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Roibeárd
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Username: Roibeárd
Post Number: 1
Registered: 09-2004
| | Posted on Friday, September 10, 2004 - 07:51 pm: | 
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A Chairde,
I am confused about the proper way month and day names should appear on an Irish calendar. I've searched around the Net and found --confusion.
For example, say, the month of September 2004. Would a calendar properly read "Meán Fómhair 2004". Or would it be "Mí Meán Fómhair 2004"?
Similarly for the weekdays, would today "Friday" read "Aoine", "An Aoine" or "Dé hAoine"? I'm pretty sure "Aoine" is incorrect. However, I have seen the second and third forms used in calendar examples.
I hope you can unconfuse me. :-) GRMA
roibeárd |
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Pádraig
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Username: Pádraig
Post Number: 5
Registered: 09-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 08:38 pm: |
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A Rhoibeáird, a chara,
Aoine, 10 Meán Fómhair 2004
I just copied this off the home page of this site. I'm assuming Caoimhín has it right. |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 131
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Monday, September 13, 2004 - 04:40 am: |
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It's a language. There is more than one way to do it.
Aoine, Dé hAoine and an Aoine are all correct.
Similarly for Meán Fomhair, Mí Meán Fhomhair and even Mí méan an Fhómhair! |
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Cait
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Username: Cait
Post Number: 3
Registered: 09-2004
| | Posted on Monday, September 20, 2004 - 06:14 pm: |
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How are the months and days pronounced...I've searched around and have found many different ways of pronouncing them. They differ only slightly, but I still would know the common pronuciation...
Go raibh maith agat.
Cait. |
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Fear_na_mbróg
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Username: Fear_na_mbróg
Post Number: 136
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 - 05:33 am: |
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When I was back in school, my homework diary had:
Dé Luain, etc. |
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Jonas
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Username: Jonas
Post Number: 436
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 - 08:36 am: |
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What it common pronunciation? Connacht, Ulster, Munster or Leinster? Which is the common English pronunciation, American, Australian, Irish or English? |
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Cait
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Username: Cait
Post Number: 7
Registered: 09-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 - 11:54 am: |
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Well, common would be standard I guess...
What about for today's date(pronunciation)? |
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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 162
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 - 12:25 pm: |
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Cáit
There is an official standard of Irish : Gramadach na Gaeilge agus Litriú na Gaeilge: An Caighdeán Oifigiúil. It was first published in 1958, and differs in some particulars from each of the major dialects; but it allows variations in some cases.
That is what most people in this thread mean by "standard".
When you are asking for pronunciation, what exactly do you mean? How it sounds? |
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Jonas
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Username: Jonas
Post Number: 439
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 - 02:44 pm: |
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There are at least four-five versions that are equally correct with regards to pronunciation.
The pronunciation of today's date (Dé Máirt) is:
[d´e: ma:r´t´] |
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Cait
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Username: Cait
Post Number: 18
Registered: 09-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 - 08:48 pm: |
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A Aonghus, a chara.
Yes, how it sounds...
A Jonas, a chara.
Go raibh maith agat! :) |
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