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exercise XXX
C slender
§ 187. As before stated, the ordinary letter k will, in most cases, represent to the ordinary reader the correct sound of c slender. This, however, is not true when the c is followed immediately by l, r, or n. In English the combinations cl, cr, as in clear, cream, are always pronounced with our K sound, or broad sound of c., so that when in Irish these combinations are followed by a slender vowel, we must use the symbol k to caution the student that the c is to have its slender sound. It is not difficult to pronounce c slender before l, r, or n, but the sound is unknown in English, and we shall endeavor to teach it to our students by means of a little device:—
§ 188. Examples
| the word | key-word | is pronounced almost |
| cleas | klas | kil-as' |
| crios | kris | kir-is' |
| cneas | knas | kin-as' |
| creid | kred | kir-ed' |
If the first syllable of the words in the last column be pronounced very short, and the stress be laid on the last syllable, the student will have a very good pronunciation of the words in question.
§ 189 Words
| binn | (bin), sweet (of sound) |
| ceol | (kōl, k-yōl), music |
| ciall | (kee-ăL), sense |
| cionnus | (kiN'-ăs), how? |
| cré | (krae, kir-ae'), clay |
| creid | (kred), believe |
| críona | (kreen'a, kir-een'-a), prudent |
| crios | (kris, kir-is'), a belt |
| fíor | (feer), true |
| láidir | (laud'-ĕr), srong |
| ná | (Nau), nor |
| nó | (Nō), or |
| pairc | (paurk), a pasture, field |
§ 190. Cionnus atá tú? How are you? Go láidir, strongly. Cionnus 'tá tú? is oftener heard, and the older form, cannus 'taoi? (koN-ăs thee) is yet spoken in Munster. Gort, a tillage field, páirc, a pasture field.
note that
phonetic
symbols
are
not
necessarily
pronounced
as in English