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Seamás91
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Post Number: 240
Registered: 10-2009

Posted on Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 06:37 pm:

I am having trouble with pronouncing the past tense of the Munster dialect. The subject I have difficulty with the 'you' endings, mar shampla:
-ais, -is
-aís, -ís
an bhfuil einne in ann liom a chabhru?

'mar ná beidh ár leithidí arís ann'
-Tomás O'Croitháin (An t-Oiléanach)

Lughaidh
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Post Number: 3474
Registered: 01-2005

Posted on Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 07:10 pm:

-ais, -is > /əs'/, /is'/ (roughly -ish)

-aís, -ís > /i:s'/ (-eesh)

Learn Irish pronunciation here: http://loig.cheveau.ifrance.com/irish/irishsounds/irishsounds.html & http://fsii.gaeilge.org/

Seamás91
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Posted on Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 07:48 pm:

In your opinion do you think there might be a misunderstanding aurally between 'me' and 'tu' endings in the munster dialect?

'mar ná beidh ár leithidí arís ann'
-Tomás O'Croitháin (An t-Oiléanach)

Lughaidh
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Posted on Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 07:54 pm:

No because the "mé" endings have a broad s (-as, -eas, -aíos, -íos) and the "tú" ones have a slender one. They don't sound alike at all.

Learn Irish pronunciation here: http://loig.cheveau.ifrance.com/irish/irishsounds/irishsounds.html & http://fsii.gaeilge.org/

Seamás91
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Posted on Monday, June 07, 2010 - 05:35 am:

Ceart go leor, mar sin.

'mar ná beidh ár leithidí arís ann'
-Tomás O'Croitháin (An t-Oiléanach)

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Posted on Monday, June 07, 2010 - 04:36 am:

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In your opinion do you think there might be a misunderstanding aurally between 'me' and 'tu' endings in the munster dialect?

No, as you wouldn't take marsh for Mars, would you? Sounds "s" and "sh" are totally different.

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