In this video we're going to take a look at the days of the week in Irish, and I'm
going to give you some basic pronunciation tips along the way, if you
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of the week, let's start with Monday - An Luan or Dé Luain, that's the two ways
you can say Monday- An Luan and Dé Luain, so as regards pronunciation there
the first way I said it was An Luan, so the a sound is getting prominence on
An Luan, but if you look at the way the other way is spelled - Dé Luain, there's
an i there towards the end and I'm trying to soften the a by pronouncing it the
following way, Dé Luain, trying to get that i sound in there it's only very
subtle but it can help you get the proper pronunciation. An Luan, Dé Luain.
let's move on to Tuesday- An Mháirt or Dé Máirt
that's the two ways to say Tuesday- An Mháirt, Dé Máirt
now if it's an Mh sound I pronounce that like a V sound but if you want to
pronounce it like a W sound that's perfectly fine, it's just a small
difference in dialects it's no big deal it's all the same language at the end of
the day, so you could say An Mháirt as opposed to the way I say it An Mháirt
so W sound V sound it's up to you, An Mháirt, Dé Máirt
Let's move onto Wednesday now and one way of saying that is An Chéadaoin
and the other way Dé Céadaoin, so one is kind of soft
the first way, An Chéadaoin, because you can see the h there
after the C, it softens it at the start so it's almost like you're
blowing some air from your tonsils along the top of your throat in order to get
that proper sound An Chéadaoin, but the other way Dé Céadaoin is more probably
simpler but but more harder like a K sound in English - Dé Céadaoin
so An Chéadaoin or Dé Céadaoin
moving onto Thursday, just Déardaoin that's all
you can say An Déardaoin as well but that's probably the more straightforward
one of all the days of the week - Déardaoin or An Déardaoin
moving onto Friday - An Aoine or Dé hAoine, so the Dé hAoine, it's like a he
sound in English as in he is or he was and that's obviously because there's a
h there before the a in Dé hAoine, so if you're saying is the Dé hAoine way
it's very important you get that he sound, An Aoine, Dé hAoine
moving along to
Saturday then, An Satharn or Dé Sathairn, like the Monday there's a little i at
the end of Dé Sathairn there so I'm trying to get that in to reflect that
softening at the end of it there so An Satharn there's more of a perhaps an a sound
and Dé Sathairn- I'm trying to just soften it to kind of show that i at the end there
by the way An before it like An Satharn just means Saturday and Dé
Sathairn means on Saturday so you can learn whichever way you want my
teacher in school always said to me just pick one way and stick with that so
there's no confusion but it's up to you I'm just giving you both options there
An Satharn and Dé Sathairn, moving on then to Sunday
and this is the one word is probably a bit more choices in terms of
pronunciation so An Domhnach or Dé Domhnaigh -that's the way I would say it
but you could also say it with a do sound
sorry, so for example An Domhnach is fine as well that's the way they might say it
in Connemara and Galway the Connaught dialect, An Domhnach, and then Dé Domhnaigh is
another way that you might say it in in the Connaught dialect, Dé Domhnaigh like a do
sound so again it all depends on the the pronunciation that you prefer on
that one, personally I would say it An Domhnach, Dé Domhnaigh, and sticking with Sunday
for a second there, in the Ulster dialect they might say it the following way
An Domhnach or Dé Domhnaigh, that's the way it might be pronounced in the likes of
Donegal up in Ulster- An Domhnach and Dé Domhnaigh.
so I hope you enjoyed this video, if you
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phrases using the words that we learned here the days of the week, so I'll be
back very soon with another video and I'll see you then, slán go fóill.