid, and so requires an insipid Irish sentence (is fada liom é), but I think the original sentence is not quite right here - and so if we translate the sentence it should have been ("I can't wait to go back"), the emphasis is required in the Irish.

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