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Post March 08 2010, 20:32 PM
murray46
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Hello! I was wondering what the translation for "We start and end with family" is? Thank you :)

 
Post March 09 2010, 4:44 AM
CaoimhínSF
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Tosaímid agus críochnaímid leis an muintir.
Tosaímid agus críochnaímid leis an teaghlach.

Not everyone agrees on this, but in Irish, teaghlach usually refers to the folks in your household, whereas muintir can refer to a broader category of people (depending on the context, it can mean your whole family or clan, beyond just the ones in your home, or even your tribe or your “people”). If you happen to mean just your children and other descendants, then clann is also a possibility: Tosaímid agus críochnaímid leis an gclann

Corrected as breandán mentions below.
Last edited by CaoimhínSF on September 15 2010, 23:53 PM, edited 2 times in total.
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Post March 09 2010, 17:59 PM
murray46
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Thanks so much! Can anyone confirm this?

Post March 11 2010, 2:18 AM
Breandán
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kevin45sf wrote:Tosaímid agus críochnaímid leis an mhuintir.


Kevin, wouldn't it be leis an muintir (except in the north, of course)?
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Post September 14 2010, 14:54 PM
murray46
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How would you say "Other things may change us, but we start and end with family" in Gaelic? Thanks!

Post September 14 2010, 17:25 PM
mhwombat
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murray46, I've merged your threads, because your new request is just a modification to the previous one. It will be best if we can see what has already been done for the second part.
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