Translation needed for wedding invite

mollybird

i'm looking to get a translation for a quote for the front of our wedding invites.

could someone please tell me the translation for "To have and to hold".

i have lost most of my irish since my granddad passed away but keeping his memory with me on my special day by getting married in our local gaeltacht.

Thanks

Gumbi

mollybird wrote: »

i'm looking to get a translation for a quote for the front of our wedding invites.

could someone please tell me the translation for "To have and to hold".

i have lost most of my irish since my granddad passed away but keeping his memory with me on my special day by getting married in our local gaeltacht.

Thanks

to have and to hold what?

Irish doesn't do well with phrases like thise, as it actually does not have infinitive forms of verbs.

johnolocher

Gumbi wrote: »

to have and to hold what?

She'll give you one wild guess :-/

Gumbi

johnolocher wrote: »

She'll give you one wild guess :-/

I'm just trying to be sure. It's very important to the translation itself.

mollybird

it's just the words - to have and to hold.

i know they are verb words kinda thing. i think it sounds much nicer than - we're getting married.

im invisible

Ag 'gus choinnigh

Gumbi

im invisible wrote: »

Ag 'gus choinnigh

What does this mean?

johnolocher

It's a difficult one to translate, it's probably wrong but perhaps something like this:

a bheith ort agus a bheith agat

It's a difficult one to translate as Gumpi says

Gumbi

johnolocher wrote: »

It's a difficult one to translate, it's probably wrong but perhaps something like this:

a bheith ort agus a bheith agat

It's a difficult one to translate as Gumpi says

Exactly. Your suggestion is much too literal and is actually pretty senseless in Irish.

I am suggesting to the OP to explain EXACTLY what is meant by the phrase before making a suggestion.

johnolocher

Well it's going to be her husband to be isn't it? Is there an Irish idiom that means similar?

An Coilean

mollybird wrote: »

i'm looking to get a translation for a quote for the front of our wedding invites.

could someone please tell me the translation for "To have and to hold".

i have lost most of my irish since my granddad passed away but keeping his memory with me on my special day by getting married in our local gaeltacht.

Thanks

If the Wedding is in the Gaeltacht, perhaps the priest could find out the equilivant phrase used in the Irish ceromony.

deirdremf

mollybird wrote: »

i'm looking to get a translation for a quote for the front of our wedding invites.

could someone please tell me the translation for "To have and to hold".

i have lost most of my irish since my granddad passed away but keeping his memory with me on my special day by getting married in our local gaeltacht.

Thanks

Maybe in the context:

"Ár saol a chaitheamh le chéile"
or
"Saol nua le chéile"
or
"Go deo deo le chéile"