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Sineadw
Member Username: Sineadw
Post Number: 33 Registered: 06-2009
| Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 10:37 am: |
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Have I got this right: ag iarraidh = ag 'err-a' (roughly!!) e.g. ag iarraidh tuilleadh tae táim ag iarraidh ort: ag 'iarraí' Would this be the way the two meanings of 'iarraidh' are differentiated in pronunciation in Conamara given that they are spelt the same way? |
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Seánw
Member Username: Seánw
Post Number: 118 Registered: 07-2009
| Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 12:48 pm: |
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g’ iǝrǝ, ag’ irǝ nó ag’ iǝrǝ agus ag’ iǝr orm You also may hear d in place of g. |
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Peter
Member Username: Peter
Post Number: 621 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 06:46 pm: |
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Bhuel, ní dóigh liom go bhfuil aon difríocht eatrub. Níor chuala mé a leithide ariamh ná níor tháinig mé air seo luaite in aon áit. Is mar a chéile iad, ó thaobh na fuaime, /əg' i:ərə/ sa chaon chiall. An dara ceann a luaigh tú, "tá mé 'g iarr' ort" - /ta: me: g' i:ər ort/ - ba cheart a bheith ann. 'Na trí rud is deacra a thoghadh – bean, speal agus rásúr'
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Sineadw
Member Username: Sineadw
Post Number: 38 Registered: 06-2009
| Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 07:11 pm: |
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ah cúl a buaile. Bhí mé ag éisteacht le Máirtín Tom Sheáinín inniu agus spreag sé an ceist ionam (??).. Chuala mé 'ag iarraí' ráite aige. Comhthéacs: Bhí sé ag glaoch amach iarratas ó bhean éicínt maidir le amhrán a theastaigh uaithi agus d'úirt Máirtín 'tá bean ag iarraí'.. bhí mise ag súil le 'ag erra' (sorry I don't have the little upside down 'e' folks!! ) |
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Lughaidh
Member Username: Lughaidh
Post Number: 3202 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 02:54 pm: |
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In Ultaibh, deirtear i-arraí nó ghearraí (i ndiaidh ag). Is minic a fhuaimneas na foghlaimeoirí "éirigh" agus "iarraidh" mar an gcéarna, ie. "eerree" (ó tharla go n-úsáideann siad r an Bhéarla níl duifear ar bith ann!), ach bíonn duifear i gcaint na gcainteoir dúchais. Learn Irish pronunciation here: http://loig.cheveau.ifrance.com/irish/irishsounds/irishsounds.html & http://fsii.gaeilge.org/
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