Irish Lesson 12

The letter pair "eo" usually represents the sound "oh". Hold it somewhat longer than if it were in an English word, and do not add the short (oo) sound in English (oh). Examples of "eo" beginning a word: eolas (OH-luhs), knowledge; eorna (OHR-nuh), barley.

If a consonant comes before the "eo", the consonant gets its slender sound, and there is often an audible (y) sound, between consonant and "eo". Examples, with slender consonants you learned to pronounce in Lessons 1 and 2: ceo (kyoh), mist; deo (dyoh), end; geoin (GYOH-in), hum; teo (tyoh), warmth. Other examples: beo (byoh), living; feoil (FYOH-il), meat; meon (myohn), mind; neodrach (NYOH-druhk*), neutral.

If an "s" comes before the "eo", no (y) sound is heard, only the (sh) of slender "s". Examples: seoid (SHOH-id), jewel; seomra (SHOHM-ruh), room; seó(shoh), show. Do not confuse "seó" with "seo" (shuh), meaning "this". "Seo" is an exception to the general (oh) pronunciation for "eo". "Deoch" (dyuhk*), a drink, is also an exception.

The word "seomra" is another exception in parts of Ireland, where it is pronounced (SHUHM-ruh). In general, the (oh) sound in "seomra" is not held as long as in most "eo" examples.

GRAMMAR

To say that a person or object is not in some general class, use these forms:

Nídochtúir mé(nee dohk*-TOO-ir may*), I am not a doctor.

Nídochtúir tú(nee dohk*-TOO-ir too), You are not a doctor.

Nídochtúiré(nee dohk*-TOO-ir ay*), He is not a doctor.

Nídochtúirí(nee dohk*-TOO-ir ee), She is not a doctor.

Nídochtúir sinn (nee dohk*-TOO-ir shin), We are not doctors.

Nídochtúirísibh (nee dohk*-TOO-ree shiv), You (plural) are not doctors.

Nídochtúiríiad (nee dohk*-TOO-ree EE-uhd), They are not doctors.

The questions connected with this are:

An dochtúir mé? (un dohk*-TOO-ir may*) Am I a doctor?, etc., and: Nach dochtúir mé? (nahk* dohk*-TOO-ir may*), Am I not a doctor? Etc.

To answer these questions , the forms are:

Is dochtúir mé, or:

Is ea (sha), It is so, I am.

The negative answer is:

Níhea (nee HA), It is not so, I am not. A longer answer is: Níhea, ach múinteoir (nee HA, ahk* moo-inTYOHR), I am not, but I am a teacher.

VOCABULARY

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