Chiff and Fipple Forums Skip to content. Quick links. For all conversation about the Irish language. Scots Gaelic discussion welcome. Forum rules The purpose of this forum is to provide a place for people who are interested in the Irish language and various Celtic languages to discuss them, to practice them, and to share information about them, particularly but not exclusively in the context of traditional music and culture.
This is not a "translation forum," per se, though translation requests may occasionally be honored at the discretion of the moderators. Sometimes called the Grimm, and various other things. How does one pronounce Choin Dubh? Fall down six times. Stand up seven. Cu being dog, pluralized and aspirated "GKH" being not quite as long as the 'ch' in "ach", as in: "Ach, yir no sober Jimmie.
Dont know how the "o" in "cu" got there. Also as in the previous section, under these circumstances an EA ends up sounding like a short A e.
The most annoying thing about these four consonants is their tendency to disappear when following a vowel. If you come across one of these four in that situation, you're safer assuming that it's silent than that it sounds as it should: e. But then there are words like abhainn 'av-in', laogh 'luwgh', damh 'dav' and caoimhin 'kuw-vin' It helps to know that DH almost always disappears and that MH rarely does. One thing a consonant disappearing like this often does is lengthen the preceding vowel.
This explains why the common ending -aidh is pronounced 'ee'. But sometimes and whether they disappear or not! As follows:. Gaelic isn't a fan of having too many consonants of certain types stuck together, so it tends to stick extra vowels in between them, even when there's no vowel written.
Usually this vowel is a copy of the previous vowel; e. An exception is that when this would lead to the sound combination E-R-E, an A is sounded instead. This explains why the common word dearg is pronounced 'jerrak'.
Yeah, trying to write out how these words are pronounced isn't very easy when English doesn't contain half the sounds involved. Here's a roundup of all the conventions used:.
You are here Home » Resources. Author: Mark Jackson By popular demand by which I mean at least two separate requests from Club members I hereby present the sequel to my Welsh Guide , a guide to pronouncing Scottish Gaelic hill names. Simple vowels Gaelic uses the grave accent on vowels, so suddenly we have ten to cope with. I is a short version of the sound in see. U is a short version of the sound in food ; like French ou.
Broad consonants that is, consonants surrounded by broad vowels. FH is silent. PH as in English. Slender consonants As discussed above, in most cases, 'slenderising' a consonant just involves sticking a Y after it. Of course, there are a lot of exceptions. Slender S is pronounced as the English SH. Enjoying yourself? Just wait till we meet the vowels Combinations of vowels The trick with this stuff is knowing which vowels are actually supposed to be sounded, and which have been inserted to mark the surrounding consonants as broad or slender.
IO just sounds like I. Vowels in unstressed syllables A , E , EA make an 'uh' sound as in the second syllable of butter. No other vowels appear in unstressed syllables. I and U simply get lengthened, e. Extra vowels Gaelic isn't a fan of having too many consonants of certain types stuck together, so it tends to stick extra vowels in between them, even when there's no vowel written.
A guide to the respelling used Yeah, trying to write out how these words are pronounced isn't very easy when English doesn't contain half the sounds involved. Here's a roundup of all the conventions used: Spelling Meaning 'by' etc. Printer-friendly version. Search form Search. November 30, July 17, October 8, March 4, December 21, DevynDuffy Plus October 31, Hm why is the "U" is pronounced a bit like an "O"?
August 19, September 18, February 5, I typed dbh by mistake and it said correct without telling me I had a typo!
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