Comments on: Peadar Ua Laoghaire and modern Cork Irish

By: admin

admin — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:34:15 +0000

Yes, Eain, the modern Gaeltacht speakers do not use caraid, mnaoi etc – because they are under heavy influence of the TV and the education system. It is similar to the way that British English is influenced by American English. While you can hardly say that the British variant of English is dead, it is not exactly the same as it was 100 years ago, and there are many Americanisms now accepted in speech (eg, using “impact” as a verb; some British speakers have started saying “do you have X?” instead of “have you got X?” etc). It is very difficult not to absorb linguistic influences from your environment. As for “how can d’fhaighinn exist?” Well I think this is in Stair na Gaeilge, but I haven’t checked it recently. The pronunciations of d’fhaighinn and do gheibhinn are quite similar in rapid speech – there is a /j/ in the latter.

By: Eain

Eain — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:53:34 +0000

PUL used the correct imperfect of gheibhim: do gheibhinn, instead of the modern d’fhaighinn.
how can it be? As I know, dipendent is stille used in northen and southern dialects, and may even in connacht (maybe) .

By: Eain

Eain — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:45:29 +0000

PUL is careful to decline nouns correctly: he has caraid and carad where the modern usage would be more likely to be cara. The dative of bean is mnaoi in PUL.
You mean now it differs in modern Cork Irish, and form carid, card, mnaoi is not used anymore?