"An t-am."
Translation:The time.
3 years ago
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am is time. the t- is there because it's a masculine noun beginning with a vowel following the definite article.
3 years ago
Orthography and convention. Basically, you use a hypen between it if lowercase, and none if uppercase.
An t-am, but an tAontas Eoprach
3 years ago
JD.Hogan-Davies
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The pronunciation was difficult for me. It sounded like "am" was pronounced "ow-n".
3 years ago
JD.Hogan-Davies
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I've since come across an explanation about the pronunciation. This one seems consistent with Munster pronunciation, i.e., that before "nn" and "m" the "a" gets a pronunciation more like "ow." At least that's according to the Teach Yourself Irish book from 1961 that I downloaded from Internet Archive.
2 years ago
hpfan5
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do these phrases need a period at the end of them if they aren't full sentences ?
2 years ago
