Pronunciation Review

Review the sounds of slender "c" this week. The slender sound, occurring when the nearest vowel in the word is "e" or "i", resembles the first sound in the English words "kin" or "keg." Hold the lips in and widen the corners of the mouth slightly. Try these words:

cé(kay*), who?; céim (kay*m), step, degree; cill (kil), cell, churchyard; citeal (KIT-uhl), kettle; clé(klay*), left; clis (klish), fail; cneas (ki-NAS), skin; creid (kred), believe; glic (glik), clever, cunning; feicim (FEK-im), I see; scian (SHKEE-uhn), knife; stailc (steyelk), strike (labor dispute).

Slender "c" tends to have a slight (y) after it. Before some vowel sounds, the (ky) sound will be more obvious than before others. Try:

ceann (kyoun), or -- in Connacht -- (kyawn), head; ceart (kyart), right; ceantar (KYAN-tuhr), district; ceol (kyohl), music; cion (kyun), affection: Tácion agam air, I am fond of him; ciúin (KYOO-in), quiet.

Aspiration, a sound change occurring with several Irish consonants, gives slender "c" a sound resembling (he-YUH) said rapidly. We use (hy) as its symbol. Examples:

mo chiteal (muh HYIT-uhl), my kettle; do cheann (duh hyoun), your head; ar chéirnín (er hyay*r-NEEN), on a record.

Inside a word, aspirated slender "c" may sound like (h) or (hy), depending on the region of Ireland. Examples:

fiche (FI-he) or (FI-hye), twenty; droichead (DRUH-huhd), or (DRI-hyuhd), bridge;óiche (EE-he) or (EE-hye), night; inchinn (IN-hin) or (IN-hyin), brain; cluiche (KLI-he) or (KLI-hye), a game; dúiche (DOO-i-he) or (DOO-i-hye), a district; flichshneachta (fli-HNAHK*-tuh) or (fli-HNYUHK*-tuh), sleet.

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