in this video we're going to learn some irish words and we're also going to figure out how
to pronounce these words in the three different dialects of the irish language
so let's get on with it so let's start with the irish for mouse i would pronounce this luch
luch as is the way it's pronounced in the munster dialect luch it's also pronounced this way in
connacht luch but in ulster there's kind of a more silent sound at the end and it's pronounced luch
moving on to teach which is the irish for house
so i'm pronouncing it that way it's the way it's pronounced in the connacht dialect
but in munster it could also be pronounced teach and in ulster teach again there's a kind of a
silence with the ch at the end which is a feature of the ulster dialect teach in ulster so in connacht
teach, in munster teach and an ulster teach, moving on to the irish for free which is saor that's the
way it's pronounced generally speaking in munster saor but in connacht saor and it's the same as that in
ulster saor so it's saor in munster and saor in the other two dialects a word related to that
saoránach this is the irish for a citizen
so that's the way i'm pronouncing it as per the munster way in connacht then it's saoránach
and in ulster saoránach there's less of an emphasis on the awe sound
for a fada in ulster so saoránach in munster saoránach in connacht and
saoránach in ulster next we have sráidbhaile which is the irish for village
that's the way it's generally pronounced in munster sráidbhaile and in connacht then
sráidbhaile so there's more of a w sound there for the bh
and in ulster sráidbhaile again the a fada is not it doesn't have as much of an awe
sound in ulster it's more of an a sound next we have crann, crann is the irish for a tree
crann, that's the way it's pronounced in munster in connacht then it's more like crann
crann kind of rhymes with like a lawn or something like that crann and then in ulster crann
so we have crannx3 next we have the irish for a hill which is cnoc that's the
way it's pronounced in munster and in the other two dialects it's cnoc next leaba so there's
not a whole lot of difference between the munster and the connacht way i would say leaba you might get
a pronunciation like leaba in connacht but there's not a whole lot of difference but in ulster then leaba
next we have the irish verb críochnaigh which is to finish
so i'm pronouncing it the way it's pronounced in munster
críochnaigh in connacht then we have a more of a silence at the end of that word it goes like this críochnaigh
and in ulster críochnaigh
so quite a difference there in the three ways of pronouncing that as you can see
next críochnaithe which is finished so that's the way it's pronounced in munster
críochnaithe in connacht then críochnaithe
in ulster then it's críochnaithe
moving on to the verbal noun ag canadh this is singing ag canadh it's pronounced
ag canadh in munster and in connacht but in ulster it's more like ag canadh because
very often the adh in ulster makes an ooo sound next we have the irish verb dóigh which is to burn
in connacht dóigh
and it's the same in ulster dóigh moving on to scríobh
so in munster and connacht this verb which is the verb to write by the way scríobh, it's
pronounced scríobh in munster and connacht generally speaking but in ulster scríobh
next we have grianmhar which is the irish for sunny grianmhar so i'm pronouncing that the
munster way grianmhar in connacht then it's grianmhar and it's very very similar in ulster
grianmhar so there's more of a v sound for the munster way grianmhar and more of a w sound
at the end for the connacht and ulster way so grianmhar for connacht & ulster grianmhar for munster
next greannmhar which is the irish for funny greannmhar i'm saying it the munster way in connacht it's
more greannmhar and in ulster greannmhar
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you can listen to the audio pronunciation from the three different dialects of the irish language so it's definitely well
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up and i'll be back very soon thanks for being with me and i'll see you next time slán go fóill.