6 PRONUNCIATION TIPS for SPEAKING IRISH 🗣🇮🇪
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Yes, a series.
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Labhraíonn tú Gaeilge go soiléir! If DuoLingo's Irish course were expanded to give learners exposure to Ulster Irish in addition to Connacht, it'd be dream if they hired you to record the audio.
I need to watch this a dozen times for it to sink in
Repetition is good 😊 and don’t worry it will take time for it to sink in
A series is a great idea. It would be helpful to so many of us.
Indeed.
Thanks for being so clear about what dialect you're speaking. It all gets so confusing!
Pronunciation series of videos is a great idea. What helps me is if I can read a text and hear someone reading it aloud. Like an audiobook
Yay another vid
Sure 😎
Yes, I'm extremely interested in this being a series. Thank you for this.
Noted! You’re welcome 😊
Please. I would love to watch a series of pronunciation tips.
Is maith liom Gaeilge I mo chroí. Go raibh maith agat Molly.👍
Go ndéana a mhaith duit 😊
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Hell yes on the pronunciation series.
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Dia dhuit Molly! Go deas,an-deas! Thug tú leideanna den scoth i ndáiríre maidir le Gaeilge a fhuaimniú i gceart!
Go raibh míle maith agat agus slán go fóill !
Dia daoibh! I am a Greek learning Irish and I find it so hard to pronounce some words. For example the irish version of congratulations (comhghairdeas) makes me have a stroke each time I try to pronounce it 😂
GRMA - This is super helpful. Can't wait to get back to Donegal and have a little chat with my uncle as Gaeilge. A very little chat.
Go hiontach 😍
This video is amazing! Would love a series!
i would like to request a video, if i may? i'm a gardener & would love to see a video on names/terms for plants in irish, if that's at all possible ^^
oooh me too!
Noted!
can I ask what kind of plants you would like to know the names of? I don't even know their names in English 😅
@ ah well just sort of like... cilantro, (and the seed of cilantro, coriander) mint, maybe some of the more general terms like herbs, vegetables, fruit, trees-maybe even some of the gardening tools. (spade, watering can, shovel, tiller, etc.)
@ ah that's so nice of you taking up the requests😊 Yes all of what the OP said, and maybe a few flowers too, like roses, marigolds, daisies, daffodils... And yes I just got back from the garden and what's growing is some tomatoes, a ton of potatoes, some courgettes and butternut squash, corn, pumpkin, beans, peas, peppers, kale, okra, lettuce, raddish, roquette, beets, and pak choy. Hope that gives some ideas 😂 Go n-éire leat!
Thank you sm! Irish orals soon. God bless youu. Go raibh mille
Yes, please! More vidz like this one. You said some words in this video that raised more questions of pronunciation. The letter combos weren’t the subject of the pronunciation tip but I was like “wait, what?”
Will make more 😊 the pronunciation of Irish is complex but it’s very consistent you will notice
Superb. So glad I found your You Tube Channel.
I took an ancestry DNA test and found my family came to the states from Donegal, so I would love to learn Irish through your channel!
In south Russia people can pronounce hard Gh/Dh ( it is correspondent to Г/G in Russian language).
Yes, would love to see more videos and would watch a pronunciation series, particularly explaining the rules of the letter sounds. I'm using DuoLingo, which is fine, but it's more or less memorization of the words rather than understanding of the language.
This was very helpful, go raibh míle maith agat! I would love to see this in a series 🙏
GRMMA! this was extremely helpful!! i paused and copied down all the text and tips! thank you for providing variations in different dialects and examples! I'm only just beginning but really found this approach and the clear repetition helpful! helping me to read things as Irish words not transpose English.
Very clear, very intelligent - Maith thú!
Yes series please!!!!
Another super interesting video... Yes, do some more on pronunciation, please. And reading a short passage would be very useful too... Go raibh míle maith agat, a Mholly ...
Go ndéana a mhaith duit 😊
Could you maybe record a short text in Irish and ask the other Irish youtube channels to do the same? It would be really interesting to compare the dialects :)
Great idea 😊
thank you! as i'm slowly drifting back into my irish studies, this is very helpful.
You’re very welcome 😊
Series please! :) Also love how you take the time to note how pronunciations differ from each dialect
Yes! More pronunciation tips, le do thoil. This video was especially helpful since Google Translate doesn't give any spoken Irish, just written. There are so many double-consonant and triple vowel combinations -- more videos would be go hiontach, including (even if you repeat some combinations, using different words) bh, mh, dh, gc, gh, ch, nd, ts. GRMA!!
the tripthongs are definitely a neat one. It's a sound we use rarely in english as we know it by memory for a few words rather than many!
Yes please, more pronunciation tips!
This was so helpful! Thank you. I'd love to see a series. Go raibh maith agat!
Up Galway and Donegal. My mum is from Donegal. Both counties have Gaeltacht areas too
I will have to watch this a thousand times to memorise evertyhing. Thanks.
Thanks! A series would be helpful
Ah this takes me back to my school days. Well done girl , keep it up !
I’m definitely interested in a series. I love your language!
Series would be great!
Iontach! This helps immensely. It demystifies a lot that was confusing me. Go raibh maith agat aris.
Go ndéana a mhaith duit 😊
Super helpful, thanks! Would be great to have a series on pronunciation.
Yes, more please.
Definitely helpful and would like more similar videos. Might I suggest poetry or song as text that helps imprint the pronunciations.
Sure I’ll use some poetry
This writing vs pronounzation thing makes Irish charming to me, cause it suprises me often.
thanks. this is helpful. i would watch a series by you.
Can i ask you too help me find other ulster dialect irish on the internet there is just yourself which is fantastic and so helpful to this 58yr old beginner.keep up the good work in helping with our beautiful language.tir gan theanga tir gan anam!!
Check out the pronunciations on teanglann.ie . Caoimhe Ní Chathail is an Ulster speaker.
Easy Irish - they made some podcasts a few years back I believe
And Oideas Gael regularly offer online courses and have a beginners book that you can order from online called enjoying Irish, it comes with recordings as well 👍🏻
That was great thanks
I like how you give useful words and expressions in your examples. They are words and expressions we can begin using everyday. Thanks! More language videos please.
Warmest regards from indonesia
yes, more please. song lyrics or paragraphs...
Great video. Yes I'd love a series like this. GRMA
Definitely interested in more pronunciation tips! Thank you
I would like to hear more comparisons between long and short vowel sounds. They sound the same to me.
You're a marvellous teacher.
Great idea thank you for your time
This has been really helpful. Thank you.
Yes, please! More, please!! Your explanations are FOIRFE!!
This was great! And that would be wonderful if you made a little series. Reading an extract of text is a great idea! It would be great if you had more tips on vowels combined with certain constants, which seem to change their usual sounds-like “déanadh” or “teitheadh,” which have an “oo” sound at the end (in Ulster at least). 🤔
Also thank you for the encouragement at the end ❤️
No bother 😊
Thank you! Im loving this language
All the best to y'all, irish folk 💖
am learning ! thanks for your help !
Your videos are wonderful. Any ones you can think of, please do. You are a true gift.
Tráthnóna maith! Sorry I'm late but this is the MOST helpful video ever, answered so many of my questions.
Know that we truly appreciate your hard work, time and energy - the bloopers aren't just funny, they show how difficult it is sometimes to articulate a sentence with no pauses and repetitions... and you need to patiently record some phrases over and over again. But you really put your heart into it and that simple act inspires us to do the same in our learning. You teach not just by words but by example. 😊
I thought it was funny how "aoi" is three vowels but gets pronounced "ee" the sound of a vowel not present - similarly in French, water is "eau" pronounced "o". Crazy, right! 🤣
But that's just what makes me love Irish more. It's mystical.
I do have a question though. When you said "taoschnó", donut, it seemed like you pronounced the n as an r. I've heard this before too, is it a rule? How do we apply it? Sorry if you already mentioned this somewhere.
There's a song I really like, "Faoiseamh a gheobhadsa" by Zoe Conway and John McIntyre and thanks to this guide I can actually understand how to pronounce it. I didn't know the gh is a y with slender vowels, and mh is always v at the end of a word, regardless of being next to slender or broad vowel.
Anyway, sorry for a long rambly message, and I think I can say oíche mhaith now.😅😂 And yes a series would be great!
Hey Lalita thanks so much for your lovely comment 💚 I’m glad you enjoyed 😊 so in ulster and Connacht when ‘cn’/‘gn’ are together they are pronounced as ‘cr’/‘gr’
And ‘mh’ isn’t always pronounced a ‘v’ at the end of words in ulster, if preceded by ‘a’ it will be pronounced like a ‘w’ 😊 I will probably bring this up in my next pronunciation tips
@ tá sé sin iontach! Go raibh maith agat!
A series in pronunciation would be very helpful - thanks!
Sure thing 😊
You are so lovely. I am enjoying your videos immensely. Thank You!!
Oh thank you... I do not yet know WHAT to do, with TWO vowels together 🤔🧐... thank you-- please, if there is more advice on these, please share them, thank you, again..🤗
SO MUCH LOVE for pronunciation help! 'dh' in the middle of a word versus at the end of the word gets me every.time. I also trip up on 'ie'. Thank you for the help, tips, and especially the slow pronunciation so that we can follow along in repetition. Go raibh míle maith agat!
Go ndéana a mhaith duit 😊
Yes Series
Thank you!!! This is wonderful. Your videos are very helpful and so much fun. I especially appreciate the bit at the end about making mistakes and then the outtakes. Such fun and a reminder that there can be great joy and fun in the messing up.
Dia dhuit Molly ! Físeán iontach é i ndáiríre! Fuair mé d'fhíseán an-úsáideach agus suimiúil! Táim chun na leideanna seo de do chuid féin a chur i bhfeidhm d'fhonn fuaimniú na Gaelige a fheabhsú!
Go raibh míle maith agat agus slán tamall!
Yes definitely a series.
Came here after the lack of tips on Duolingo. My ancestry is mostly Irish/European northwest coast. I'm a Hennigan :D. This language seems a lot easier to pronounce than Spanish. The gutteral H sound is easier than rolling r's. Thanks for posting these videos!
Love the videos! I’m learning on Duolingo, but it’s... incomplete? But I am curious as to if you have any recommendations on how to get an Irish speaking penpal either by an app or snail mail? I think that would be a very helpful/fun way to learn, but I can’t find anything that looks legit. Thank you!
I find it interesting that these slender consonants sound similar to those letters’ sounds in some dialects of Portuguese (de = dí, do = du, mais = Irish pronunciation, casa = cása, te = tí, rato = hátu)
What do you think about using a slightly modified spelling system as a stepping stone between official spelling and phonetic script? I find that my two biggest pronunciation problems are words that are spelled irregularly and sometimes vowels - but that I can spell practically everything (at least for one specific dialect and after I looked it up) completely free of ambiguities if I just add a second accent into the mix, so that I get the short and open vowels à, è, ì, ò, ù, the long and closed vowels á, é, í, ó, ú, the Schwa as a or e and the silent consonant modifiers ı and u. (Those last four could off course also be transcribed differently - this is just what I personally decided to do) A simple example phrase could now look something like: "Ìus càılín í àgas ìus búachaıl é." I think, it still looks quite natural and "languagey" (and off course it is way easier to write than IPA would be).
suimiúil!
Yes please to pronunciation series 😊
Thanks, that was a great lesson. A real keeper!😃👍
Go ndéana a mhaith duit 😊
This channel is the best!
Would love more pronunciation tips, e.g. amh, in Samhradh 'Sowraah'???
Seriously can't get the way you pronounce 'Maith' Tá sé ar fad nios difríocht sa Mumhan. Love it!
An fuaimníocht is fearr 😌 🤣
I’m still very much a beginner but I estimate that I know maybe 1,000-2,000 words in Irish. However whenever I listen to RnG I can barely make out a word. I’m guessing you know well over 30k words but I’m wondering whether you have any issues understanding RnG? I can hear whole conversations and maybe only pick out the odd word. Maybe I’m just not properly tuned in to the rhythm of the Irish but I’m hoping I can begin to at least get the general idea of what’s being discussed in the not too distant future. Otherwise it makes listening a chore after say 30 mins.
Do you have a video on what to expect in different pronounciations? Just so we know how the dialects can differ a bit?
Omg.
I am trying my best to but I sure am a disgrace to the Gaeilge language 😕
I know a Ciarán who’s probably worse tbh
Fantastic….loved it…. Go raibh mile maith agat
Thanks for all your efforts. Before you get into reading texts, can you make a few videos where you have simple dialogues with native speakers (and students)?
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Great tips,
Bainim taitneamh as do phoist i gcónaí. Is cuidiú iad dom.
Grma 😊
Bhí é sin go hiontach. I imagine like most students, I`d love a lot more practice in context. GRMMA.
Since you mentioned not knowing how to describe phonetics: it might be useful to study the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet) and then look at the IPA description of Irish sounds (e.g., as described in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_phonology). I think the sound you were describing as "guttural" is probably a voiceless palatal fricative or a voiceless velar fricative.
Not all students will recognize the technical vocabulary, and it's certainly not *necessary* in all cases, so being able to describe and simply *demonstrate* the language in more accessible terms is great, but if it is causing frustration or potential confusion, there are lots of resources for teaching yourself the technical phonetic terminology!
Go raibh maith agat 😊
Thanks for your videos! Is there one "best" dialect to learn? I notice youtube teachers of other dialects pronounce the same things differently. #struggle go raibh maith agat!
No there’s not 😊
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"H Is it pronounced Haitch or Aitch?" (For me Aiich American pronunciation)
"For most English speakers, the name for the letter is pronounced as /eɪtʃ/ and spelled "aitch" or occasionally "eitch". The pronunciation /heɪtʃ/ and the associated spelling "haitch" is often considered to be h-adding and is considered non-standard in England."--Wikipedia H sound like blowing on a mirror
In Ireland, it is pronounced “haitch”. I know that it’s not elsewhere
An-greanmhar agus ar fhebhas!!! Go raibh maith agat, a Mholly!
Very appreciated, your videos. Thank you.
Very intelligent - Maith thú!
Thanks, Molly really very good for both videos with pronunciation Very difficult for us. I want to ask how we pronounce the á? Trá beach tro type of sound O. tárasán flat torosan. Thank you very much in advance.
How would I know how to arrange my words if say I learn word at a time
Love this, huge help! Is "dh" always pronounced the same at the end of the word, similar to how you say it at 11:16? Apologies if this has been addressed elsewhere and I missed it.
“-adh” is pronounced ‘oow’ (in Ulster) but it’s different if there’s another letter before the ‘dh’. It depends 😊 but there are plenty of words ending in -adh
Great stuff!
Out of curiosity, why is the last “e” pronounced as “ee” in daoine, but as “uh” in Aoife?
www.teanglann.ie/en/fuaim/Daoine just a matter of dialect with that one, I can’t think of other words where I pronounce ‘e’ like ‘ee’
Ar fheabhas! Tá áthas orm. Go raibh maith agat 😊
Drinking whiskey while watching this.
In the republic of Ireland which dialect do they teach in school? PS. Good job 👌
Standard but with a leaning towards the dialect of the area, especially pronunciation wise.. and thank you 😊
@ Go raibh maith agat! You are using the ulster dialect as opposed to duolingo (not sure what one that is)
@@seangilmartin6768 duolingo uses standard Irish as opposed to any of the dialects
@@noonergooner2820 not sure if this has changed since earlier versions but the course notes now states:
"In this course you will learn the official standard (an Caighdeán Oifigiúil) of Irish. But note, this is a written, and not a spoken standard. Irish is spoken in three main dialects, corresponding to three Irish provinces of Munster (south), Ulster, (north) and Connacht (west). The audio in this corse was recorded by a native speaker of the Connacht dialect."
I took that to mean that whilst the words and phrases would be standard the pronunciation would be Connacht. My ear isn't tuned enough yet to spot the differences but I thought it was interesting that the course notes made a point of defining it.