Pronunciation

conchubhar1 · 24-07-2009 05:13PM #1

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.

An gal gréine · 24-07-2009 05:43PM

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

Múinteoir · 24-07-2009 06:16PM

An gal gréine wrote: »

"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.

conchubhar1 · 24-07-2009 06:24PM

Cheers that is what I thought.

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

An gal gréine · 24-07-2009 07:39PM

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.

pog it · 24-07-2009 07:43PM

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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