Lá Naomh
Valintín Shona Dhuit
(Happy Valentine Day)
Submitted by
Mary Anne Hanlon Smith
What to say to your
love in Irish...
Grá (graw) - Love
A ghrá (Ah hraw) - My love/My dear
A stóirín (Ah store-reen) - Darling!
Mo mhuirnín (Muh whurneen/vurneen) - My
sweetheart
Póg mé! (Pogue may) - Kiss me!
Tóg mé, tá mé leatsa (Toag may, taw may latsah)
- Take me, I'm yours
Mo chupcáca (Muh hup-caw-cah) - My cupcake
Is é cinniúint é! (Shay kinn-noo-int ay) - It's
kismet!
Mo ghrá thú (Muh hraw hoo) - I love you
Thitim mé i ngrá leat (Hittim may ih nraw lat) -
I fell in love with you
Is tusa an grá mo chroí (Iss tussah ahn graw muh
hree) - You are the love of
my heart
Táim i ngrá leatsa (Tah-im ih nraw latsah) - I'm
in love with you
Táim i bpian an ghrá (Tah-im ih beh-in ahn raw)
- I'm lovesick
Barróga agus póga (Bahrogue-ah ahguss pogue-ah)
- Hugs and kisses
Tá siad ag seinm ár n-amhráin grá (taw shee-ad a
shen-um awhr nahrawn graw) -
They're playing our song.
(Connemara pickup line) B'fhearr liom thú nó
céad bó bhainne!
(Barr lum hoo no cayd bow wahn-nyah) - I prefer
you to a hundred milk cows!
Lá Naomh Vailintín Shona Dhuit (Law neev val-in-teen
hunna gwitch) - Happy
Valentine's Day
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