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exercise XIX
§ 132 Digraphs representing the short vowel sounds
| ai ea |
are pronounced like | a in bat |
| ei oi |
are pronounced like | e in let |
| io ui |
are pronounced like | i in hit |
N.B—This must be learned by heart, as it is of the greatest importance.
§ 133 Words
| bean | (ban), a woman |
| Doire | (dher'-ĕ), Derry |
| fear | (far), a man |
| geal | (gal), bright |
| lean | (lan), follow |
| leat | (lath), with-thee |
| leis | (lesh), with-him |
| Peadar | (padh'-ăr), Peter |
| seamróg | (sham'-rōg), a shamrock |
| seamróg | (sham-ă-rōg'), a shamrock, in Munster |
| sean | (shan), old |
| seas | (shas), verb, stand |
§ 134. Words like leat (with-thee), leis (with-him), are called prepositional pronouns.
note that
phonetic
symbols
are
not
necessarily
pronounced
as in English
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