IRALynch88 wrote:
#1: Éire go Brách
#2: Bás Roimh
Easonóir
#3: Dílseacht Agus Onóir
Please and Thank You!
First, I'll just correct a wayward síneadh fada there above - the
E in
Easonóir, and I think some of those capitals would be better in lower case.
The pronunciations as I would say them:
http://www.awyr.com/ILF/saewndfaylz/%C3 ... 3%A1ch.mp3Éire go BráchEH-rhih guh BRAWKH
/e:r´ə gə brɑ:x/
http://www.awyr.com/ILF/saewndfaylz/B%C ... 3%B3ir.mp3Bás roimh EasonóirBAWSS riv ASS-ON-oarh
/bɑ:s riw´ 'æ:sˌono:r´/
http://www.awyr.com/ILF/saewndfaylz/D%C ... 3%B3ir.mp3Dílseacht agus OnóirJEEL-shukht oguss ON-oarh
/d´i:l´s´əxt ogəs ono:r´/
Slender r in the middle or at the end of a word in Irish has a buzz somewhat like the French j in
je, which I have written as "rh" in the phonics.
Broad r is flapped like the Scottish English r.
The broad ch /x/ (kh in my phonics) is like the ch in
loch /lox/ (lokh), never like a k sound. It may help to think of a very breathy h pronounced deep in the throat.
As with any language, pronounciation differs slightly from person to person and dialect to dialect.
Others are welcome to offer their versions below.