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[Seáinín]

A chairde,

In the Connemara blas (nó bh’féidir ach amháin i gCois Fhairrge?), if the prepositions do and de are both pronounced /gÓ™/, and don and den are pronounced /gÓ™n/, how is the ‘d’ pronounced when either of these prepositions are prefixed to a noun that starts with a vowel, e.g. d’Una or Níl sé d’am agam? I should probably assume that the ‘d’ sounds like a ‘g’ here too, but something seems odd about that and I can’t find any reference to tell me.

Go raibh maith agaibh

[Lughaidh]

I remember having seen Brìd writing stuff like “g’ Ùna” etc, so I guess “d'” is pronounced “g'” in Connemara, before vowels. 🙂

[Cúnla]

I guess “d’” is pronounced “g’” in Connemara, before vowels.

Yeah, it’s /É¡/ before vowels usually…

Cheithre bliana d’aois is something like /çɛɾʲə bʲliÉ™nÌªË É™ É¡iːʃ/.

[Seáinín]

Go híorónta, fuair mé ach taifeadadh de dhuine ó Chois Fhairrge a rá: “…nuair a bhí sé ocht mbliana déag d’aois.” Bhí sé ag fuaimniú díreach cósuil le cur síos tú é, a Chúnla.

Go raibh maith agat agus ag Lughaidh freisin.

[Héilics Órbhuí]

Ceart agaibh. Tá “Cré na Cille” feicthe agam agus é sa ngaeilge chonamara, go bhios dom. Is é an ‘g’ léír le cloisteáil go minic ó chuile dhuine.

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