Irish pronunciations

kah22

I’m trying to learn some Irish, Donegal Irish.  

As I’m only starting, trying to figure out soundings is giving me some trouble.  I’m learning it, for an hour and a half one day a week, from someone who is studying for their PhD and they’re very much grammar freaks ☹️ 🤓

Seriously though can  someone give me the phonics for words ending in ‘faith and fidh,’ eg. ’fagFAIDH ’, brisFIDH, molFAIDH. Is that just an ‘eee’ sound.  I appreciate that these two endings sound the same

Feel free to pm me if you’d like to contact me, or offer additional advice

Kevin

qwert_yuiop

Your tutor is probably better qualified to advise you on this than anyone on here. A man came in to me the other day, told me he was a teacher of Irish. He spelt out his address, including a long townland name.
 “What’s that word mean?”
 “I don’t know.”

Strange.

yksi

I am absolutely no expert but I think you're correct on the last bit. I worked with a Dolidh who assured me it's pronounced "Dolly".

ballyblack

any heard of a city in the North west of our province 'Londaindoire' ?

qwert_yuiop

Provine?  I know it’s been hot recently, but planting a vineyard?

ballyblack

qwert_yuiop said:

Provine?  I know it’s been hot recently, but planting a vineyard?

corrected now ta