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Pronounciation: Will or Vill?

  • 09-03-2010 01:11PM
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34


    Which is the more correct pronounciation for 'Bhfuil', as in an bhfuil tú.../are you...?

    Is it an will or an vill?


    On a slightly different topic, if you want to say you love someone or something, would you say 'is brea liom' when you are talking about a place or an activity which you are enthusiastic about, eg, 'I love Kerry, football, etc;', but 'Tá grá agam' when you're expressing love for an individual?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,842 ✭✭✭Micilin Muc


    Dabhach wrote: »
    Which is the more correct pronounciation for 'Bhfuil', as in an bhfuil tú.../are you...?

    Is it an will or an vill?

    It is pronounced vwill in Munster and will in Connaught and Ulster.
    Dabhach wrote: »
    On a slightly different topic, if you want to say you love someone or something, would you say 'is brea liom' when you are talking about a place or an activity which you are enthusiastic about, eg, 'I love Kerry, football, etc;', but 'Tá grá agam' when you're expressing love for an individual?

    I suppose you would! You could also say Is grá liom ...


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


    I'd go more towards wul or wool for the Northern version.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 34 Dabhach


    Thanks folks.


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