Irish Translation Forum

páidín wrote:

Cymro-Breatnach wrote:

páidín wrote:i should learn to look things up if i don't know them rather than just skip over them.

Hey, you're a million times better than I am!

no, i just play it on TV. you're the one with the celtic language background, not i. i do my best to stay afloat in gaeilge, much less actually good at it.

The grammar is similar but I couldn't translate anywhere as well as you do.

Cymro-Breatnach wrote:

páidín wrote:

Cymro-Breatnach wrote:

páidín wrote:i should learn to look things up if i don't know them rather than just skip over them.

Hey, you're a million times better than I am!

no, i just play it on TV. you're the one with the celtic language background, not i. i do my best to stay afloat in gaeilge, much less actually good at it.

The grammar is similar but I couldn't translate anywhere as well as you do.

if i translate well, then i'm afraid of what a bad translation is.

páidín wrote:

Cymro-Breatnach wrote:

páidín wrote:

Cymro-Breatnach wrote:

páidín wrote:i should learn to look things up if i don't know them rather than just skip over them.

Hey, you're a million times better than I am!

no, i just play it on TV. you're the one with the celtic language background, not i. i do my best to stay afloat in gaeilge, much less actually good at it.

The grammar is similar but I couldn't translate anywhere as well as you do.

if i translate well, then i'm afraid of what a bad translation is.

Watch me!

Athamegirl wrote:"Daughter of the Moon" for me. I am looking for a magickal name and anything along these lines would also be fine: child of nature, daughter/child of the earth, child of the God/Goddess,

In summation:

Daughter of the Moon
Iníon na Gealaí

in-NEE-un nuh GYAH-lee

Child of Nature
Leanbh an Nádúir

L(y)AN-oo uh NAW-door

Daughter of the Earth
Iníon na Talún

in-NEE-un nuh TAH-loon

Child of the God/dess
Leanbh an Dé
Leanbh an Bhandé

L(y)AN-oo un JAY
L(y)AN-oo un WAN-jay

Just a few more questions. Talún or nIthreach, which is earth? And why are there different pronunciations for the same words? Is one more common than the other? I.E. - LyAN-uhv or L(y)AN-oo; GAY-lee or GYAH-lee; BAHN-jay or WAN-jay. Are these examples of different dialects? Just trying to get it right.
Thanks again, and Blessed Be.
Lisa Reynolds
(Athamegirl)

Talún is Earth

different dialects have different pronunciations

Athamegirl wrote:Just a few more questions. Talún or nIthreach, which is earth? And why are there different pronunciations for the same words? Is one more common than the other? I.E. - LyAN-uhv or L(y)AN-oo; GAY-lee or GYAH-lee; BAHN-jay or WAN-jay. Are these examples of different dialects? Just trying to get it right.
Thanks again, and Blessed Be.
Lisa Reynolds
(Athamegirl)

go with oisín's. he is much more experienced than i. part of it is my lack of experience and the other is dialect differences.

Athamegirl wrote:Just a few more questions. Talún or nIthreach, which is earth? And why are there different pronunciations for the same words? Is one more common than the other? I.E. - LyAN-uhv or L(y)AN-oo; GAY-lee or GYAH-lee; BAHN-jay or WAN-jay. Are these examples of different dialects? Just trying to get it right.
Thanks again, and Blessed Be.
Lisa Reynolds
(Athamegirl)

Reynolds? That's a good Welsh surname.