[Irish] Translation requests

[culúrien]

I'm trying to translate:

Tá Dia láidir agus máthair mhaith aige.

So far I have: A strong God and a good squid. I thought máthair was squid but not it seems wrong. And I'm not sure what to do with aige. I know aige=ag+sé=on him but I don't know how to incorporate it.
I've tried playing with it. The strong god has a good squid. No...that can't be right. Then I thought it was A strong God has a good squid on him...but that doesn't make sense either. My lessons say I should be able to translate this...but I can't. Please help.

[culúrien]

Just kidding. Ignore my stupidity.
Isn't it God is strong and he has a good mother? I was translating máthair wrong, and I forgot about the copula.

[DelBoy]

Just kidding. Ignore my stupidity.
Isn't it God is strong and he has a good mother? I was translating máthair wrong, and I forgot about the copula.

Hehe! Some imaginative translations there!

Yep, 'God is strong and he has a good mother'. However, the way that 'agus' is used here implies something like "God is strong because he has a good mother"
But.... what about the copula? there is no copula in there!

[culúrien]

yeah i just made that up lol. I typed it and then I was like why did I type that?

[charlotteh]

Can anyone help me with the phrase 'can I buy you a drink?' in Irish? And tell me how to pronounce it?(Esp. if you're a native speaker). I also have some other phrases that I need the accuracy checked for.... (asap, approaching deadline)
Thanks very much!
‘bhfuil fonn marcaíochta ort ?
(Fancy a shag?)
Tá, ba bhreá liom, a stail mhór
(Yes, I’d love to you sexy beast)
Níl, agus fág an áit sula gcuirfinn scairt ar na gardaí
(No, get away before I call the police)

[DelBoy]

Can anyone help me with the phrase 'can I buy you a drink?' in Irish? And tell me how to pronounce it?(Esp. if you're a native speaker). I also have some other phrases that I need the accuracy checked for.... (asap, approaching deadline)
Thanks very much!
‘bhfuil fonn marcaíochta ort ?
(Fancy a shag?)
Tá, ba bhreá liom, a stail mhór
(Yes, I’d love to you sexy beast)
Níl, agus fág an áit sula gcuirfinn scairt ar na gardaí
(No, get away before I call the police)

Can I buy you a drink?
An féidir liom deoch a cheannach duit?
"un fay-jur l-yum jucH uh Hyan-ucH ditch"

what accuracy do you need in the others? the english? the irish? pronunciation?

[charlotteh]

the Irish and pronunciation please... thanks very much!

[Drochfhuaimniú]

I'd like to see if I'm doing this right and also help you ... so ...


An féidir liom deoch a cheannach duit?
"un fay-jur l-yum jucH uh Hyan-ucH ditch"

My Pronunciation

[DelBoy]

Not too bad at all Drochfhuaimniú!

Just 2 tips tho - in liom, the 'y' sound I gave in the pronunciation isn't a separate phoneme - I meant it to mean a slide off the 'l'
and the same goes for the y after the H in cheannach

I'll try and record it and post it here if you want!

[DelBoy]

'bhfuil fonn marcaíochta ort ?
"(uh) will fown* mor-KEE-uH-tuh urt" (*rhymes with 'town')
(Fancy a shag?)

Tá, ba bhreá liom, a stail mhór
(Yes, I’d love to you sexy beast)
"taw, buh vra lyum, uh stal wore"

Níl, agus fág an áit sula gcuirfinn scairt ar na gardaí
(No, get away before I call the police)
"neel, ogus fawg un awytch suluh gur-ing scartch air nuh gor-dee"

sorry bout the bad transcriptions - hope you can make some sense out of them!

[charlotteh]

hmmm, one thing I've learnt about Irish is that you have so many different pronunciations for the same thing!

[culúrien]

Irish pronounciation isn't so bad once you get used to it. It just looks so tricky.

[Tomcat]

Could anybody translate me these two sentences?

"X has entered the room"
"X has left the room"

Please mark or explain which words stand for "the room".

Thanks a lot in advance!

Tomcat

[Egein]

"Chuaigh X isteach sa sheomra"
"Chuaigh X amuigh as an seomra"

[Ioannes]

While we're at it, could anyone give me a translation of the following sentence I received per mail (from my Irish uncle): "Ta Gaelige Scoil Naisunta agum." (I guess it's missing some accents, though)

[DelBoy]

"X has entered the room"
chuaigh/tháinig X isteach sa seomra
(went/came X into in-the room)

"X has left the room"
D'imigh X an seomra
(left X the room)

[DelBoy]

While we're at it, could anyone give me a translation of the following sentence I received per mail (from my Irish uncle): "Ta Gaelige Scoil Naisunta agum." (I guess it's missing some accents, though)

A little misspelled, but it means:
"I have national school Irish"

[Ioannes]

While we're at it, could anyone give me a translation of the following sentence I received per mail (from my Irish uncle): "Ta Gaelige Scoil Naisunta agum." (I guess it's missing some accents, though)

A little misspelled, but it means:
"I have national school Irish"

Thanks! "Ta" means "I have"? And what would be the proper spelling of the phrase?

Now that I know what it means, indeed "Scoil" looks like "school" and "naisunta" looks like "national". Seeing that I would have guessed that, I still wouldn't be able to translate the phrase, though

[Egein]

Ops about my translation. D'imigh is indeed much simple.

Tá means "is".
Tá Gaeilge Scoil Naisunta agam
Is Gaelic School National At-me.

[Tomcat]

Thanks a lot for your help! I needed this for a chat I've been setting up, I want the messages in as many languages as possible. So what would be:

X has entered the chat

X has left the chat

Thanks again for your help,

Tomcat