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Hi guys!
Absolutely marvelous book - but can anyone explain what do they mean by - "w - défhoghar mar átá sna focail abhainn, bodgar" - what sound do they mean by that? (IPA)
and similarily - "y - ... saghas, saighdiúir"?
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Lughaidh
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Username: Lughaidh
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Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 18, 2005 - 07:26 am: |
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w = the diphthong that you have in Irish abhainn, in English "how". In the IPA: [aw]. In that book, they use "w" in their Irish words when there is the sound [aw].
Cf p. 6: trom "trwm", it means that "trom" is pronounced [trawm]
Same thing with "y" there, it's the ENglish "I" sound: [aj] in the IPA as in English "ice", "right", "lie", etc.
Ex: éirigh "yrig", is pronounced [ajr'ig'] (as if it were English "aye-rig").
Tír Chonaill abú!
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