What idiosyncrasies are needed to be known for Connacht?

DTG · **Joined:** Mon 23 Dec 2013 4:01 am **Posts:** 49

galaxyrocker wrote:

DTG wrote:

Can you please provide some common examples?

So, I was talking with someone from An Cheathrú Rua last night, and I'll provide some examples from what he said.

Sa mbialann, sa bhfarraige, etc.

Otherwise, with clois and cluin, only the present tense is different.

Cloisim versus Cluinim, and so forth, yet you'll still hear Chuala for the past tense.

There's also the use of gasúr as "young child", and "cas" instead of "buail" for "meet" ("le" or "ar" could be used; I've heard "ar" more often).

GRMA

RobertKaucher · **Joined:** Thu 26 Dec 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 155

Just to add, if you watch Comrá on TG4 you'll notice that Máirtín Tom Sheáinín, from Ceantar na nOilleáinn, frequently says "an lá atá inniu ann" with the pronunciation of a final /v'/ in inniu. Many other speakers from Conamara I've seen on his show will echo him with "an lá atá inniu ann" without the final /v'/. One in particular I'm thinking of was an interview with Nóra Phat Willie who is from Tír an Fhia.