Tag Archives: pronunciation
Rúdolf an Réinfhia – Redux (Cuid a Dó, 2/3), Plus Prefixes, Pronunciation and Linguistic Precision Posted by róislín on Dec 18, 2011
(le Róislín) Seo an dara chuid den leagan nua den cheistiúchán faoi Rúdolf (ceisteanna 11, 13, agus 14, agus na freagraí; beidh ceist 12 i mblag eile mar tá sí fada). Tá gluais bheag agus níos mó roghanna sna freagraí ann anois freisin. The nasc for the original (2009) is https://blogs.transparent.com/irish/ceistiuchan-faoi-rudolf-an-reinfhia/ and you’ll find an…
Ag Comhaireamh Turcaithe (Counting Turkeys, in Irish) Posted by róislín on Nov 3, 2011
(le Róislín) Last blog we looked at the phrases for counting pumpkins. Counting anything in Irish is never just a matter of learning the words for the numbers (aon, dó, trí, or amháin, dhá, trí, etc.). It also involves possible changes to the beginning of the word for the item you’re counting. Remember, for “puimcín,”…
Á, ÁI, AÍ, ÁÍ, (Not To Mention “Aghaidh”): More Irish Pronunciation Tips Posted by róislín on Oct 28, 2011
(le Róislín) Don’t blink, or you might miss the various long marks (síntí fada) in the vowel sounds above. Actually, it’s a lot easier to spot the long marks when the letters happen to be capitalized, rather than when they’re lower case: á, ái, aí, áí. And actually it’s really just over the letter “i”…
Saying “I love you” in Irish and Minding Your Velar Fricatives Posted by róislín on Oct 9, 2011
(le Róislín) We’ve recently been looking at different ways to say “I love you” in Irish. Some of you might have been wondering how to pronounce them, especially the phrases where the straightforward “grá” [graw] changes to “ghrá” [γraw, to be explained below, note the IPA gamma symbol for the “gh”] and the straightforward “croí” changes…
Laethanta na Seachtaine i bhFrásaí le “Dé” (Days of the Week, with Pronunciation, in “Dé” Phrases) Posted by róislín on Sep 27, 2011
(le Róislín) As alluded to in the previous blog, there are two main ways to refer to the days of the week in Irish. One is when the day is the subject of the sentence, as in “Inniu an Luan” (Today is Monday). The other form is preceded by the word “Dé” instead of the…
Laethanta na Seachtaine (Days of the Week, in Irish, with pronunciation) Posted by róislín on Sep 24, 2011
(le Róislín) And one more féilire-related topic: laethanta na seachtaine. Which could also be called “laethe na seachtaine.” Both plural forms of “lá” are widely used, “laethanta” and “laethe.” You’ve already noticed the use of “an tuiseal ginideach” in this phrase, right? That accounts for the “-e” ending to the word “seachtain.” Since we’re saying…
Where Do You Live? Cá Bhfuil Tú i do Chónaí? I mBaile Nach “Scáilbhaile” É! Posted by róislín on Jul 12, 2011
(le Róislín) Since we had a nice flurry of responses to the question about “Where do you live? In American Flag, Arizona?” (iarbhlag: nasc thíos) I figured we’d try a few more locations where readers of this blog might live, i.e. bailte, srl., nach scáilbhailte íad (towns, etc., that aren’t ghost towns). Of course, the…