Hey all. Does anyone know how accurate the dialectal forms given in this book are? I've purchased it, and can give samples when I get home if they're needed. I'm just looking at using them for a project if they're fairly accurate.

Thanks!

I didn't buy it, but if you want accurate forms, you can also look at the 4 volumes of An Teanga Bheo, at Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne by D. Ó Sé, at Gaedhilge Theilinn, The Irish of Tory Island, etc.
I'm always afraid stuff is more or less standardised in books destined for learners, as Leabhar Mór Bhriathra na Gaeilge. While linguistic studies on dialects just describe what people say without changing anything.

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Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

Yeah. I have Gaeilge Chonnachta from the An Teanga Bheo series, but I don't have the others. I'll see if I can find where the book draws its sources and then ask back when I get home. Plus, I'm lazy and this book literally spells it out for every mood/tense for each verb. Pretty sure it even includes variant verbal adjectives.


If not, what about Wiktionary? I know it makes a distinction for téigh and mentions other forms, but doesn't necessarily tell what dialect they go with.

Hi Galaxyrocker,

I don't have the book, so I can't comment. But a good place to start (litmus test) would be to look up the verb déan in the past tense.

It should give the forms:

Connachta: rinne
Uladh: rinn
Munster: (do) dhein

Cian

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Well, Cian, give that it looks great. http://imgur.com/egfM3c0

It's a very good book I think.

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal

Its very good. It gives the variants dhin and dhéin and it has the -amair ending and the fact that ní and níor can both be used as the negative particle with dhein. It also captures the fact that the briathar saor can be lenited.

At a minute level, ní(or) dhearna is also found in Munster as well. The endings for the saorbhriathar is the usual Kerry form, i.e. -(e)adh. -(e)ag/ (e)og is the usual East Munster ending, and -amh is the West Cork ending.

But that's being picky !

Crossed with an Lon Dubh

Cian

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Awesome. Glad to know that. It'll make it a lot easier when I copy this information over haha!

Thanks everyone!

Actually, I've copied the verbal forms I found, for the standard and certain dialects, on this website:

http://annexedicoirlandais.free.fr/tableauvbreg.html

http://annexedicoirlandais.free.fr/tableauvbirreg.html

http://annexedicoirlandais.free.fr/conjugis.html (on this one, the English version is in the lower part of the page ; my examples are in Donegal Irish only, though, on this page)

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Lughaidh,
Go raibh mile maith agat as na suímheanna agus as an obair a dhein tú. Maith thú.
Séamus