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N. FHOCI.AIR GAIDHLIG AGUS BEURLA. 1 7
D
D/', before any word beginning with a vowel, is founded as if imme-
diately joined with the following word ; as dVeiri^b, arofe, dH'ordu'igh^
ordained.
F
F founds as in Englifh ; ftar^^ viraih, fofghdh, opening.
Fh is always file'nt ; as fbeara, O mex\, gun fbios, not knowing, to be
pronounced 'eara, 'ios.
Fh founds in fome words as h alone ; as in fbua'tr, he found, pro-
nounced huair.
G
G founds as in Englifh ; gb founds nearly like dh, ory, both at the
beginning and end of words, but pronounced rather harfher and more
through the throat.
M
M keeps its own natural found, matba'ir^ mother.
J&ii, like bh^ founds like 1;, but fofter ; mo mhathair^ my mother ; when
the perfonal pronoun j/jo, my, goes before words beginning with a
vowel, the firfl vowel is fuppreffed by an apoflrophe ; thus m' athair,
my father, m' eagal, my fear ; the idiom of the language requires the
fuppreffing of the vowel that ends a word with an apoflrophe, when the
next word begins witli a vowel ; in many words, mb is often quiefcent
i^ the middle and end of polyfyllables.
P
P is always pronounced as in Englifli : fb founds like^ as it does
alfo in Englifh ; as ^hill me, I turned, mo phtutbar^ my fifler ; to be pro-
nounced, fill, fuithar.
s
I. 5 before or after a broad vowel iu the fame fyllablc, founds as in the
Englifh ; fal^ filth, /«i3J-, comely.
Note, xhzXjiu, there, /o, \\\\s,fud^ tliat, are pronounced, fhin, fho,
•liud.
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