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Caireann
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Username: Caireann
Post Number: 5
Registered: 03-2011
| | Posted on Saturday, March 19, 2011 - 08:54 pm: |     |
How would i translate ''if I don't laugh i'll cry'' ? |
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Eru
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Username: Eru
Post Number: 3
Registered: 03-2011
| | Posted on Sunday, March 20, 2011 - 04:56 am: | |
my guess is
mura ngáirfidh mé, caoinfidh mé
or
mura ndéanfidh mé gáire, déanfidh mé caoineadh
but i am not a native speaker, so that could be way wrong. wait for any confirmation of this before you go tattooing it on yourself ;)
that is also a literal translation. there may be an existing saying that more approximates the spirit of what you want to express. something succinct and more irish sound like
gáire roimh chaoineadh |
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Caireann
Member
Username: Caireann
Post Number: 8
Registered: 03-2011
| | Posted on Sunday, March 20, 2011 - 08:09 am: | |
That seems to me to mean 'if i laugh, i'll cry' wheres the negative? Its just a little phrase i'm well known for saying. :) |
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Seánw
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Username: Seánw
Post Number: 1086
Registered: 07-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, March 20, 2011 - 09:43 am: | |
Mura ngáirim, caoinim.
I ndiaidh a chéile a thógtar na caisleáin. |
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Eru
Member
Username: Eru
Post Number: 6
Registered: 03-2011
| | Posted on Sunday, March 20, 2011 - 02:23 pm: | |
@caireann
má = if
mura = if not
mura is inherently negative |
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