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minus-squaretheRealBassist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months agoNee-uv is correct. The ‘i’ carries the stress, as indicated by the accent, so the ‘a’ turns into an unstressed vowel /ə/. To anyone else who has studied Irish, this is purposely a simplification.
minus-squareThomrade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoAh Ok. I get ya. I wouldnt say I “studied” Irish despite doing it for 16+ years lol. I can read and write it, and speak it, but the actual intricacies of the phonetics is beyond me.
minus-squaretheRealBassist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoI did an MA in Welsh and Celtic Studies at Aberystwyth. I did a few courses involving Old Irish and Scottish Gaelic, and while I enjoyed them I definitely can not speak any lol Ond, mae fy Nghymraeg ddim yn ofnadwy.
Nee-uv is correct. The ‘i’ carries the stress, as indicated by the accent, so the ‘a’ turns into an unstressed vowel /ə/.
To anyone else who has studied Irish, this is purposely a simplification.
Ah Ok. I get ya. I wouldnt say I “studied” Irish despite doing it for 16+ years lol. I can read and write it, and speak it, but the actual intricacies of the phonetics is beyond me.
I did an MA in Welsh and Celtic Studies at Aberystwyth.
I did a few courses involving Old Irish and Scottish Gaelic, and while I enjoyed them I definitely can not speak any lol
Ond, mae fy Nghymraeg ddim yn ofnadwy.