Hello,

I wanted to get a tat for my step daughter. I can't figure out how to translate.

I wanted it to say, "I Love Aubrey". Can anyone help?

Thank you

Hi, welcome to the forum.

Perhaps:

Tá cion agam ar Aubrey. "I love Aubrey" literally "I am fond of Aubrey"

Await further input ...

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Could you use do here as well?
Tá cion d'Aubrey agam??
Would that work?

No. It would be Tá cion ag Aubrey orm. One has affection on someone in Irish.

er … I think that means "Aubrey is fond of me".

They're wanting it the other way around "I love (am fond of) Aubrey".

My bad. I thought MacBoo was trying to say that. In that case, no, you can't say that Breandán's is the correct way I'm not reading posts correctly these days haha.

No problem – That happens to me all the time.

One could also say:

Tá grá agam d'Aubrey

Or perhaps we could get poetic and say:

Tá mo chroí istigh in Aubrey

Or flip it on its head and say:

Is í/é Aubrey grá mo chroí*

*Aubrey is traditionally a male name, but people seem to be slapping it on their little girls these days as well

Redwolf

Hadn't thought of that, but the OP did mention it was for her step daughter.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Thanks for the clarification. I was wondering if "cion" could be used with the same prepositions as "grá"
Tá grá ag duine ar duine eile/do dhuine eile.

And one more question please. It would be my inclination to put the "agam" at the end of the sentence, - Tá grá ar Aubrey agam - but I see from all the sentences offered here that the order is "tá grá/cion agam ar Aubrey". Could either order be used here or is there a difference in emphasis?
Or is mine just wrong?
Hope you don't mind me asking so many questions. For my part I'm glad I found a place to ask them.