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Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh
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Username: Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh
Post Number: 322
Registered: 09-2006
| | Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 04:11 pm: |   
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Regarding the pronunciation of Irish slender C, as in "ceart" ... would it be correct to say that it approximates the sound of German "ch" as in "Ich"? I.e., more of a hard hissing sound, but not gutteral?
(Message edited by domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh on November 05, 2007) |
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Lughaidh
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Username: Lughaidh
Post Number: 2091
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 08:48 pm: |
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Not exactly: Irish slender c is a stop, while German Ich-Laut is not (it's a fricative).
The German Ich-Laut sounds like Irish slender ch, though.
Learn Irish pronunciation here: www.phouka.com/gaelic/sounds/sounds.htm & http://fsii.gaeilge.org/
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brn (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 09:01 pm: |
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Try c in cube, cute etc |
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Lars
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Username: Lars
Post Number: 187
Registered: 08-2005
| | Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 09:15 pm: |
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Listen: slender c cead cill What you mean is slender ch: slender ch cheap Lars |
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brn (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 09:41 pm: |
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slender ch =h in human |
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Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh
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Username: Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh
Post Number: 325
Registered: 09-2006
| | Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 10:56 pm: |
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What you mean is slender ch:
slender ch
cheap
Yes! Exactly that sound! |
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brn (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 07:46 am: |
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Remember your brain can play tricks -the h in human might be hard to pronounce in medial and final position at first and at the end of a word sound like a hissed s to an English speaker. It takes time to get to tell the difference |
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