Since I'm new to learn this language I might be asking a lot of questions at first on how to sound out letters. I do try before trying to post the questions on here but my recordings just aren't great. I just would like it if someone could double check if I am getting the vowel sounds right, please. Thanks

í = ee

é = eh

á = aw

ó = ooh

ú = oo


i = as in shin

e = as in get

a = as in top or tap

o = oh (quickly)

u = oo as in book


If any of this needs to be corrected or someone has a better way of remembering how these vowels sound, please by all means correct me. Thank you very much for your time.

but it's long



or a long eh-sound in Ulster



long "oh", (or long aw most of the time in Ulster)




depends on the word. Sometimes it's a short oo sound, sometimes it's a short o sound...

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

The a sound also varies greatly from word to word and dialect to dialect.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

I'm making the assumption you're an American here:

é = ay (but don't close to the dipthong...it's like a Mexican Spanish "é" or a Latin "é").

If you're not, feel free to disregard.

Redwolf

Your assumption must be correct, because "o in top" is /o/ in other dialects and the sound celticlady is trying to describe would have to be described as "the u in cup (or the a in tap)", i.e.:

a = the u in cup or the a in tap (among other sounds)

In any case, as Redwolf says, the long vowels are definitely pure long vowels, not diphthongs.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).