I found this and thought it was humerous. I've tried to cuir gaeilge air, but I'm almost positive SOMEthing isn't right.

Any thoughts?


"An rud nach maraigh tusa, tusa níos láidir a déanamh. An rud a mharaigh tusa, do mháthair níos láidir a déanamh."


"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. What does kill you makes your mother stronger."

An rud nach mharóidh tú,
neartóidh sé tú.
An rud a mharóidh tú
neartóidh sé do mháthair.

No séimhiú after "nach"...

An rud nach maróidh thú
Neartóidh sé thú.
An rud a mharóidh thú
Neartóidh sé do mháthair.

Aonghus has used the future tense in his translation. I've kept it, but you could also use the present tense as in the original text.


In Ulster Irish:

An rud nach muirfidh thú
Neartócha’ sé thú.
An rud a mhuirfeas thú
Neartócha’ sé do mháthair.


In Munster Irish (let’s try!)

An rud ná maróig thú
Neartó’ sé thú.
An rud a mharóig thú
Neartó’ sé do mháthair.

quote:

An rud ná maróigdh thú
Neartóidh sé thú.
An rud a mharóigdh thú
Neartóidh sé do mháthair.

Munster Irish doesn't need special orthography in this case - standard spelling is just fine.

(Message edited by Róman on January 06, 2007)

Thanks, guys...

I also got this suggestion:

An rud nach maraíonn thú, neartaíonn sé thú. An rud a mharaíonn thú, neartaíonn sé do mháthair

opinions?

I'm leaning toward the Munster translation given above.

either is fine. I just felt future was better

Munster Irish doesn't need special orthography in this case - standard spelling is just fine.

Is amhlaidh atá ’s agam sin, a mhic, ach cad é mar a bheadh fhios aige na foghlaimeoirí cad é mar a fhuaimneochaí sin? Sin a’ fáth ar scríobh mé na habairtí sine mar a deirtear i gCúige Mumhan iad. Ar tu supranti?

Lughaidh,

There are almost no spelling systems on the world (except Serbian maybe) that are phonetic transcriptions at the same type. So spelling is spelling, and phonetic transcription is transcription. In order to read correctly - you need to know reading rules, nobody would imagine writing non-existant things that for the sake of learners.

The word "tigh" is spelled like this, not "tig" for the joy of learners, therefore no real basis to write "maróig" indstead of "maróidh". An dtuigir-se féin?

And besides - words like "cailleadh" are pronounced with both final "g" and "v" depending on the region - so your way of writing is simple self-defeating in such cases.

(Message edited by Róman on January 07, 2007)

quote:

There are almost no spelling systems on the world (except Serbian maybe)

Agus Sanscrait, gan dabht dá laghad.

There are almost no spelling systems on the world (except Serbian maybe) that are phonetic transcriptions at the same type.

Welsh, Hungarian, Icelandic, Basque, Spanish, Italian, German, Czech, Finnish, and so on. There are loads.

It would take less time to count the languages whose spelling aren’t phonetic: French, English, Manx, Tibetan, Korean, Scottish Gaelic...