Different vowels
Vowels in Gaelic may not sound as you would expect, and grave accents certainly affect the sounds! We’ll give you a quick taster of how vowels differ in Gaelic. Select the highlighted sounds, words and phrases to hear them. When you are confident, move on to different vowels.
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- à a (with grave)
- àite place
- 'S e àite fuar a tha seo This is a cold place
- a a (with no grave)
- agam mine
- Tha baga agam I have a bag
- u with no grave u (with grave)
- cur put
- Tha cur na mara orm I am seasick
- ù u (with no grave)
- ùr new
- Tha còta ùr agam I have a new coat
- i I (with no grave)
- a-nis now
- Dè nì sinn a-nis? What will we do now?
- ì i (with a grave)
- sgìth tired
- Tha mi sgìth I am tired
