How to say Cup of Coffee in Irish

[@WereVeryConcerned]

go raibh maith agat from Australia!

[@WanderingwithSive]

Can you do a video on how to say book of Kells? It is a beautiful book.

[@cws1113]

Thank you !

[@abigailisvirtual3358]

Go hiontach! Keep them coming le do thoil.

[@BitesizeIrish]

Cinnte!

[@sula1529]

Great ☺

[@Jennifer-cl1cl]

For once I knew the Irish before watching the video!

[@thomasgricezodiac]

whats your irish background -- i.e. did you grow up in a gaeltacht? which dialect are you proficient in?

[@BitesizeIrish]

I grew up in the West Kerry Gaeltacht, Corca Dhuibhne. As I say towards the end of the video, I speak the Munster dialect of Irish.

[@sula1529]

​@@BitesizeIrishgreat spot. Tá mé ag ól caife for me breicfeasta?

[@BitesizeIrish]

Tá mé ag ól caife don bhricfeasta.

[@abigailisvirtual3358]

​@BitesizeIrish finally a Munster speaker. All other videos I see are not pronounced tha eay I learned as a kid in Waterford. Its nice to hear Irish spoken the way I learned it.

[@digitalgothgirl]

Go raibh maith agat ☕

[@jamesbutler6253]

Why do you say fada with a th sound on the d? That is not how we pronounce the word or the letter d.

[@BitesizeIrish]

Good question! The sound that I am making is how 'd' sounds in Irish when it is adjacent to a broad vowel ('a', 'o', 'u'). Listen here to how 'fada' is pronounced in the three main dialects of Irish: www.focloir.ie/ga/dictionary/ei/fada When 'd' is adjacent to a slender vowel ('i', 'e') it can sound more like the sound that you make when saying a word like 'direct' or 'lid' in English. The pronunciation of this 'slender d' varies more depending on the dialect spoken. Compare, for instance, the differences between dialects in terms of how the word 'díreach' is pronounced: www.focloir.ie/ga/dictionary/ei/fada. I hope that this helps 😉

[@keeKeeConnolly]

Man, gotta say the music gets annoying. (Just sounds tropy) Love the channel otherwise

[@BitesizeIrish]

Thank you for the feedback, glad you like the channel otherwise 😉