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PostPosted: Wed 01 Jan 2014 7:20 pm 
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Dia Duit!

I am writing a song and was hoping to get some confirmation on the grammar and pronunciation.

The english: "I am going home, to the place where I belong"

The gaelic (if it is terribly off please be gracious to a simple soul such as I): "Tá mé ag dul abhaile, an áit ina mbaineann mé"

Could someone give me the correct grammar and phonetics of how it should be pronounced?
Thanks so much, you're awesome!


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PostPosted: Wed 01 Jan 2014 8:02 pm 
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nmeidin wrote:
"Tá mé ag dul abhaile, an áit ina mbaineann mé"


Sounds ok to me, for what it's worth.

'Táim a'gol a'waile, an áit ina maineann ma' [t̪ˠɑ:m' ə'gˠʌlˠ ə'wɒlʲə, ənˠ ɑ:tʲ ɪnʲə/ɪnˠə/ mʷɒnʲən̪ˠ m'ə]


Can you follow the above or do you need another explanation?

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PostPosted: Thu 16 Jan 2014 7:50 pm 
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Thanks Jay Bee,
That's exactly what I was looking for.


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PostPosted: Sun 19 Jan 2014 3:21 pm 
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nmeidin wrote:
Dia Duit!

I am writing a song and was hoping to get some confirmation on the grammar and pronunciation.

The english: "I am going home, to the place where I belong"

The gaelic (if it is terribly off please be gracious to a simple soul such as I): "Tá mé ag dul abhaile, an áit ina mbaineann mé"

Could someone give me the correct grammar and phonetics of how it should be pronounced?
Thanks so much, you're awesome!


The verb "bain" + "in" doesn't mean "belong", as far as I know. And "mbainim" is still vastly preferable to "mbaineann mé".


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PostPosted: Sun 19 Jan 2014 3:54 pm 
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Perhaps:

Tá mé ag dul abhaile, ar mo dhúchas
"I am going home, to where I belong."
TAW meh gwell uh-WULL-ih airh muh GHOO-khuss
/tɑ: m´e gel´ ə'wa:l´ə er´ mə ɣu:xəs/

Await further input ...

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