"Ólann na cait an bainne."
Translation:The cats drink the milk.
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I don't get how you can tell that it needed the plural "cait" rather than the singular "cat"
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The "t" in "cat" should have a broad pronunciation while the "t" in "cait" should have a slender pronunciation. The article "na" in the nominative case also means that the noun is plural.
The new audio is supposed to be better and should be coming soon.
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I wasn't listening to it, I was reading it. I think, however, that the article may have been supplied and that the only thing in the dropdown was the noun itself, so that should have tipped me off. It was pointed out to me that had happened on a similar lesson so I'm sure that's it.
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Can someone explain why singular "cat" has a hard C sound but the plural "cait" almost sounds like "quit" ? Many thanks.
Because the audio in this course is awful. It's "learner's Irish" and nowhere near representative of actual spoken Irish.
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As commented elsewhere, the audio has problems though it might depend also on the quality of the device. I am hearing a "cr" on the beginning of "cait" but I learned that this dialect sounds like it ends in "s" when there is a slender consonant ending "it".
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Be aware of the fact that the audio on the course was replaced a little over two years ago. You are responding to a 3 year old comment that is talking about the old audio, not the audio that you are listening to now.
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I hear na cait.
Remember that in her dialect, cat is pronounced more like cut, and therefore her cait is more like cuit. But that's not "muddled stuff", it's pretty standard Connacht pronunciation.
