Irish Language - Same Words, Different Dialects, Different Pronunciation 

Best of luck with your journey, one step at a time.

For some words, the Ulster one sounds better, and for some words the first or the second one sounds better, so I’m learning all three, so that I can understand the three dialects, but I’ll use the pronunciation that sounds better for each word - I started learning Irish today!

Sounds like a good plan

That's why they call me the Great Dane.

He really is, and I’m so thankful he devotes some time to all dialects!

@@LearnIrish OMGOSH! Love that!

Interesting, maybe the vikings gave us that 😅 but it's probably from a common Indo European root, I think Spanish may have a similar word to Scríobh.

@@LearnIrish Really?? 🙂 That's interesting. Well, it's probably the Vikings who is the root to these similarities. Wish you a good night. 😊

Oíche mhaith 🙂

@@LearnIrish oíche mhaith duit freisin

@@LearnIrish Dia Dia dhuit! Yes,it(the Spanish)has similar sounding words! Eg To write : Scríobh: Escribir. Write thou! Scríobh!Escribe! Write! Scríobh!Escriba! I write :Scríobhaim: Escrivo! etc. The similarities are just amazing! Go raibh maith agat agus slán go fóill!

Just remember - it's all the same language. English has about 1,000 dialects but for some reason people seem to get very excited about the 3 dialects of Irish. IT'S ALL THE SAME LANGUAGE!

My pleasure, I'll have a new video tomorrow at 4.30 👍

Certainly a good idea for a future video, thank you for your suggestion.

Like one big family 😁

There would not have been a huge amount of contact between Northumberland and Ireland in ancient times so I'm not sure about any similarities there. I would advise you to just learn it word by word and phrase by phrase, don't waste your time dealing with dialects. Do you really think a person learning English goes through every word looking to see if its an Australian dialect or a Scottish dialect? Of course not.

Just speaking generally

That's why they call me the Great Dane. Your are a gentleman, thank you.

@@LearnIrish Yes, now I truly agree. Slán!

Fan slán 😊

@@LearnIrish Hopefully in another six months I will definitely record my first video trying to speak simple and basic Gaeilge. Yes my hope.

De réir a chéile a thógtar na caisleáin.

Fan slán

A lot of people are probably like you in terms of understanding and pronunciation. I used to dread the Ulster dialect in school when the audio came on 😔

My ex's family (from Monaghan) spoke Irish quite frequently. It was definitely a challenge to understand what was being said! Thanks for the video by the way, very well done.

Thanks very much, stay safe 👍

@@LearnIrish , thank you dane, for doing all you do (and have done) ..I would be too indecisive as to HOW to read, pronounce, or use the language, as--- the spelling and letter combos work so different from English blends.. it is easier for me to learn the standard irish way of reading words, so i KNOW what to SAY when i read it, and then a year later or two: i can adjust to some ulster, as, that is where my grandmother's family was from... if I do both ways now, i forget which one to do, when I read... I need to get a solid foundation in ONE set way first that matches one way to read and pronounce...THEN, i know i have some correct sounds, and NOT English mix-ups... and, i am not stuck on words that i am afraid to say...which are some of the same words you used here... ex: these endings you used, and, the aoi, and other o vowels combos..I hope you understand what i mean... 🙃🙂... thank you... I am not afraid to keep reading now... or, to keep speaking, as i build up each day, 🥰🤗🥰 thank you so kindly!!! God bless you! I have barely been learning for one month, almost..

Good to hear, best wishes on your journey of discovery.

Go raibh maith agat, déanfaidh mé mo dhícheall ar aon nós 👍👍

Go raibh maith agat 😊

Your suspicions would not be incorrect. It's all the same language and not dissimilar to someone from America trying to decipher the Irish or Scottish accent.

So what way should it be?

@@LearnIrish Tapped or rolled. The R sound in English is very unusual, but has taken over the traditional Irish R in the past few decades. Irish should use [ɾ] not the English [ɹ]. Listen to this recording ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pMUtDUKgxkg.html In the comments you can read an some interesting conversations about how modern Irish speakers (even native speakers) now sound completely "foreign" (i.e. English) when they speak Irish.

Thanks for sharing

You would know other words by studying and listening to Radio na Gaeltachta. As for the general rules of pronunciation there's just one - make sure you understand that Irish is not English and it's not going to follow the rules of pronunciation of English. If you manage to understand that then it's not a bad start.

@@LearnIrish GRMMA for replying. I am enjoying your videos.

My pleasure, remember to enjoy your journey and keep your expectations realistic (In simple language that means forget about being fluent) Interesting video next week, keep an eye out for it.

Yes I would say it like m-naw

@@LearnIrish thank you for the reply! An additional word I’ve had trouble with is “inniu,” which I’ve heard pronounced as “in-yuv” and “in-yew.” How would this word be pronounced with Munster Irish? As a follow-up, is Munster Irish a good dialect to learn as a foreigner? Since I’m in The U.S., my access to Irish is limited, and it seems like Munster is more accessible as a more conservative dialect of Irish.

I would say it like in yuv. But I really wouldn't get excited about dialects - it's all the same language and people who speak English do so differently in England, Australia and Texas. Check out www.focloir.ie

Not particularly, I'd imagine it would be connected to saor.

Just add boy at the end of everything and you'll be grand 😁

An English speaker from Scotland, Texas and New Zealand will also have different pronunciation. Why would Irish be any different?

Kind of like dia dit www.focloir.ie/en/dictionary/ei/evening#evening__3

@@LearnIrish thank you!

Stay safe

That's very interesting, anything ending in the adh in Ulster is a u sound.

@@LearnIrish indeed you would expect Munster dialect to have had more influence on Brythonic wouldn't you? Maybe it has as we're looking at surface details here. Really enjoying exploring language with you.

Glad to help, stay safe

You speak Irish that's all. There's no Leinster dialect as such. Many moons ago there was but it died out. Just embrace the fact that you speak Irish, some people tend to get very excited over dialects. IT'S ALL THE SAME LANGUAGE.

@@LearnIrish Míle buíochas don freagra 👍

Fan slán

I'm not sure what you are saying, can you provide examples of where we is left out when talking about verbs? It's certainly not something I'm aware of.

Forget about being fluent, it's not going to happen. Keep your expectations realistic and just aim to make slow and steady progress.

@@LearnIrish that’s what i’m planning on doing, i wasted 3 years of irish in school and now i am regretting my decision, should i take notes and watch vid by vid?

You need to emerse yourself as much as possible, through native speakers, TV, Radio na Gaeltachta and notes and videos as well. Don't mention fluency to yourself as you'll only be fooling yourself. I'd love you to prove me wrong and good luck, unfortunately youth is wasted on the young sometimes.

@@LearnIrishthanks very much for the advice i’m going to start doing notes and try to just pick up basic phrases

Go n-éirí leat 👍

Some might agree, others may not.

Depends who you are speaking to, Munster and Connacht dialects I'd be guessing

Great Dane will be fine.

@@LearnIrish I agree

🙌

Déan do dhícheall agus bain sult as, tír gan teanga tír gan anam. Maith thú.

Ceapaim go bhfuil siad ag déanamh go hiontach ach níl sé foirfe. Is fuath liom Sinn Féin.

Míle fáilte romhat agus beannachtaí

Agus mise freisin! Tá sé beagán deacair ó am go ham 😂

Just one step at a time 👌

Maith thú agus bain sult as 😁

Fan slán

Tá sé ag dul abhaile = he is going home, the sé refers to him so why would you want to add a prepositional pronoun?