AN GAODHAL.
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GRAIMEUR GAEDHILGE.
AN CHEUD ROINN.
CEART-SGRÍOBH.
(leanaighthe.)
FUAIM NA LEITREACHA.
Tá fuaim na leitreacha mínighthe anns
an dulthaobh roimh é seo.
FUAIM NA bh-FHOGHARADH.
Tá fuaim ae
mar é,
mar nae.
" " ao
" é,
" aol.
" " eo
" ó,
" ceol.
" " eu
" é,
" feur.
" " ia
" í,
" ciar.
" " ua
" oo,
" uan.
FUAIM NA TRÍ-FHOGHARADH.
Tá fuaim aoi
mar í,
mar saoil.
" " eoi
" ó,
" feoil.
" " iai
" í,
" liaigh.
" " iui
" ú,
" ciuin.
" " uai
" oo,
" buail.
FUAIM NA n-GARBHUIGHTHE.
Tá fuaim bh, roimh agus a n-diaigh na bh-
Fogharaibh leathana, a, o, u, mar "w," a¬
gus roimh nó n-diaigh na bh-Fogharaibh caol¬
a, e agus i, mar "v." Tá mh go díreach
faoi an riaghlughadh ceudna.
Tá fuaimh ch cluinte a g-cloch.
" " dh agus gh, a d-tús foclaibh
mar "y," a lár focladh tá siad ciuin
beagnach, agus a n-deireadh focladh, tá
siad ciuin a leig. Tá fh ciuin; tá ph mar
"f;" agus sh agus th mar "h." Is sé an
riaghla is feárr thig linn a thabhairt chum
na garbhuighthe seo a fhoillsiughadh, a lár
agus a n-deireadh focladh, gan shiad a
labhairt air bith acht stad beag a dheun¬
adh mar do bheidhtheá gearradh fuaim an
fhocail.
The langnage of the conqueror in the mouth of
the conquered, is the language of the slave !
IRISH GRAMMAR.
TRANSLATION
FIRST PART.
ORTHOGRAPHY.
SOUNDS OF THE LETERS.
The sounds of the letters are explain-
ed in the Alphabet on the preceding
page.
SOUNDS OF THE DIPHTHONGS.
ae
sounds like e,
as, yesterday.
ao
" " e,
" lime.
eo
" " o,
" music.
eu
" " e,
" grass,
ia
" " ee,
" comb,
ua
" " oo
" lamb.
SOUNDS OF THE TRIPHTHONGS.
aoi
sounds like i,
as, think.
eoi
" " o,
" flesh meat.
iai
" " i,
" physician.
iui
" " u,
" calm.
uai
" " oo,
" strike.
SOUNDS OF THE ASPIRATES.
The sound of bh before and after the
broad vowels. — a, o, u, is like w,
and before and the slender vowels, i. e.
it sounds like v. mh is governed by
the same laws, and has the same sound.
The sound of ch is heard in stone ; dh & gh,
at the beginning of words, sound like
y, they are nearly silent in the middle
of words, and at the end are wholly so.
fh is silent; ph sounds like f; and sh & th
like h.
The best rule we can give for the
pronunciation of Aspirates in the Mid-
dle of words is, not to sound them at
all, but to make a pause in their place,
as if one were about to draw his breath.
Send 60 cents to this office and the Gael will be
mailed to you for a year; it will help to remove the
slur inseparable from our boasted patriotism, and at
the same time neglecting its very essence.
