The pronunciation of “F” in Future and Conditional Verbs

[Séril Báicéir]

I haven’t quite gotten to the future tense and conditional tense verb conjugations in my rosetta stone, so I haven’t heard many pronunciations of these verbs yet, but I have come accross them in other reading. I have heard future tense verbs pronounced as if the “f” was silent, but conditional verbs I have heard pronounce with the “f” definitely there.

Some examples would be:
Buailfidh / Buailfeadh
Cuirfidh / Cuirfeadh
Léifidh / Léifeadh
Tabharfaidh / Thabharfadh
etc…

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated as I like to sound out what I’m reading in my head as I read it, and I always stumble over these.

Go raibh maith agaibh!
Séril

[Lughaidh]

I think we talked about this about one hundred times 🙂

The -f- of the future and conditional endings are pronounced like an -h- in almost all dialects.
But the endings -f(e)à and -f(a)ì often have an -f- sound in Munster.

[Séril Báicéir]

Yeah I’m sure this comes up a lot, but I wasn’t sure how to search for it in the search bar.

Go raibh maith agat, a Lughaidh. 🙂

[Cúnla]

Cf.:

[url=http://sdrv.ms/TxdPRB]On the Modern Irish F-Future[/url], E. G. Quin
[url=http://sdrv.ms/XmbEW9]The Origin of the F-Future: An Alternative Explanation[/url], E. G. Quin
[url=http://sdrv.ms/TxdTkp]The F-Future in Modern Irish: A Reassessment[/url], Breandán Ó Buachalla

[Breandán]

The -f- of the future and conditional endings are pronounced like an -h- in almost all dialects.

And silent in Cois Fhairrge dialect.

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