Different vowels
Vowels in Gaelic may not sound as you would expect, and grave accents certainly affect the sounds! We’ll give you a quick taster of how vowels differ in Gaelic. Select the highlighted sounds, words and phrases to hear them. When you are confident, move on to different vowels.
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- a (with grave)
- place
- This is a cold place
- a (with no grave)
- mine
- I have a bag
- u (with grave)
- put
- I am seasick
- u (with no grave)
- new
- I have a new coat
- I (with no grave)
- now
- What will we do now?
- i (with a grave)
- tired
- I am tired
