CONVERSATION

Siobhán (shi-VAW*N): Dia duit, a Chiaráin (DEE-uh git, uh hyir-AW*-in). Hello, Kieran.

Ciarán (kir-AW*N): Dia's Muire duit, a Shiobhán (uh hi-VAW*N). Conas tátú? Hello, Joan. How are you?

Siobhán: Támégo maith, agus conas tátúféin? I am well, and how are you?

Ciarán: Támégo maith leis. Céhéan fear sin atáar thaobh eile an halla? I am well, too. Who is that man on the other side of the hall?

Siobhán: Isésin TadhgÓNéill (shay* shin teyeg oh NAY*L) That's Tadhg (anglicized, incorrectly, as either Timothy or Thaddeus) O'Neill.

Ciarán: Agus an bhean atáin aice leis? (in A-ke lesh) And the woman next to him?

Siobhán: IsíEibhlín Nic Dhomhnaillí(shee eye-LEEN nik GOHN-il ee). It's Eileen MacDonnell.

Ciarán: Agus céhiad na páistíiad? And who are the children?

Siobhán: Is iad Seán Mac Lochlainn agus Nóra NíChonghaile iad (SHEE-uhd shaw*n mahk LOHK*-lin AH-guhs NOH-ruh nee K*OHN-uh-le EE-uhd). They are John MacLoughlin and Nora Connolly.

Irish Lesson 37

PRONUNCIATION

The Irish words for "on me, on you", etc., are examples of several of the pronunciation principles that you have learned. "Orm", on me, is (OH-ruhm), with a short (oh) sound that may resemble English (uh). The "r" is broad, with a brief trilled or rolled effect. "Ort", on you, is (OH-ruht), with the "t" broad. For "air" (er), on him, the "r" is slender (see Lesson 29), but in "ar" (er), the "r" is broad.

For "orainn" (OH-rin) and "oraibh" (OH-riv), the first syllable is like that for "orm". For "orthu", on them, the word ends in a (huh) sound, (OHR-huh), because of the aspirated "t".

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