Irish Translation Forum

stevesearle wrote:Come along home. I would like to invite you to my 40th birthday party.............

Is this an open invitation??......are all us folks on IGT welcome.....I mean some of us did help ya with the translation!!

If I make it to Ireland, I will buy you a pint.

eireannRed wrote:

stevesearle wrote:Come along home. I would like to invite you to my 40th birthday party.............

Is this an open invitation??......are all us folks on IGT welcome.....I mean some of us did help ya with the translation!!

Could someone please translate Gluin's 2nd option please:

Glúin Abheóide wrote:

Ailill wrote:

Glúin Abheóide wrote:
A Ailill,

This invitation looks like it is directed towards more than one person, so would the plurals of all prepositions and verbs be used?

Ailill - Correction wrote:Tagaigí abhaile...

Ailill - Correction wrote:...cuireadh daoibh...

Leis na beannachtaí Abheóide, slán go fóill.

I made the decision to keep it all in the singular, since only one person will be reading the card (at a time). Good question though.

Are you quite sure on this? I am guessing that this would be a question for the thread starter. Since the invitation is addressed towards more than one person, hence "...most of you..." then the plural would be used. I don't think that it matters how many people actually read it would matter, with greetings and whatnot on the forum, I have seen "dia daoibh..." and then the topic gets zero replies, would that make them wrong to use the plural there?

A stevesearle,

Would you like the card to be taken by the invited to mean:

stevesearle - Question wrote:Come along home, ya'll. I would like to invite you guys to my 40th birthday party. Everything is going to be the best of the Irish including beer and food. Hope to see most of you on Saturday 23 October 2004. Steve.

RSVP: when you know
Place: at Dad and Mum's
When: 5 to 10
Kids: newborns only

or:

stevesearle - Question wrote:Come along home, <name?. I would like to invite you to my 40th birthday party. Everything is going to be the best of the Irish including beer and food. Hope to see you on Saturday 23 October 2004. Steve.

RSVP: when you know
Place: at Dad and Mum's
When: 5 to 10
Kids: newborns only

I don't mean to sound rude, Ailill, but I just don't want this to be sent out with a little mistake that could have been fixed by asking.

Leis na beannachtaí Abheóide oraibh, slán go fóill.

stevesearle wrote:Could someone please translate Gluin's 2nd option please:

Which one? Copy and paste it.

Ailill wrote:

stevesearle wrote:Could someone please translate Gluin's 2nd option please:

Which one? Copy and paste it.

This is it - much appreciated:

Come along home, <name?. I would like to invite you to my 40th birthday party. Everything is going to be the best of the Irish including beer and food. Hope to see you on Saturday 23 October 2004. Steve.

RSVP: when you know
Place: at Dad and Mum's
When: 5 to 10
Kids: newborns only

Ailill already did this for you a page ago. I've fixed a it a teensey bit:

Ailill wrote:Tar abhaile. Tugaim cuireadh duit go cóisir mo 40ú breithlá. Idir beoir, bia agus craic, togha na hÉireann a bheidh i ngach rud. Tá súil agam thú a fheiceáil Dé Sathairn, 23ú Deire Fómhar, 2004.

Steve.

RSVP: Nuair is eol duit.
Áit: Teach m'athar.
Cathain: 5.00 go dtí 10.00
Páistí: Nuabheirthe amháin.

He wanted to know why Glúin's translation was wrong/different.

Méabh wrote:He wanted to know why Glúin's translation was wrong/different.

Because is was Glúin's?

Actually, I fail to see how the two are different.

Many thanks for all your help. I am now off to do the invites and prepare for the party.

Steve