Pronunciation (Irish) please?

Question

How do you say:

"cead mile failte" & "Taoiseach"

Many thanks

Answer 1

Hello,

         First let me deal with Taoiseach..... This is to say "tea-shock", and his job is the same as Tony Blairs in England, so the Taoiseach is the Irish Prime Minister....

          Now for one of my favourite greetings in the Irish Language ...... Cead-Mile-Failte, this is to say, "cade meela faulture". and it means a "hundred thousand welcomes"

          I do so hope you are happy with my translation for you and the meanings are perfectly shown to you in their pronunciations.

          Thank you for a lovely query,  Bye   Tony M

Answer 2

How nice will it be when Irish really become the nationaly language of Ireland, English have been too dominant.

Answer 3

What everyone else said ... except I wanted to add ...

The T in Taoiseach is not pronounced "T" ... it is more of a very soft "th" ... perhaps as in "with", maybe even softer. If you are familiar with French or Spanish pronunciation you will get my drift.

Likewise, the D in Cead is not like D in English. It is more like a hard "th" ... halfway between "th" in "wither" and a full-blown D.

You will frequently hear these words pronounced with a T and a D on the national TV station, but boy does it grate on the ear.

I suspect English people are unable to hear these differences in pronunciation anyway. I remember learning Spanish with an English girl (she was yummy) and no matter how hard she tried she couldn't pronounce "tengo" ... worse, she couldn't even hear that she was so far wide of the mark.

tengo ..

No, say "thengo"

tengo

No, say "thengo"

tengo ...

arrrrrrrrgh

Answer 4

Taoiseach - tee shockk

Cead Mile Failte - kead mila fallcha

Slan

Answer 5

Kade meel-le fall-cha

Tee-shuck

Best of luck. It never really makes sense ;0)

Answer 6

All of the above are spot on but I think mine is best, haha cheers.

Slan go Foill Chairde

Answer 7

Cead mile failte - Kade meal_uh fall_che.



Taoiseach - Teeshock

Sláinte - Good health!

Answer 8

As above - the T of Taoiseach and the D of Céad are palatised sounds.

Your tongue should be at the front of your palate just behind your teeth.

It is the sound that makes Irish people identifiable, no matter how long they have lived away.

Tee shock  - Kayd meel-uh fawl-chah

Answer 9

Don't know is it Dutch?

Answer 10

teeshock for taoiseach and kaid-meela-fallta for caed mile failte

Answer 11

Kaid meela falltcha

Tee shock

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Táiniste - Thaw nish tha: Deputy Taoiseach

Úachtarán - Ook ther on: President

Answer 12

kade meela faulcha     and   teeshock

Answer 13

The above are good answers.

Try saying "Pug Ma Hone" to a big, burly Garda (Irish police Officer) next time you are in Ireland.

Answer 14

plese don,t say pug me home to gardi, as it means kiss my ****,you could say dune an doris and i believe its close the door, and osca an doris,is open the door,

Answer 15

cead mile failte - kaad meela faltha

Taoiseach - teeshock