Hi! I have a question concerning lesson 7 of Learning Irish.

Could someone please tell me what is this weird dotted 't' in lesson 7 (as in: Bheadh sé /w'et s'e:/)

Is this consonant velarized, palatalized or...? How is it pronounced? What's the right articulation for it?

My feeling is that it is probably just a plain dental 't' without a particular velar or palatal contrast to it, somewhat like in French. But I'm not sure of this. Perhaps is it alveolar? Could somebody who knows please help me with my question?

By the way, I also posted this question on the yahoo Cois Fhairrge group and no one there seems to really be sure what this is.

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Perhaps is it alveolar?

Bingo. Under-dotted letters often represent retroflex stops in other transcription systems, but in this case it's alveolar. I think there's the word "péint" in there somewhere, also with the English (alveolar) t shown.

Thank you very much Dennis!