Irish Translation Forum

If I could get the translations of these phrases from Irish/Gaelic into English I would appreciate it. #1 'gan aithreachas'.#2 '(ta me)gan aon aithreacas orm'. #3 (ta me) gan aon aithreachas na aifeala orm'. Also, what is the significance of (ta me) at the beginning of the phrases and is it necessary to make sense of the phrases?

Thank you,

Complete Beginner

A Bhilly, a chara,

Sorry about that, mucker, I meant to get back to you.

'tá mé' means 'I am'

gan aithreachas = 'without regrets' (possibly 'without repentance', 'unrepentant' depending on context)

'aiféala' is just another word for 'regret' - Irish will often use two words which mean the same thing to strengthen the effect.

'tá mé gan aon aithreachas ná aiféala orm' literally 'I am without any regret or ruing on me ' - = 'I feel no regret whatsover' (or something like that)

I would say myself

'níl aithreachas dá laghad orm faoi'

'I have no regrets whatsoever about it'

I hope that helps.

Tadhg

But, how would it look if you changed the English translation from 'I have no regrets whatsoever about it' to 'I have no regrets whatsoever'?

Billy, a chara,

You'd just leave off the 'faoi' - 'níl aithreachas dá laghad orm'

Ádh mór,

Tadhg