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I don't hear the beginning sound as anything like a 'p', but make no mistake, it is quite different from what we might think of as an English 't', so I think it's just that your ears aren't accustomed to the new sounds of Irish yet. The beginning sound here is dental, meaning that the tip of the tongue is mostly touching the back of the teeth, instead of the gummy ridge above the teeth (i.e., where the English 't' is mostly pronounced). It's also a broad consonant, so there's some slight constriction at the opening to the throat (where a 'k' is pronounced).
Your input is wonderful and informative...I realize that the letters have different pronunciations and values than in English, but your comment helps me with the anatomical difficulties (tongue placement). Thank you!! :-)
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As a French speaker, I clearly hear a "t", not a "p".
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The original question was asked two years ago; the recordings that were available then were done by a different (non-native) speaker.
Even though "porsche" was never taught, I still put it. I was so confused hahaha
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No Porsche is pronounced differently, but maybe that's because I'm German and Porsche is a German word...
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It says here that "sé" can also translate as "it." Would "it is" also be an acceptable translation, or do you have to use "séa" for that?
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Yes, “it is” would also be an acceptable translation. Is ea, sometimes written as ’sea, can also mean “it is”, but it would be used in different contexts than Tá sé would.
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"séa" translates as "is taken" on google translate. No, there is no "it" in Irish. Everything is either feminine or masculine. So, if the masculine item that is being referred to here is neutral in English, then you could put "it is". I don't know if Duolingo is accepting that or not.
Cool it will be easier for me as french is my first language, unless the irish objects do not have the same gender as in french :S lol
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Not e and se, but é and sé.
And yes, they are both used for "he", in different contexts.
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Is this an explosive 't' like english? It sounds like it. Is it always like that?
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I think he was asking if the "t" is aspirated. (See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirated_consonant .) In English consonants are often accompanied by a puff of air but that's not the case in other languages. For example, in Spanish you don't make the puff air when you pronounce a 't' or a 'p'.
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Since Deivd17 never replied, I’ll ask for myself. Are the “t” and the “p” in Irish supposed to be aspirated?
From what I ‘ve read it seems that they’re not but when I hear recordings it sounds like they are, even by native speakers.
it is correct to translate as "he is" or "it is" so why mark as incorrect
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"Is ... é" is for equating things ("He is a man" --> "He = man"); "Tá sé" is for things such as "He is tall" or "He is in Dublin".
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The word order of Irish reminds me of some non-Indo-European languages...
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Speech recognition is really hard for computers to do even under ideal situations. Accounting for people with multiple, distinct accents speaking multiple, distinct languages is no easy task. To understand why a computer might have difficulties, look no further than this comment thread and you'll see that even humans have a hard time!
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System like Rosetta Stone or other sofware alike, are very good, even if I don't like Rosetta Stone scandalous prices, and Duolingo's method is better, their speech recognition was very good when I tried it. It was helping me to have a British accent.
Next time if you hear "po-shay" see the speaker button press it so you can hear the word over and over again intil you get it right.
I hear a hard "th" sound (tongue pressed firmly against the front teeth).
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In this course its audio is very confusing. I don't understand the correct phrasal form of the sentences.
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Scroll down on these pages for Tips & Notes https://www.duolingo.com/skill/ga/Basics-1 https://www.duolingo.com/skill/ga/Basics-2
He is, but also you have?
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No "you have..." would be "Tá.....agat" which is literally "is....with you"
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More like "thaw", the 't' is pronounced differently in Irish. Scroll up for more information.
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No, Scroll up as someone as explained the hover hints, The two words together mean "he is", separately "tá" means "is" and "sé" means "he".
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You're probably misinterpreting the peek.
If you have the sentence "Tá sé" and you hover over "tá", you'll get a hover with "tá sé", then under both of those words "he is", then under the left word only "is", "am", "are". Then if you hover over "sé", you'll get a hover with "tá sé" again, with "he is" under both words, then under the right word only, "he", "it", "six".
So it's telling you that "tá sé" is "he is", and that this phrase is made up of "tá" = "is" (in this case) and "sé" = "he" (in this case).
It's not the case that tá by itself means "he is" and sé by itself also means "he is".
I think it's fairly useful that Duolingo's peek function glosses not only individual words when you peek at them but also combines words from a sentence and tells you how those words, taken together, may have a translation that is not immediately obvious.
(For example, "Tá úll agat" - "Is - apple - at you" may not be enough to enable you to translate it as "you have an apple", but if hovering over the "tá" also tells you that the combination "tá ... agat" can be translated as "you have", that can help.)
"se" in spanish is 'i know'. I don't quite like how they throw you right into this.
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The one thing I was told by my father is the Irish speak Gaelic. It's not called Irish.
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Out of curiosity, was your father a member of the Irish-speaking community himself?
