Irish Lesson 66

PRONUNCIATION REVIEW

You should be familiar now with the difference between broad and slender sounds in Irish, especially at the start of words. You must practice pronouncing them when they are inside or at the end of words, too, if you are to develop a proper "blas" (blahs), or accent.

Some English words will illustrate this. The word "epic" has a slender "c", while the word "epoch" has a broad "c". Note the difference. Now try these Irish pairs:

meirg (MER-ig), rust dearg (DYAR-ruhg), red

béic (bay*k), scream blaosc (blay*sk), skull

léic (lay*k), a failing leac (lak), flagstone

big (big), a form of "beag" beag (byuhg), small

circe (KIR-ke), of a hen Corcaigh (KOHR-kee), Cork

gairid (GAH-rid), short carad (KAHR-uhd), of a friend

"Corcaigh" tends toward (KOHR-kwee). You will hear the differences in sounds clearly in the speech of cainteoirídúchais (keyen-TYOHR-ee DOOK*-ish), or native speakers of Irish.

GRAMMAR

"Déantar anseoé" (DAY*N-tuhr un-SHUH ay*) means "It is made here." This free form (called "saorbhriathar" (say*r-VREE-huhr) or "free verb" in Irish) can be put into the negative and question form, too, and into direct speech. In the negative:

Nídhéantar anseoé(nee YAY*N-tuhr un-SHUH ay*), It is not made here.

Níosclaítear an siopa roimh a deich a chlog (nee OH-sklee-tuhr un SHOHP-uh rev uh de uh k*luhg), The store is not opened before ten o'clock.

In the negative, "ní" aspirates the initial consonant if possible.

For the question:

An ndéantar inÉirinné? (un NAY*N-tuhr) in AY*R-in ay*), Is it made in Ireland?

Anóltar mórán bainne i gCeanada? (un OHL-tuhr muh-RAW*N BAHN-ye i GAN-uh-duh), Is much milk drunk in Canada?

"An" eclipses the first consonant of the free form, if possible. "Nach" and "go" also eclipse:

Nach ndéantar sa Ghearmáiné(nahk* NAY*N-tuhr suh YAR-maw*-in ay*), Isn't it made in Germany?

Sílim (SHEEL-im) go ndéantar sa Ghearmáiné; I think that it is made in Germany.

Is dócha go ndeirtear inÉirinnésin (is DOHK*-uh goh NER-tuhr in AY*R-in ay* shin), It's probable that that is said in Ireland.

Dúirt Séamas go bhfeictear go minicí(DOO-irt SHAY*-muhs goh VEK-tuhr goh MIN-ik ee), James said that she is seen often.

VOCABULARY

Masculine nouns

Meicsiceo (MEK-shi-koh), Mexico; Sasana (SAH-suh-nuh), England; Béarla (BAY*R-luh), English (language)

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