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Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh
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Username: Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh
Post Number: 333
Registered: 09-2006
| | Posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 10:08 pm: |   
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An bhfuil difríocht idir "daoine" agus "duine"? |
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Riona
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Username: Riona
Post Number: 1268
Registered: 01-2006
| | Posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 10:58 pm: |
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Doesn't daoine mean people and duine mean person? That is what I always thought. I could easily be wrong however.
Beir bua agus beannacht |
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Dennis
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Username: Dennis
Post Number: 3321
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 11:24 pm: |
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Tá an ceart agat, Ríona. They sound rather like DEE-nuh and DIH-nuh respectively, a Dhomhnaill. The long vowel in "daoine" is actually temporally longer. Maybe I should show it as DEEE-nuh.
"An seanchas gearr,
an seanchas is fearr."
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Lughaidh
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Username: Lughaidh
Post Number: 2120
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 04:40 am: |
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In Donegal, we say daoiní [ˈd̪ˠɨːɲi] and duine [d̪ˠɪɲɪ].
Learn Irish pronunciation here: www.phouka.com/gaelic/sounds/sounds.htm & http://fsii.gaeilge.org/
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Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh
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Username: Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh
Post Number: 335
Registered: 09-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 09:31 pm: |
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Well, that was a no-brainer. Sorry about that! For some reason I had it firmly in mind that both words were plurals and there was some obscure difference. Duh. |
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