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Go raidh maith agat

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i bearla: “he did not want to speak to me”

I’m probably miles off

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Go raibh míle maith agat 🙂

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Last one

Sular tháinig tú mo stór
D’airigh mé uaim thú
D’airigh mé uaim thú
D’airigh mé uaim, uaim thú

‘S tá fhios a’at
Cuir glaoch orm b’fhéidir

Before you came my dear
I felt I wanted you
(repeat)

you know
Please call me maybe

About right?

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Ceann eile

Impím ort teacht ar chiall
‘S gan mé a chur a thriail
Níor cheap mé go mbeadh mé riamh
Ag imeacht ar strae

I ask are you coming to you senses?
Without me to trial
I didn’t think that I never will
Leaving lost

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@ Héilics

They’re from a translated pop song “please call me maybe” sang by Jenny Ní Ruiséil. Sang very well, but I’m just using it to get a grip on actual spoken Irish rather than the rather unnatural forms I find you get on sites like Duolingo.

On reflection a song might not have been a wise choice because from what your saying it’s not very naturally flowing either (perhaps because it’s having to fit itself to the original tune in English)

I think next time I might try and translate a simple children’s story instead. Any suggestions?

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Thanks again!

D’fhán tú i bfhad leis an ádh
Thit mé gan chúis gan aon fáth
Ní raibh ort tada a rá
ach imeacht ar strae

You stay with luck?
I fell without cause, without reason
You did not having nothing to say
but the moment is lost?

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Cheers!

Next one:

‘S bíonn tóir ormsa
Idir óg is aosta
(Repeat) Seo dhuit m’uimhir
(Repeat) Cuir glaoch orm b’fhéidir

I’m mostly popular (?)
between young and old
(Repeat) here’s my number
(Repeat) Please call me maybe

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Next stanza 🙂

Hey, chas mé ortsa
Níl fhios a’a, an féidir
Seo dhuit m’uimhir
Cuir glaoch orm b’fhédir

I got from that:
Hey, I turned to you
I don’t know, maybe?
This is my number to you (for you)?
Please call me maybe

Probably far off

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@ Héilics

Cibé áit a dtéann mo stórín in place of Cíbe áit a théann mo stórín- The lyrics are just copied from the song rather than my own verse, but that’s not to say they got it right themselves of course.

“do do chuartú”
Interesting, so the first means “for” in the context of looking “for” someone, but not in the context of looking “for” an object?

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Go raibh maith agat

Sorry I’ve been away and thanks for all the replies. I’m hoping to get to a point of being able to understand the gist of Irish but still a long way off

@ eadaoin

Next line after Is léir go bhfuil fonn is Go leor am a bheith ann, the whole stanza is:

Is léir go bhfuil fonn
Go leor am a bheith ann
Oíche fhada romhainn
Cíbe áit a théann mo stórín

To which I’ve currrenty got (thanks to yourself and Héilics)

It’s clear the fancy?
enough time there
a long night in front of us
wherever my darling goes

about right?

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Tá sé go maith seo!

Ceithre níos:

Is léir go bhfuil fonn
It’s clear the desire

Go leor an a bheith ann
enough time/existence? Níl a fhios agam

Oíche fhada romhainn
a long night coming

(Cibe áit) a théánn mo stóirín
wherever to go my darling

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Go raibh míle maith agat!

So is Chuir mé ….. amú a way of saying I wasted ….., as in Chuir me sé amú would mean I wasted it?

Got some other ones if that’s ok:

(Ni raibh mé) do (gu) do chuartu
I was not seeking you?
I know do is your in irish but it doesn’t seem to fit

(Níl uaim) anam ar bith
I don’t want any soul?
(Although shouldn’t it be Níl anam uaim ar bith?)

Chugat atá mé ag rith
To you I am running

Tá fhios a’am gur tú an te
I know you are that person? Stumped

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