Hello all-

I am looking for the best translation of the phrase "we're all going to hell" in standard Irish. I was told "Táimid go léir ag dul go hIfrinn," which, speaking as one who is still a student, looks good to me, however, if someone could please confirm this translation or perhaps give a better one I would appreciate it.

Go rabh mile, mile maith agaibh in advance!

Looks good to me! Do wait for at least three here to be in agreement, however.

Redwolf

Hi hart81, I have just edited your title so that it is easier to find. Saoirse.

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I'd say .....go hifreann

Whether you should capitalise the i or not is debatable. The dictionary doesn't (even when referring to hell in a specific way, rather than talking about 'many forms of hell', for example).

Hmm, my mistake for miss-spelling it

For some reason I thought that "ifreann" was one of those words that still had a distince dative form...don't know why I thought that, though.

I'd say it is easy to confuse it with the pattern of Éirinn (dative) and Éireann (genitive). After all, it had me fooled until Scooby pointed it out.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Is that why we're all going to hell? because not one of us get our Irish grammar right?

Thanks for the help everyone

Well, not hell, maybe, but I bet we'll all spend years in purgatory with The Christian Brothers....