Hello all,

How is aidh/idh pronounced in the different regions of Ireland?

kind regards,

Swisscheese

In Ulster, "ee," as a rule.

Redwolf

They are pretty much uh /ə/ and ih /ɨ/, respectively, in Connacht.

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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).

In Munster, these are “ig” at the end of a word, and “eye” in any other position.

The endings of future-tense verbs are an exception. Here, the dh is silent before a pronoun.

Beidh is pronounced “Beg” (dh is “g”)
Beidh sé is pronounced “Beshay” (dh is silent)

Dúnfaidh is pronounced “Doonhig” (dh is “g”)
Dúnfaidh sí is pronounced “Doonhishee” (dh is silent)

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Táim ag foghlaim fós. Fáilte roimh gach aon cheartúchán.

But concerning verbs there's an important exception: when verbal forms that end with -(a)idh or -(a)igh are followed by a pronominal subject (that is, mé, tú, sé, sí, muid, sinn, sibh, siad, mise, tusa...), the verbal ending is pronounced [ə] in all dialects, and not "ig" in Munster nor "ee" in Ulster.
Eg.

cheannaigh sé > cheanna' sé in all dialects.

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Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

Fáilte romhat ar ais. Tá an t-uisce ar fiuchadh!

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