Sound more like a native speaker of Irish with these pronunciation tips.
When speaking Irish some sounds are deleted in certain circumstances. Native speakers of Irish can often be identified by their pronunciation of 'an' and ‘ag’ when a word begins with a consonant.
Pádraig Ó Méalóid gives examples that will be familiar to viewers, encouraging them to practice these phrases as,
Who knows? You may soon be mistaken for a native speaker.
This episode of ‘Anois is Arís’ was broadcast on 17 February 1983. The presenter is Pádraig Ó Méalóid.
'Anois is Arís' was both an RTÉ Television and RTÉ Radio series that provided a course in spoken Irish for beginners - books and tapes were also published in association with the programme.
First broadcast on 11 November 1981, ‘Anois Is Arís’ ran for two seasons and was based on the most up to date research on second-language learning.
According to an RTÉ Guide article of 2 October 1981,
The emphasis is on getting the hang of the language for everyday situations. The target is people who’ve forgotten much of what they’ve learned at school and want Irish made easy.
