To you scholars of the irish language. My Irish music ensemble is playing an Altan inspired arrangement of "Ta Mo Chleamnas A Dheanamh" which we sing with English lyrics only. I would love to introduce the song with the original title rather than "My Match It Was Made."
Help! Im my native Texan, it would come out as: "Tah Mo
Ka-leem-nas Da-heen-ahm-ha."
Ach don't give me that oul' Southern Gaelic! ;¬)
Ye'd aisy know a Corkman.
If you're from the North you would use Donegal Gaelic, as all the other dialects have pretty much died away. The last woman speaking Antrim Irish died back in the '60s. So Mairéad Ní Maonaigh for example would say something like "Teh mo CHLOWN-iss ah yanoo (or YEH-noo)"
Thanks Conán!
By the way... I was in Guatamala a short while ago, and found out that the Mayan language down there is strikingly similar to Gaelic; the way it's written and spoken.
I wondered about it as well. They'll be telling us next that that person in the Middle East whose statues keep falling down was brought up in a village in Co Sligo, is a fluent Gaelic speaker and plays a pretty meeeaan whistle.
There is a fairly good pronunciation guide to Irish Gaelic in the oxford dictionary. It involves reading phonetic script, but is fairly clear. Plus, if this phonetic script is mastered, all the other songs will be a dawdle.
Irish Pronunciation
Irish Pronunciation
To you scholars of the irish language. My Irish music ensemble is playing an Altan inspired arrangement of "Ta Mo Chleamnas A Dheanamh" which we sing with English lyrics only. I would love to introduce the song with the original title rather than "My Match It Was Made."
Help! Im my native Texan, it would come out as: "Tah Mo
Ka-leem-nas Da-heen-ahm-ha."
How does it sound really?
Joe
# Posted on April 10th 2003 by Carrmuse
Re: Irish Pronunciation
Oh, I forgot to put "yall" at the end.
Joe
# Posted on April 10th 2003 by Carrmuse
Re: Irish Pronunciation
TA MO KLAYNAS A YAANAV.
Try this.
The letter "A" is pronounced as in the word "CLAY" .
The M in "chleamnas" is silent .
# Posted on April 10th 2003 by Northcregg
Re: Irish Pronunciation
Ach don't give me that oul' Southern Gaelic! ;¬)
Ye'd aisy know a Corkman.
If you're from the North you would use Donegal Gaelic, as all the other dialects have pretty much died away. The last woman speaking Antrim Irish died back in the '60s. So Mairéad Ní Maonaigh for example would say something like "Teh mo CHLOWN-iss ah yanoo (or YEH-noo)"
Take your pick Joe!
Conán
# Posted on April 10th 2003 by Conán McDonnell
Re: Irish Pronunciation
And they complain about the pronunciation of Welsh!
Trevor (aka Trefor)
# Posted on April 10th 2003 by lazyhound
Re: Irish Pronunciation
Thanks a heap, yall. We dont got no Gaelic talkers round these parts. Sos I'd be in the dark without yall.
Thanks
Joe
# Posted on April 10th 2003 by Carrmuse
Re: Irish Pronunciation
I would say:
Taw mo HYL-OW-nyess a yen-nuv with that ch sound (as in loch) around the hylow sylable.
# Posted on April 10th 2003 by searai
Re: Irish Pronunciation
While we're on the subject, how do you pronounce the following name: Am Breamatain Tobhain Dubh?
I know Dubh is pronounced doo...
# Posted on April 10th 2003 by no longer exists
Re: Irish Pronunciation
Mark, that's Scots Gallic, which is similar to Donegal Gaelic. so the pronunciation would be something like "um brematin toe-in doo"
Conán
# Posted on April 10th 2003 by Conán McDonnell
Re: Irish Pronunciation
Thanks Conán!
By the way... I was in Guatamala a short while ago, and found out that the Mayan language down there is strikingly similar to Gaelic; the way it's written and spoken.
# Posted on April 10th 2003 by no longer exists
Re: Irish Pronunciation
I agree with Conán but, i would put more of a 'ch' sound on the "t" in Breamatain
# Posted on April 11th 2003 by searai
Re: Irish Pronunciation
Mark Dejong...
Whaaaaaat?
Mayan similar to Gaelic?
>The way it's written and spoken
# Posted on April 11th 2003 by Nick Splease
Re: Irish Pronunciation - Mayan?
I wondered about it as well. They'll be telling us next that that person in the Middle East whose statues keep falling down was brought up in a village in Co Sligo, is a fluent Gaelic speaker and plays a pretty meeeaan whistle.
Trevor
# Posted on April 11th 2003 by lazyhound
Re: Irish Pronunciation
I'm with Conan on this one - listen to Mairéad on the Altan album and you'll see that it's as Conan sets out.
# Posted on April 12th 2003 by breandan
Re: Irish Pronunciation
>>>While we're on the subject, how do you pronounce the following name: Am Breamatain Tobhain Dubh?
I would say, Ahm brehmatihn tchowahn duhv
# Posted on April 13th 2003 by Pádraig
Re: Irish Pronunciation
There is a fairly good pronunciation guide to Irish Gaelic in the oxford dictionary. It involves reading phonetic script, but is fairly clear. Plus, if this phonetic script is mastered, all the other songs will be a dawdle.
# Posted on April 17th 2003 by An Deargán