Could you please translate a few more lines of dialogue for me? Connacht Irish if possible.

The context is two people are playing a game, and one person is losing badly.

"Not a good night for you. You're making this too easy for me."

"Do you want to do something else?"

"I want you to take me home."


Thanks a million!

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I'm very much a beginner learner. Don't hesitate to correct me, as long as you explain why. This is how I learn best!

I know I'm too new to attempt this, but I can't help myself. Failure helps us learn. Right?

Not a good night for you. = Níl an oíche go maith leat.

This is so literal though. I wonder if there's something more idiomatic.

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My attempt (you know Connachta Irish isn't my "normal" dialect, so wait for other answers)


Níl an oíche seo go maith dhuit. Tá tú ag ?????? dhom.



An bhfuil tú ag iarraidh mé rud eicínt eile a dhíonamh?



Tá mé ag iarraidh thú mé a thabhairt abhaile.

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A nice start, Lughaidh. Bríd and Braoin will, of course, be our best referees for naturalness of the phrasing.

There seems to be a stray mé in the third sentence.


Here's my attempt:

Níl tú ag díona' ro-mhaith anocht. Tá tú ro-bhog orm. "Not a good night for you. You're making this too easy for me."

An bhfuil tú ag iarraidh rud eicínt eile a dhíona'? "Do you want to do something else?"

Tá mé ag iarraidh ort mé a thabhairt abhaile. "I want you to take me home."


Possible alternative for the first sentence: Ní maith an oíche í dhuit anocht.

Possible alternative for the third sentence: An bhfuil rud eicínt eile uait a dhíona'?

The last sentence might be better as simply Tabhair abhaile mé. "Take me home".

Await further input (corrections and suggestions always welcome) ...

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My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
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Your translation means "I'm asking you to take me home".



Sounds strange to me. It means "Do you need something to do".
Maybe "An bhfuil uait rud eicínt a dhéanamh" ?

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That is what I would say too.
Isn't that what Mimerim wanted Lughaidh?


"ag iarraidh" - can mean both "ask" and "want" depending on context.

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The "I want you to take me home" line is more about a trip home that's going to happen in the future. Say John has offered Mary he would take Mary to her home city to visit a family she hasn't seen in a while. Mary wasn't sure and needed time to think about it. Now she's decided yes, she does want him to take her home, and in this line she's telling him that.

So it's more like, "I have decided I want you to take me home." NOT "I want you to take me home from here." I need it to mean something more like, "I've decided I do indeed want you to take me home at some point in the near future" but not that wordy.

Would "Tá mé ag iarraidh ort mé a thabhairt abhaile" still work for that?

Sorry to be so annoying..

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Here are the options so far. Can anyone else please second any of these?

"Not a good night for you. You're making this too easy for me."

1a. Níl an oíche seo go maith dhuit. Tá tú ag ?????? dhom.
1b. Níl tú ag díona' ro-mhaith anocht. Tá tú ro-bhog orm.
1c. Ní maith an oíche í dhuit anocht. Tá tú ro-bhog orm.


"Do you want to do something else?"

2a. An bhfuil tú ag iarraidh mé rud eicínt eile a dhíonamh?
2b. An bhfuil tú ag iarraidh rud eicínt eile a dhíona'?
2c. An bhfuil rud eicínt eile uait a dhíona'?
2d. An bhfuil uait rud eicínt a dhéanamh?


"I want you to take me home." (as in, "I have decided I do indeed want you to take me home.")

3a. Tá mé ag iarraidh thú mé a thabhairt abhaile.
3b. Tá mé ag iarraidh ort mé a thabhairt abhaile. (+1 yes from Bríd)


Thanks!!!

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I'm very much a beginner learner. Don't hesitate to correct me, as long as you explain why. This is how I learn best!

To me there's a difference between

Tá mé ag iarraidh ort mé a thabhairt abhaile : I'm asking you...

and

Tá mé ag iarraidh thú mé a thabhairt abhaile : I want you...

in the first one, you directly ask (a bit like an order) to the person to take you home ; in the second one you only say "I want you to..." but you don't ask directly.

The difference is even clearer in these:

Tá mé ag iarraidh air mé a thabhairt abhaile : I'm asking him...

Tá mé ag iarraidh é mé a thabhairt abhaile : I want him to... (but maybe I don't tell him to do it)

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Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

Yes. You are right.

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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