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exercise LI

§ 305. C slender aspirated is pornounced almost like h; or rather, like h followed by y. In Munster, it is just like h.

§ 306. Exceptions: ċeana, already, before, is pronounced han'-ă, not h-yan- ă; chugam, ċugat, ċuige, towards me, thee, him, are pronounced hug'- ăm, hug'- ăth, hig'-ĕ; the termination eaċt is usually pronounced like aċt, oCHth, not aCHth.

§ 307. Fiċe capall, twenty horses. Notice that capall has the same form after fiċe as it if meant one horse.

§ 308. TRanslate into English

• Atá droiċead árd ag Droiċead-áṫa, ar an aḃainn áluinn.
• Ná seas ar an droiċead.
• Ní ḟaca mé Míċeál ins an teaċ.
• Tar liom go Droiċead-áṫa.
• Ḃí mé ins an áit ċeana.
• Ṫug mé fiċe punt do Niall, agus fuair sé punt eile ó m’aṫair, aċt ní ḟuair sé sgilling ar biṫ ó mo ṁáṫair.

§ 309. Translate into Irish

• I was not in Armagh before.
• I have twenty sheep, but I have no lamb at all
• There is a large door on the house, and a high window.
• There is a river at Drogheda, and another river at Dublin.
• There were a hen, a duck, a lark, a seagull, an eagle, and another bird in the house, and they died.

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16