Do you have any recommendations of websites where I can hear "is iad m'inionacha" pronounced?

Thanks!

Have a care with the accent mark! It makes a difference!

Try carefully copying this (with the accent on the second "í"):

Is iad m'iníonacha

And pasting it here:

http://www.abair.ie.

It's not perfect, but it will get you in the ballpark. If the accent isn't there, though, there's no way the synthesizer can get it.

Do bear in mind, though, what we were saying about spelling and pronunciation. You can have it written "Is iad" (that would be standard), but it's more properly pronounced as if it were spelled "Siad." So you should probably try entering it that way as well. Roughly, it will be something like "SHEE-ud muh-NEEN-uh-khuh."

Possibly someone here can make you a sound file as well.

Redwolf

Here's a sound file for a Conamara/Cois Fhairrge-style pronunciation:

..Is iad m'iníonacha cuisle mo chroí
sheed mih-NEEN-uh-khwee KOOSH-lih muh KHREE
/s´i:əd m´ən´i:Nəxi: kis´l´ə mə xri:/

The s's are all sh sounds in this phrase.

Irish c is always like a k sound.

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. Could also be described as the sound people make when clearing phlegm from the throat.

Broad r is flapped like the Scottish English or Spanish r (strangely enough, NOT at all like the Irish English r).

The -khwee /xi:/ ending on plurals is a Connemara thing, other dialects just say -khuh /xə/.

(Other opinions on pronunciation differences (and soundfiles) also welcome. Any differences from previously suggested pronunciations are not intended as corrections but merely reflect differences in personal interpretation and dialect.)

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