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PostPosted: Sun 10 Apr 2016 3:57 am 
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Dia dhaoibh!

I'm trying to translate a sentence into Irish. I need to carve it on a gift which I'm making for my wife's birthday.
The sentence is:

"To my beautiful Erin, may all our adventures bring us joy, wealth and dragons."

(she is a big Hobbit fan, hence the wealth and dragons)
I have tried my hand and come up with these two translations, neither of which I am completely positive what I am saying:

A mo Erin álainn, d'fhéadfadh ár n-eachtraí a thabhairt dúinn saibhreas, áthas agus dragain.
nó...
A mo Erin álainn, go thabhairt ár n-eachtraí dúinn saibhreas, áthas agus dragain.

I'm specifically having trouble with the "may all our adventures" part.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Tim


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PostPosted: Sun 10 Apr 2016 9:22 am 
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rowanbeef wrote:
Dia dhaoibh!

I'm trying to translate a sentence into Irish. I need to carve it on a gift which I'm making for my wife's birthday.
The sentence is:

"To my beautiful Erin, may all our adventures bring us joy, wealth and dragons."

(she is a big Hobbit fan, hence the wealth and dragons)
I have tried my hand and come up with these two translations, neither of which I am completely positive what I am saying:

A mo Erin álainn, d'fhéadfadh ár n-eachtraí a thabhairt dúinn saibhreas, áthas agus dragain.
nó...
A mo Erin álainn, go thabhairt ár n-eachtraí dúinn saibhreas, áthas agus dragain.

I'm specifically having trouble with the "may all our adventures" part.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Tim


A mo is impossible
Either A Erin (just as an address, without m' = my)
or Do m’Erin ((This is) for my Erin)

may ... is rendered in Irish with go + subjunctive mood:
go dtuga X Y dúinn / chugainn = "may X bring us Y"
But I’d rather use the verb bain as here:
go mbaine muid Y as X = lit. "may we extract Y out of X"

A Erin álainn, go mbaine muid áthas is saibhreas is dragain as ár n-eachtraí uilig!

or in Standard Irish:
A Erin álainn, go mbainimid áthas is saibhreas is dragain as ár n-eachtraí uile!


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PostPosted: Sun 10 Apr 2016 8:26 pm 
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A Erin álainn, go mbaine muid áthas is saibhreas is dragain as ár n-eachtraí uilig!

or in Standard Irish:
A Erin álainn, go mbainimid áthas is saibhreas is dragain as ár n-eachtraí uile!


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PostPosted: Sun 10 Apr 2016 9:41 pm 
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Go raibh míle maith agaibh! I appreciate the help very much!


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PostPosted: Sun 10 Apr 2016 10:24 pm 
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Labhrás wrote:
rowanbeef wrote:
Dia dhaoibh!

I'm trying to translate a sentence into Irish. I need to carve it on a gift which I'm making for my wife's birthday.
The sentence is:

"To my beautiful Erin, may all our adventures bring us joy, wealth and dragons."

(she is a big Hobbit fan, hence the wealth and dragons)
I have tried my hand and come up with these two translations, neither of which I am completely positive what I am saying:

A mo Erin álainn, d'fhéadfadh ár n-eachtraí a thabhairt dúinn saibhreas, áthas agus dragain.
nó...
A mo Erin álainn, go thabhairt ár n-eachtraí dúinn saibhreas, áthas agus dragain.

I'm specifically having trouble with the "may all our adventures" part.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Tim


A mo is impossible
Either A Erin (just as an address, without m' = my)
or Do m’Erin ((This is) for my Erin)

may ... is rendered in Irish with go + subjunctive mood:
go dtuga X Y dúinn / chugainn = "may X bring us Y"
But I’d rather use the verb bain as here:
go mbaine muid Y as X = lit. "may we extract Y out of X"

A Erin álainn, go mbaine muid áthas is saibhreas is dragain as ár n-eachtraí uilig!

or in Standard Irish:
A Erin álainn, go mbainimid áthas is saibhreas is dragain as ár n-eachtraí uile!


Excellent! I can "third" this

Redwolf


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