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Pronunciation

  • 24-07-2009 05:13PM
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭


    How would you pronounce ''déanamh'' and ''ag déanamh''?


    Am I the only one who thinks abair.ie is too fast and jumpy to get what the pronunciation is saying? It seems too choppy.


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 942 ✭✭✭An gal gréine


    "Jan-oo" in the north and "Dane-iv" in the south. That's how my ears hear it .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭Múinteoir


    "Jan-oo" in the north and "Dane-iv" in the south. That's how my ears hear it .

    It's more like Jane-uh in the West, but other than that, you're spot on. The -mh ending is only fully pronounced in Munster really. It's very like the pronounciation of Gaillimh (Galway). Everyone in Connemara says Gaille.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭conchubhar1


    Cheers that is what I thought.


    Do you pronounce the ''g'' in ''ag'' ??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 942 ✭✭✭An gal gréine


    It's so muted with native speakers that you dont hear the 'g'.
    "Bhí mé a' damhsa aréir" is what you'll hear for "I was dancing last night"
    "Bhí mé ag an damhsa aréir" is what you'll hear for "I was at the dance last night". This is because of the next word "an" starting with a vowel.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,912 ✭✭✭pog it


    In Conamara: 'ag je-na'

    In that phrase the fada on the e isn't pronounced. You hear it a lot on TG4 too with Dé Domhnaigh. The Dé is pronounced De (Je) instead of Dé (Jay)


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