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PostPosted: Sun 13 Nov 2011 11:16 pm 
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Can someone please help me translate "Live Well Love much Laugh Often" into Irish? thank you!


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PostPosted: Mon 14 Nov 2011 10:43 pm 
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oliviamt wrote:
Can someone please help me translate "Live Well Love much Laugh Often" into Irish? thank you!


That was one of the most frequently requested phrases in the old forum (from which most of us migrated to this one). The problem is that some verbs which can be expressed in one word in English are normally more complicated in Irish, and you will end up with something a lot lengthier than the English version. Here is advice for your phrase drawn from one of the threads in the old forum:

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With this commonly requested phrase, we generally recommend turning the verbs into nouns:

Beatha, Grá, Gáire
Life, Love, Laughter

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PostPosted: Tue 15 Nov 2011 6:25 am 
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That sounds perfect =) Can you explain the pronunciation of them? I'm totally new to this and haven't the slightest clue how to pronounce these.


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PostPosted: Tue 15 Nov 2011 6:39 pm 
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oliviamt wrote:
That sounds perfect =) Can you explain the pronunciation of them? I'm totally new to this and haven't the slightest clue how to pronounce these.


You can use this link to get to a site where you can type in Irish words or phrases and hear them pronounced:
http://www.abair.tcd.ie/?page=synthesis&lang=eng

For now, here's an approximation:

Beatha
BAH-huh

Grá
graw

Gáire
GOY-ruh

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