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hello im starting to learn a few irish frasies and was wondering how to write and say "hello sir"

thanks

andy

andrewm wrote:hello im starting to learn a few irish frasies and was wondering how to write and say "hello sir"

thanks

andy

Dia dhuit, a fhir uasail (roughly JEE-uh ggwitch, a ir OO-uh-sul)

That would be really, really formal, though.

Redwolf

thanks

Also : Dia dhuit, a dhuine uasail

Beagle wrote:Also : Dia dhuit, a dhuine uasail

I agree with this

Beagle wrote:Also : Dia dhuit, a dhuine uasail

I notice Redwolf gave a pronounciation for her suggestion. If you'd like this one, it would be pronounced:

DEE-ah GWIT, ah GIN-ah OO-sil

Note that all the "G"s are hard sounding, as Irish doesn't traditionally have the softer "j" sound (with the exception of the Donegal accent, which sometimes pronounces "D" as such.

Dia dhuit, a dhuine uasail
JEE-uh GHWICH uh GHWIN-y_OO-sill
/d´i:ə γit´ ə γin´_u:səl´ /

The broad dh /γ/ (gh in my phonics) is like a German uvular r (deeper in the throat than a French r). (Substituting a g sound for the broad dh/gh is really not a good habit to get into.)

Here's an old sound file I did for a dhuine uasail:

irishgaelictranslator.com

I will try to do one for the whole phrase later.

I would pronounce a Dhuine as a gwinn-eh

fiairefeadha wrote:I would pronounce a Dhuine as a gwinn-eh

Are you commenting about the end of the word? or do you also pronounce the dh with a g sound?

Breandán wrote:

fiairefeadha wrote:I would pronounce a Dhuine as a gwinn-eh

Are you commenting about the end of the word? or do you also pronounce the dh with a g sound?

In the pronounciation I gave I only used G as it's difficult for those who are new to the language (or, in my personal experience, anybody who doesn't hear Irish sponen fluently with some degree of regularity) to relate to the Irish "dh" sound. I was considering using a H but I figured it was closer to a G than a H, so I went with that instead. Though, if fiairefeadha pronounces it with a harder G, then, maybe it can vary somewhat depending on accent?