{"id":8902,"date":"2017-02-06T20:04:29","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T20:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=8902"},"modified":"2017-02-14T02:33:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T02:33:29","slug":"more-practice-with-saying-who-loves-whom-in-irish-in-am-do-la-fheile-vailintin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/more-practice-with-saying-who-loves-whom-in-irish-in-am-do-la-fheile-vailintin\/","title":{"rendered":"More Practice with Saying Who Loves Whom in Irish — in am do L\u00e1 Fh\u00e9ile Vailint\u00edn"},"content":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Last year around this time, we looked at ten different ways to say you love someone, with blanks to fill in to complete the sentences, sometimes just a missing letter, sometimes a full word (nasc th\u00edos<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

This time we’ll revisit some of those phrases, with a few variations, but with different blanks to fill in, so you’ll have a d\u00fashl\u00e1n difri\u00fail<\/strong>.\u00a0 In these sentences, most of the unpredictable sounds will be the lenited ones, i.e. those spelled with an added “h” after the first letter (like “a ghr\u00e1<\/strong>”\u00a0 or “a mhuirn\u00edn<\/strong>“).\u00a0 Of course, if you have “seanchleachtadh<\/strong>” with Irish, these will be nothing new, since you’ve probably already practiced words in direct address, like “a Ghr\u00e1inne<\/strong>” (if speaking directly to Gr\u00e1inne) or “a Mhaidhc<\/strong>” (if speaking directly to Maidhc, that is, “Mike”).<\/p>\n

The translations will be given below, with the answers, comments, and a few pronunciation notes, especially for the less predictable sounds.<\/p>\n

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  1. Is t\u00fa ___o st\u00f3r<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Is t\u00fa mo st\u00f3ir___n<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Is t\u00fa mo g___r\u00e1<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Is t\u00fa mo c___uisle\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Is t\u00fa mo m___uirn\u00edn\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Is ___ gr\u00e1 geal mo c___ro\u00ed 6b. Is \u00ed gr\u00e1 geal mo c___ro\u00ed ___<\/strong>,<\/li>\n
  7. Mo g___r\u00e1 t___\u00fa<\/strong>!<\/li>\n
  8. T\u00e1 gr\u00e1 aga___ duit. 8b. T\u00e1 gr\u00e1 aga___ ort<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    8c.\u00a0\u00a0T\u00e1 gr\u00e1 ai___e uirthi. 8d. T\u00e1 gr\u00e1 ai___i air.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. 9a. T\u00e1im i ___gr\u00e1 leat\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9b. An bhfuil t\u00fa i\u00a0 ___gr\u00e1 lio___? <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      9c.\u00a0T\u00e1 s\u00e9 i ___gr\u00e1 l\u00e9___, 9d. T\u00e1 s\u00ed i ___gr\u00e1 le___s.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

      9e. T\u00e1 Mickey Mouse i ___gr\u00e1 l___ Minnie Mouse<\/strong><\/p>\n

      9f. T\u00e1 Addison i ___gr\u00e1 \u00a0l___ \u00a0Madison.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. T\u00e1 mo c___ro\u00ed istigh iona___<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        That’s a sample, anyway, mostly practicing lenition, prepositions, and pronouns.\u00a0 T\u00e1 s\u00fail agam gur bre\u00e1 leat cleachta\u00ed mar sin<\/strong> (I hope you love exercises like that).\u00a0 To say you love something like a food or a movie or, in my case, grammar, the combination “bre\u00e1<\/strong>” + “le<\/strong>” is often used (Is bre\u00e1 l\u00e9i \u00e9.\u00a0 Deir s\u00ed gur bre\u00e1 l\u00e9i \u00e9, srl<\/strong>. — translating “\u00e9<\/strong>” as “it” here; Is bre\u00e1 l\u00e9i seacl\u00e1id<\/strong>)\u00a0 — SGF\u00a0 – R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Nasc<\/strong>: Saying \u201cI Love You\u201d in Irish<\/a>Posted by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0on Feb 11, 2016 in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a><\/p>\n

        Freagra\u00ed agus aistri\u00fach\u00e1in.<\/strong>\u00a0 “Sweetheart” or “beloved” or some other term of endearment could also be used in many of these.\u00a0 .<\/p>\n

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        1. Is t\u00fa mo st\u00f3r<\/strong>, you are my darling.<\/li>\n
        2. Is t\u00fa mo st\u00f3ir\u00edn<\/strong>, you are my little darling (more affectionate than diminutive as such)<\/li>\n
        3. Is t\u00fa mo ghr\u00e1<\/strong>, you are my love<\/li>\n
        4. Is t\u00fa mo chuisle\u00a0<\/strong>[KHUSH-luh], you are my pulse. You might recognize this one from the anglicization “Macushla.” The basic word for “pulse” is “cuisle<\/strong>.”<\/li>\n
        5. Is t\u00fa mo mhuirn\u00edn\u00a0<\/strong>[WURzh<\/sup>-neen OR VURzh<\/sup>-neen], You are my darling. You might recognize this one from the song “Kathleen Mavourneen,” since “Mavourneen” is really “mo mhuirn\u00edn<\/strong>.”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          6a.\u00a0Is t\u00fa gr\u00e1 geal mo chro\u00ed<\/strong>\u00a0[khree], You are the bright love of my heart.<\/p>\n

          6b.\u00a0Is \u00ed gr\u00e1 geal mo chro\u00ed \u00ed<\/strong>, She is the bright love of my heart.<\/p>\n

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          1. Mo ghr\u00e1 th\u00fa<\/strong>!, You (are) my love! \u00a0Very literally: My love you (are). \u00a0Used a lot for “I love you!” There’s no actual verb in this Irish phrase, which seems to be the most commonly used of all of the expressions for romantic love, said directly to the beloved.<\/li>\n
          2. 8a. T\u00e1 gr\u00e1 agam duit,\u00a0<\/strong>I love you, lit. Love is at me for you.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            8b.\u00a0\u00a0T\u00e1 gr\u00e1 agam ort<\/strong>, I love you, <\/strong>lit. Love is at me on you.<\/p>\n

            8c.\u00a0\u00a0T\u00e1 gr\u00e1 aige uirthi,\u00a0<\/strong>He loves her, lit. Love is at him on her.<\/p>\n

            8d. T\u00e1 gr\u00e1 aici \u00a0air,\u00a0She loves him, lit. Love is at her on him.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

            9a.\u00a0T\u00e1im i ngr\u00e1 leat,\u00a0<\/strong>I am in love with you.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>To pronounce the initial “ng-“, think of it as being attached to the preceding “i,” so it’s like the “-ng-” of “singing” (not like the “ng” of “finger”).<\/p>\n

            9b. An bhfuil t\u00fa i ngr\u00e1 liom?\u00a0 <\/strong>Do you love me?<\/p>\n

            9c.\u00a0T\u00e1 s\u00e9 i ngr\u00e1 l\u00e9i<\/strong>, He is in love with her.<\/p>\n

            9d. T\u00e1 s\u00ed i ngr\u00e1 leis<\/strong>.\u00a0 She is in love with him.<\/p>\n

            9c. T\u00e1 Mickey Mouse i ngr\u00e1 le Minnie Mouse<\/strong>, Mickey Mouse is in love with Minnie Mouse.<\/p>\n

            9f. T\u00e1 Addison i ngr\u00e1 le Madison.<\/strong>\u00a0 Addison is in love with Madison.<\/p>\n

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            1. T\u00e1 mo chro\u00ed istigh ionat<\/strong>, I love you, lit. My heart is in you, or, even more literally, My heart is inside in<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Of course, you could always say, “T\u00e1 mo chro\u00ed istigh ionam<\/strong>,” if you really wanted to make that point (My heart is inside me).\u00a0 That would most likely be said by a folkloric figure like Bata in the ancient Egyptian Tale of the Two Brothers<\/em>, whose heart is placed in a flower pot for safe-keeping (it’s folklore!), or in a modern echo of the same theme, Tubba Blubba in the video game Paper Mario<\/em>.\u00a0 That “Bata,” btw, is completely different from the Irish word “bata<\/strong>” (a stick).<\/p>\n

              Another “person” who might have reason to make a similar statement would be the Doctor, from Doctor Who<\/em>.\u00a0 He has two hearts, so his point would be to say, “T\u00e1 dh\u00e1 chro\u00ed istigh ionam<\/strong>” (Two hearts are inside me).\u00a0 \u00a0D\u00e1 mba rud \u00e9 go raibh Gaeilge aige!\u00a0 ‘S b’fh\u00e9idir go bhfuil.\u00a0 C\u00e1 bhfios d\u00fainn?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

              (le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Last year around this time, we looked at ten different ways to say you love someone, with blanks to fill in to complete the sentences, sometimes just a missing letter, sometimes a full word (nasc th\u00edos). This time we’ll revisit some of those phrases, with a few variations, but with different blanks to…<\/p>\n

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