CONVERSATION

Seán(shaw*n):Ó, a Shéamais! Nach tusa an fear cróga, a bheith amuigh inniu! (oh uh HAY*-mish. nahk* TU-suh un far KROH-guh, uh ve uh-MWEE in-YOO). Oh, James! Aren't you the brave man to be out today!

Séamas(SHAY*-muhs): Lig isteach mé(lig iish-TYAHK* may*). Is fuaire an láseo náláeile ar bith a raibh méamuigh ann (is FOO-i-re un law* shuh naw* law* EL-e er bi uh rev may* uh-MWEE oun). Let me in. This day is colder than any other I was out in.

Seán:Agus is measa na bóithre sa chathair nána bóithre i lár na hÁise. (AH-guhs is MAS-uh nuh BOH-i-re suh K*AH-hir naw* nuh BOH-i-re i law*r nuh HAW*-she). And the roads in the city are worse than the roads in the center of Asia.

Máire:Nábíi do sheasamh ag an doras oscailte. Tar isteach go tapaidh. (naw* bee i duh HAS-uhv eg un DUHR-uhs OH-skil-te. tahr ish-TYAHK* goh TAHP-ee). Don't be standing at the open door. Come inside quickly.

Irish Lesson 62

The letter "f" in Irish can have either a slender or broad pronunciation. If the nearest vowel in the word is "e" or "i", the "f" is slender. Pronounce it with the lower lip outside, and touching, the edges of the upper front teeth. Do not start with the lower lip behind the upper front teeth. Examples:

féin (fay*n), self; feicim (FEK-im), I see; fill (fil), return; fíor (FEE-uhr), true; fear (far), man; feachtas (FAK*-tuhs), campaign; feidhm (feyem), effect, use; feabhas (fous), improvement; feall (fyoul), treachery; fiú(fyoo), worth; feá(fyaw*), fathom; fleiscín (flesh-KEEN), hyphen; fleá(flaw*), festival; fliú(floo), influenza; frídín (free-DEEN), germ; freisin (FRESH-in), also; friotháil (fri-HAW*-il), serving; freagra (FRAG-ruh), answer.

Inside a word:

difríocht (DIF-ree-uhk*t), difference; diftéire (dif-TAY*R-e), diptheria;éifeacht (AY*-fuhk*t), effectiveness; gáifeach (GAW*-fuhk*), dangerous; paimfléid (pahm-FLAY*D), pamphlet; raidhfil (REYE-fil), rifle; taifeadán (TAF-uh-daw*n), tape recorder; teilifís (TEL-e-feesh), television.

Sometimes "f" inside a word is pronounced (h) or omitted. The future tense is an example:

feicfidh mé(FEK-hee may*), I shall see

Aspirated slender "f" has no sound: mo fhear (muh AR), my man.

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