'I love you' in Irish

cailinoBAC

Friends of mine from Poland want to put this on their wedding rings.
'taim i' ngra leat' (should have fadas I know) just doesn't really seem right. My sister suggested 'tá grá orm duit'. I never heard this before, but it seems to sound nicer. Are there any other suggestions?
Thanks.

Caoimhín

cailinoBAC wrote: »

'taim i' ngra leat'
Thanks.

That means "i am in love with you"

jwcurtin

cailinoBAC wrote: »

Friends of mine from Poland want to put this on their wedding rings.
'taim i' ngra leat' (should have fadas I know) just doesn't really seem right. My sister suggested 'tá grá orm duit'. I never heard this before, but it seems to sound nicer. Are there any other suggestions?
Thanks.

Tá Grá Agam Duit

DeVore

http://www.gaeilgesanastrail.com/docs/phrases6-en.php

Enjoy!

DeV.

Caoimhín

jwcurtin wrote: »

Tá Grá Agam Duit

That's probably as close as you will get. The thing is, there is no literal translation of "i love you".

cailinoBAC

yeah, I know, that's the thing. What about the one on Devore's link "Mo ghrá thú"?
I mean, I don't think they'd be looking for an exact translation, just something that has the same meaning, but sounds nice too.
Thanks for your help! Didn't expect replies so soon.

DeVore

If I were them, I would have one engraved with "anam" and the other with "chroí".

Anam is a strange word in Irish, it pretty much translates to "soul" but not in a particularly religious way. It means "my spirit, my life energy" and chroí means heart, both literal and physical.
Both of these words have strong meanings in Irish and are often used in expressions of love, usually combined as in "mo anam, mo chroi!" (my heart and soul)... splitting them onto two rings would lend to the idea of two halves which belong together.

Here are a few more examples specifically of rings but they will give you ideas...
http://www.irishnation.com/irishweddingrings.htm

DeV.

Caoimhín

DeVore wrote: »

Anam is a strange word in Irish, it pretty much translates to "soul" but not in a particularly religious way. It means "my spirit, my life energy" and chroí means heart, both literal and physical.

DeV.

Ooooooh! You are so romantic DeV.

Id fancy you if i had the ghey.

DeVore

I'm a big softy, what can I say? (dont tell anyone or my online rep is ruined...ruined).


DeV.

PandyAndy

Tá ocras orm duit - I am hungry for you :cool:. I was never any good at Irish. If the couple have a sense a humour then tell them to use that

Caoimhín

DeVore wrote: »

I'm a big softy, what can I say? (dont tell anyone or my online rep is ruined...ruined).


DeV.

No worries.

Now get yourself into AH and post a few pics of you with your pitbulls and tattooed head..

DeVore

Grrrrr.....







Ok, that went off topic at the speed of sound

DeV.

Micilin Muc

'Is grá liom thú' is how it's said. "Táim i ngrá leat" means "I'm in love with you" ...

Richard Cranium

I might be a bit late with this reply, but I'm fairly certain the phrase they would be looking for is
"Is tú mo ghrá."

(Literally "You are my love".)

Andrew Flexing

Caoimhín wrote: »

Ooooooh! You are so romantic DeV.

Id fancy you if i had the ghey.

Not many posts make me laugh out loud...haha....this one did though!!! very funny!

Aard

I'll echo "Is grá liom tú". Anything else sounds stilted.

Krusader

Tá grá agam duit
Is grá liom thú

These two, I would say are the most common

is Gráim thú getting much use as a newer construction??

yourmother

What about "Is thu mo leannan" - You're my otherhalf

Computer doesn't do fadas!

DeVore

ás fár ás Í knów théy dó!


(hold down the mysterious Alt-GR button and press the vowel. If you tell me you use a mac I'm going to cry.)

DeV.

Aard

yourmother wrote: »

What about "Is thu mo leannan" - You're my otherhalf

That sounds scientific; if somebody told me that, I wouldn't quite know how to respond.

Micilin Muc

Crosáidí wrote: »

Tá grá agam duit
Is grá liom thú

These two, I would say are the most common

is Gráim thú getting much use as a newer construction??

I've heard it before but I much prefer "Tá grá agam duit" or "Is grá liom thú" as they are more common and natural.

DeVore

"Graim" would seem to imply that Gra is a verb... no?? (I know its a know but I didnt think you could "Gra" someone )

"Taim" is a contraction of "Tá mé" right?

"Graim" would be a contraction of "Gra me" which seems wrong...

DeV.

Krusader

Gráigh would be the verb and 1 syllable verbs ending in "igh" are usually 1st declension verbs

Gráim no Gránn mé, though I do prefer "Tá grá agam duit"
In Gáidhlig they say "tha gràdh agam ort"

Thinfin

Tá tú i mo chroí - you are in my heart - is a nice way of saying it - the Donegal way.

An gal gréine

Have'nt come across it put like that, thinfin.
"Tá mo chroí istigh ionat", would do the job.

lasairchoille

Is mór liom thú = I love you

Is mór agam thú means roughly the same thing but is aimed at the situation where the is requited.

...you can finish it off with a cherry on top by saying
"Is mór liom thú a thaisce"
if you wish to call the person you're little treasure...

bb7b

Woow_Aqualung

"Is aoibhinn liom tú" is what I say.

lasairchoille

That wouldn't mean love if someone said it to me, but I'm not going to start being all preachy!

So thas cool!

conor.hogan.2

Dev - fadas on a mac is just the letter + alt.

breda206

"Grá mo chroí thú"

is what I would say. It's probably too late now. It means "I love you" but can be literally translated as "you are the love of my heart", my Mamó used to say it to me and she really meant it. That's how it's said in Conamara if anyone's interested.

Scuid Mhór

is aoibheann liom thu?

goddamn fadas aren't working on this laptop. regardless that's how i remember it being said in the gaeltacht i went to yesteryear.