Tattoo Translation "Come Home Safe"

Redwolf · **Posted:** Fri 07 Feb 2014 2:57 pm

Braoin wrote:

I would also agree with
Tar slán abhaile
for
'come home safe' (to one person)
and then no harm to mention:
Tagaigí slán abhaile
'come home safe' (to more than one person)

or the very commonly said:
Slán abhaile
'safe home!'

and
Go dté tú slán
'may you go safely' or 'may you be safe as you go' (to one person)
and no harm to mention:
Go dté sibh slán
'may ye go safely' or 'may ye be safe as ye go' (to more than one person)

As we mentioned earlier, though, one would usually say "Slán abhaile" to someone who is leaving you to go home (home presumably not being the place he is currently leaving)...not to someone who is leaving home and who you hope will come back safely at the end of the day.

Jay Bee · **Joined:** Tue 15 Nov 2011 7:35 am **Posts:** 1098

Go dTé Tú Slán is the prettiest as a) it looks the nicest in the sean-Chló and b) using the subjunctive involves wish fulfillment

kinnesaj · **Joined:** Wed 05 Feb 2014 6:33 pm **Posts:** 4

Thank you so much for everyone's wisdom and thoughts! I really appreciate it! I ended up going with Go dte tu slan! I thought it was the best fit for the context that I wanted and I am very pleased with the way it came out! Thank you all again!

Jay Bee · **Joined:** Tue 15 Nov 2011 7:35 am **Posts:** 1098

Did you put the fadaí on the vowels? Go dTé Tú Slán

Redwolf · **Posted:** Mon 10 Feb 2014 3:41 pm

Jay Bee wrote:

Did you put the fadaí on the vowels? Go dTé Tú Slán

Important point. Those words are misspelled, kinnesaj, without those accent marks, so I hope you remembered them in your tattoo.

Redwolf

kinnesaj · **Joined:** Wed 05 Feb 2014 6:33 pm **Posts:** 4

I did, I just didn't type them that way in my thank you note.

Redwolf · **Posted:** Mon 10 Feb 2014 5:22 pm

kinnesaj wrote:

I did, I just didn't type them that way in my thank you note.

Whew! You had us scared there for a moment! :good:

Redwolf

Breandán · **Posted:** Mon 10 Feb 2014 10:37 pm

(It's easier to put one in afterwards than to have to take out one that was added by mistake.

)

Redwolf · **Posted:** Mon 10 Feb 2014 10:48 pm

Breandán wrote:

(It's easier to put one in afterwards than to have to take out one that was added by mistake.

)

There is that! :yes:

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