Fòram na Gàidhlig

I have had some fun on our homepage today:

How to form the Gaelic article

I hope you'll find it useful.

Tha sin dìreach sgoinneil!

Some questions about the "lenition" group:

3. an before l n r (but pronounced as a' + L)
Is it so that "n" does not pronounced here at all?

4. an t- before sl sn sr + vowel (the s lenites when you pronounce it)
Maybe it would be better to say here that s virtually disappears, as you put it later?
The most difficult for me is such things as "an t-sneachd" where "n" becomes "r" plus "t" softens. It's not easy to find out this particulars in books etc!

6. an + L before l
Before f, yes?

Tha mi toilichte gun còrd e riut. Mòran taing airson do bheachdan!

poor_mouse wrote:Some questions about the "lenition" group:

3. an before l n r (but pronounced as a' + L)
Is it so that "n" does not pronounced here at all?

Usually not. I guess you could pronounce the n in careful speech, but people generally don't in fast speech. I have added a note.

poor_mouse wrote:4. an t- before sl sn sr + vowel (the s lenites when you pronounce it)
Maybe it would be better to say here that s virtually disappears, as you put it later?
The most difficult for me is such things as "an t-sneachd" where "n" becomes "r" plus "t" softens. It's not easy to find out this particulars in books etc!

Thanks, I have added a note.

poor_mouse wrote: 6. an + L before l
Before f, yes?

fixed

An do dhiochuimhnich thu "an t-eilean" amsaa? (càraid le "de c-eilean" ...)

Cha do dhìochiumhnich.The "am" group, riaghailt 4.

Speaking of the "am" group, I have added a pronunciation note to it to link to http://akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Na ... 99_agam%3F