Hi everyone,

I was hoping for a translation for My family, my friends, my home.

My partner and I both grew up in 5 member families away from our extended family. Our friends and their families became our 'adopted' family throughout our lives. Our immediate family homes became the homes for everyone growing up where we shared special occasions and often had our extra family members living with us.

I was hoping to get this phrase tattooed and to also use it as the theme for our wedding.

Any help you can give is greatly appreciated.

Thank you
Abaigh

Family and friends is pretty easy, but an issue with "home" is that the word for "home" also means "town." Would you be willing to consider a paraphrase?

Redwolf

A possibility which includes the concept of "home" would be:

Mo mhuintir, mo chairde, mo dhúchas
My family, my friends, my [home place / home town / home country]

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I'm not a native (or entirely fluent) speaker, so be sure to wait for confirmations/corrections, especially for tattoos.

Hi Redwolf,

I'm very willing for a paraphrase. The intent behind the phrase was also that while family and friends move around "home" is with each other is wherever that may be. Therefore town or country may not be the most appropriate...



I'm guessing that dhúchas is more of a specific location (correct me if I'm wrong). Home to me is more of a concept, like "home is where the heart is".

Kind regards
Abaigh

Are you sure about mo charad?
I know mo charad only as genitive sing. and plural (of my friend(s)),

You're right, and I've corrected it. I was sleepy and probably thinking of the Scottish Gaelic mo charaid, which has the variant mo chairdean.

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I'm not a native (or entirely fluent) speaker, so be sure to wait for confirmations/corrections, especially for tattoos.

Hmmm. In some cases Irish would use the word for "fireside" there (níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin = "there's no fireside like your own fireside" = "there's no place like home"). I wonder if something like that would work?

tAnother option might be "Áit mo chroí" or "Áit m'anama"/Place of my heart" or "Place of my soul"

Redwolf

Thank you for taking the time to help me reflect on the meaning of this and all of your suggestions. So much can be lost in translation.

In the spirit of joining our families together I think place of my heart is perfect.

So collating the comments I have: Mo mhuintir, mo chairde, áit mo chroí

Kind regards
Abaigh

Yes, "baile" has two, or more, very distinct meanings. And it can be hard to tell even in context which is meant. But I don't think that should stop people using "mo bhaile" for "my home", or for "my hometown". The meaning will be what you intend it to have. One can always explain that to people when you translate it.