Pronunciation of Irish language

Subject: RE: Pronunciation of Irish language
From: The Sandman
Date: 09 Jul 09 - 04:24 PM

try doh kuss

Subject: RE: Pronunciation of Irish language
From: The Sandman
Date: 09 Jul 09 - 04:24 PM

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Subject: RE: Pronunciation of Irish language
From: GUEST,Jeeves
Date: 10 Aug 09 - 05:01 PM

Can anyone tell me if Giorria sa bhFraoch (the Hare in the Heather) is pronounced correctly as Girr-ee-ah saab Free-och ?

I have a Donegal friend who always says Gee-oria saab Froch. A pint of Guinness rests on the answer !

Subject: RE: Pronunciation of Irish language
From: MartinRyan
Date: 10 Aug 09 - 05:59 PM

You'll find a simple pronunciation of giorria HERE

sa is straightforward - just drop the t from sat!

bhfraoch is a bit more problematical. For a start, there is no b sound in the word - the bhf is somewhere between an f and a v, really. The pronunciation of the rest of the word will vary with dialect. I suspect most people pronounce it roughly vray ock - but you will certainly hear an ee sound replacing that ay sound (as in hay), in places.

I suggest you call it a draw and buy each other a pint - or, better still, two pints!

Regards

Subject: RE: Pronunciation of Irish language
From: GUEST,Jeeves
Date: 11 Aug 09 - 05:33 PM

Go raibh maith agat agus slainte !

Subject: RE: Pronunciation of Irish language
From: GUEST,Jm Paul
Date: 04 Sep 09 - 07:25 PM

Can someone tell me how to pronounce the Irish words 'pasáiste' and 'slán'? I am looking for a title to my next book that roughly translates to 'Free Passage', 'Save Passage' or 'Free Ticket'.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Subject: RE: Pronunciation of Irish language
From: Thompson
Date: 05 Sep 09 - 05:28 PM

pasáite: passAWstche
slán: slawn in the south, slayne in the north

This pronunciation guide may help.

Subject: RE: Pronunciation of Irish language
From: GUEST,Jim Paul
Date: 05 Sep 09 - 07:38 PM

Thanks for the help. That's just what I was looking for. One more question: how do you say 'passkey' in Irish? Both the spelling and the phonetic pronunciation?

Thanks

Subject: RE: Pronunciation of Irish language
From: GUEST,Jim Paul
Date: 05 Sep 09 - 07:49 PM

Thompson,

In your pronunciation of pasáite: passAWstche, is the last syllable pronounced 'stitch' or 'stoch'?

Thanks

Subject: RE: Pronunciation of Irish language
From: Marilyn
Date: 31 Mar 10 - 08:49 AM

Another plea for help with pronunciation, please. Sorry to be a pain.

An Spealadóir (trans. - The Scytheman)

The chap who gave me the music in the pub last night told me how to pronounce it but the old memory is not what it was!

Any help much appreciated as I would rather not call it The Scytheman when it has a perfectly good (I hope) Irish name.

t.i.a.
Marilyn

Subject: RE: Pronunciation of Irish language
From: MartinRyan
Date: 31 Mar 10 - 09:08 AM

Roughly

on-spal-a-door

with the main stress on the second syllable - pronounced as in "pal".
last syllable also stressed.

Regards

Subject: RE: Pronunciation of Irish language
From: GUEST,Dáithí
Date: 01 Apr 10 - 06:34 AM

Fair enough Martin...I guess we can't really ask for that slenderised R at the end,can we.... is mór an trua é!

D

Subject: RE: Pronunciation of Irish language
From: Marilyn
Date: 01 Apr 10 - 09:21 AM

Many thanks, yet again Martin. Your help is very much appreciated.

I *might* be able to make a reasonable attempt at the slenderised R Dáithí because my mother was Irish and an Irish speaker. Although she never spoke Irish to us I grew up surrounded by lovely Irish voices and kind of absorbed some of the feel of the language. None of the written language though which is a great pity.

Thanks again,
Marilyn

Subject: RE: Pronunciation of Irish language
From: MartinRyan
Date: 02 Apr 10 - 06:38 PM

on-spal-a-door

I guess we can't really ask for that slenderised R at the end,can we....

Let's just say the door isn't quite closed!

Regards

Subject: RE: Pronunciation of Irish language
From: Declan
Date: 02 Apr 10 - 07:57 PM

Well it's the only chance of ajar on a good Friday - unlesss you're in Limerick.

Subject: RE: Pronunciation of Irish language
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Apr 10 - 10:54 AM

the word strats with 'o' but has the strating pronunciation of 'w'?which is commen this word?

Subject: RE: Pronunciation of Irish language
From: Marilyn
Date: 26 Jul 10 - 07:00 AM

I'm asking for help yet again!

I play a lovely tune called Urchnoc Chein mhic Cainte (acute accent on the e in Chein and on the a in Cainte)

Would some kind soul please tell me how to pronounce it and what it means?

t.i.a.
Marilyn