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 Post subject: Motto
PostPosted: Thu 26 May 2016 1:47 am 
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How do you say ...Your Clan will never leave you behind.... or as close as it gets in Irish...Thank you


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 Post subject: Re: Motto
PostPosted: Thu 26 May 2016 5:36 am 
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Orielle wrote:
How do you say ...Your Clan will never leave you behind.... or as close as it gets in Irish...Thank you



Kind of depends on what you mean by "clan." The Irish have never had "clans" in the same sense as the Scots have. Do you mean "family"?

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 Post subject: Re: Motto
PostPosted: Thu 26 May 2016 4:01 pm 
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Redwolf wrote:
Orielle wrote:
How do you say ...Your Clan will never leave you behind.... or as close as it gets in Irish...Thank you



Kind of depends on what you mean by "clan." The Irish have never had "clans" in the same sense as the Scots have. Do you mean "family"?

Redwolf

I thought the different 'families' were clans...like the O'Briens, Murphys, ets...that's what I mean by Clan....people of the same name who have joined together.....very extended global family I suppose


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 Post subject: Re: Motto
PostPosted: Thu 26 May 2016 5:20 pm 
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Orielle wrote:
Redwolf wrote:
Orielle wrote:
How do you say ...Your Clan will never leave you behind.... or as close as it gets in Irish...Thank you



Kind of depends on what you mean by "clan." The Irish have never had "clans" in the same sense as the Scots have. Do you mean "family"?

Redwolf

I thought the different 'families' were clans...like the O'Briens, Murphys, ets...that's what I mean by Clan....people of the same name who have joined together.....very extended global family I suppose


http://www.teanglann.ie/ga/fgb/clann

http://www.teanglann.ie/ga/fgb/surnames

In limited circumstances it can have that meaning, but it's rather archaic now.
It would be understood as that in English alright, but in Irish "clann" usually refers to your children or somebody's elses children.

Muintir - is a better word for extended family of many generations.

Ní fhágtha mo mhuintir ar fán mé.

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 Post subject: Re: Motto
PostPosted: Thu 26 May 2016 8:03 pm 
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Bríd Mhór wrote:
Ní fhágtha mo mhuintir ar fán mé.

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Ní fhágfaidh ... a bhí ar intinn agat, nach ea? (Did you mean ...? Same pronunciation)



Ní fhágfaidh mo mhuintir ar fán mé. = My people won't leave me astray.

Ní fhágfaidh do mhuintir ar fán thú. = Your people won't leave you astray.

or:
Ní ligfidh ...


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 Post subject: Re: Motto
PostPosted: Thu 26 May 2016 8:22 pm 
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Labhrás wrote:
Bríd Mhór wrote:
Ní fhágtha mo mhuintir ar fán mé.

Wait for corrections or other opinions.


Ní fhágfaidh ... a bhí ar intinn agat, nach ea? (Did you mean ...? Same pronunciation)



Ní fhágfaidh mo mhuintir ar fán mé. = My people won't leave me astray.

Ní fhágfaidh do mhuintir ar fán thú. = Your people won't leave you astray.

or:
Ní ligfidh ...


:good: Go raibh maith ad - my spelling is crap.

Yes I meant my family won't leave me straying or wandering or lost. Not exactly leaving behind I know.


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 Post subject: Re: Motto
PostPosted: Thu 26 May 2016 9:10 pm 
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Or: Ní thréigfidh do mhuintir choíche thú - 'Your people will never abandon/forsake you.' ('Choíche' = 'never' - missing in the other versions).


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 Post subject: Re: Motto
PostPosted: Thu 26 May 2016 9:16 pm 
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Errigal wrote:
Or: Ní thréigfidh do mhuintir choíche thú - 'Your people will never abandon/forsake you.' ('Choíche' = 'never' - missing in the other versions).


That's better than mine. :good:


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 Post subject: Re: Motto
PostPosted: Fri 27 May 2016 5:40 pm 
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Go raibh maith agat everybody...The last translation was close to what I wanted ...but I shall use the others...thank you again.


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