msv133 wrote:
Working on my irregular verbs here (future tense for now)
http://nualeargais.ie/foghlaim/irregular.phpIn this sound file:
http://nualeargais.ie/foghlaim/future.mp3it seems that the "bh" in Ní bheirim makes a "w" sound. Shouldn't it make a "v" sound since it's near slender vowels? Thank you.
It occurs at about 18 seconds into the recording.
I really wish the past and present tense sound recordings worked :-(
You're right. The recording is wrong. The 'bh' here is slender so it should not be pronounced as a w sound here. In my opinion that speaker's diction is not great. She made a couple of other pronunciation mistakes too.
msv133 wrote:
Also, why does the "d" in Ní déarfaidh make a "y" sound. Shouldn't it make a "d" or "j" sound?
Good question. Here is the pronunciation is correct but the spelling given in the corresponding text is wrong. It should be 'Ní d
héarfaidh', not 'Ní déarfaidh'.