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EXERCISES IN ORTHOGRAPHY AND
PHONETICS.
In the Exercises letters i^ery faintly .iounJed (»■ entire!?/ silent
are printed in italics.
Tiie sliorf, indefinite somid of diO ix indicated by inverting the
letters wideh rejiresent it; that is, inverted a eind e in the
Exercises sound like o and e in the Enxjlish word ' cejver.''
Unaspirated 1 and n in an initial position are written donhle,
to indicate their peculiar sound (50, 51, 56, 57). This is con-
tinued all through the Reading Lessons^ as some hioiuledge of
Gaelic or its Grammar is necessary before the reader can
distinguixli the aspirated and non-aspirated liquids.
I.
(1) l)ha llcoo-li-inin aon llà '« mach t;' scaly.
(2) bha 13IÌ llà fìor bhlà^h, o/r bba teas mor aims
1^' ghreni. (3) bba e SL,n/b, ag-us diuz't e iia
'cbad-ii] fo sgà/1 craoibh. (4) bba lluch-ag bhertg
'b' dol seacb-i?d. (5) rul^h i ^hair-is air i? .sbrò/n,
ag-us dbii?'so- 1 e. (6) ^bog e i? spog ag-us chuz'r e
air "Bii Ibieh i. (7) bha e ì^' dol ga 'cur gu bàs air
son cbo dàn-'B 's 'y bha i. (8) bha L'n an-az'l siJii
ucAcZ aic-9, ag-us i air chridi. (9) gbuz'dh is
gbrios i air i? Uezg-ez'l as. (10) diuz'rt i nach ann
d' a dcozii V, chuz'r i driJgh air, nach vohh innt-9
ach beo^h-'Hch beag, Hag, faoz'n, ag-us, nacli 1)' /"Aiach
da 1? chas i^ .s-hal-'Bch-ì3db le r fu?l. (11) rinn bu
EXERCISES IN ORTHOGRAPHY AND
PHONETICS.
In the Exercises letters i^ery faintly .iounJed (»■ entire!?/ silent
are printed in italics.
Tiie sliorf, indefinite somid of diO ix indicated by inverting the
letters wideh rejiresent it; that is, inverted a eind e in the
Exercises sound like o and e in the Enxjlish word ' cejver.''
Unaspirated 1 and n in an initial position are written donhle,
to indicate their peculiar sound (50, 51, 56, 57). This is con-
tinued all through the Reading Lessons^ as some hioiuledge of
Gaelic or its Grammar is necessary before the reader can
distinguixli the aspirated and non-aspirated liquids.
I.
(1) l)ha llcoo-li-inin aon llà '« mach t;' scaly.
(2) bha 13IÌ llà fìor bhlà^h, o/r bba teas mor aims
1^' ghreni. (3) bba e SL,n/b, ag-us diuz't e iia
'cbad-ii] fo sgà/1 craoibh. (4) bba lluch-ag bhertg
'b' dol seacb-i?d. (5) rul^h i ^hair-is air i? .sbrò/n,
ag-us dbii?'so- 1 e. (6) ^bog e i? spog ag-us chuz'r e
air "Bii Ibieh i. (7) bha e ì^' dol ga 'cur gu bàs air
son cbo dàn-'B 's 'y bha i. (8) bha L'n an-az'l siJii
ucAcZ aic-9, ag-us i air chridi. (9) gbuz'dh is
gbrios i air i? Uezg-ez'l as. (10) diuz'rt i nach ann
d' a dcozii V, chuz'r i driJgh air, nach vohh innt-9
ach beo^h-'Hch beag, Hag, faoz'n, ag-us, nacli 1)' /"Aiach
da 1? chas i^ .s-hal-'Bch-ì3db le r fu?l. (11) rinn bu
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Hew Morrison Collection > How to learn Gaelic > (40) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/79790619 |
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| Description | Orthographical instructions grammar and reading lessons / by Alexander Macbain and John Whyte. |
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| Shelfmark | H.M.105 |
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| Description | A selection of items from a collection of 320 volumes and 30 pamphlets of literary and religious works in Scottish Gaelic. From the personal library of Hew Morrison, the first City Librarian of Edinburgh. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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