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Laoch · **Joined:** Mon 10 Aug 2015 5:27 am **Posts:** 40

I would like to compliment someone and say "you have a haunting voice that is quite beautiful to my ears".
What would be the best Cork Irish way to get the idea across?

Redwolf · **Posted:** Tue 27 Oct 2015 5:07 pm

Laoch wrote:

I would like to compliment someone and say "you have a haunting voice that is quite beautiful to my ears".
What would be the best Cork Irish way to get the idea across?

Not sure how they'd say this in Cork, but at least I can get things started.

I don't know if I'd use "haunting" in Irish. It seems to have more of a literal meaning than it does in English.

Perhaps something like this:

Tá guth draíochta agat, agus titeann sé go binn ar mo chluasa: You have a magical/enchanting voice, and it falls sweetly/melodiously on my ears.

Definitely wait for more input!

Redwolf

franc 91 · **Posted:** Tue 27 Oct 2015 5:55 pm

Can't you use this verb ? a lonnaíonn ar mo chluasa

Bríd Mhór · **Joined:** Sun 28 Aug 2011 8:29 pm **Posts:** 3001

franc 91 wrote:

Can't you use this verb ? a lonnaíonn ar mo chluasa

Like Redwolf said that is probably too literal.

Redwolf wrote:

Not sure how they'd say this in Cork, but at least I can get things started.

I don't know if I'd use "haunting" in Irish. It seems to have more of a literal meaning than it does in English.

Perhaps something like this:

Tá guth draíochta agat, agus titeann sé go binn ar mo chluasa: You have a magical/enchanting voice, and it falls sweetly/melodiously on my ears.

That's lovely.

Just another suggestion:
I looked for synonyms for "haunting" and found, among others, "emotive".
Then found this saying in the dictionary -
http://www.teanglann.ie/en/eid/emotion
"He appealed to the emotions of the crowd, tharraing sé croí an tslua. "
So adapting that:
Tarraingnaíonn do ghuth mo chroí, agus cloiseann mo chluasa go binn é.

Wait for 3 to confirm.

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