Postby iodalach93 » 2017-02-07, 21:20
[flag=]ga[/flag] Táim ag foghlaim an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil i m’aonar le seacht mbliana agus táim ag baint feidhme as fuaimniú na Lárchanúna. Bhíodh beaguchtach riamh orm, mar nárbh fhéidir liom na cainteoirí dhúchais a thuiscint. Ar an ábhar seo, thosaigh mé ag foghlaim chanúint Chonnacht (gan fáth ar leith ach gur í an chanúint is cosúla leis an gCaighdeán Oifigiúil í) go déanach leis an deacracht seo a shárú - cuid di, ar a laghad - ach nílim cinnte cén fhuaimniú ba chóir dom úsáid. Tuigim gur saorga í an Lárchanúint agus gur dócha nach í an chanúint d'aon chainteoir dhúchais í, ach ní Éireannach mé agus níl aon chúis agam chun canúint áitiúil a bheith agam (ach amháin go dtiocfaidh mé a chónaí in Éirinn agus gur mian liom meas duine áitiúil a thabhairt dom). Níl aon fhonn eile orm ach labhairt as Gaeilge go ceart agus ar dóigh intuigthe. Lena chois sin, ní fheadar - mar shampla - an bhféachann na hUltaigh agus na Muimhnigh go dearfach orm má labhraím i gcanúint Chonnacht leo: nuair a labhraím leis na hIodálaigh, seachnaím tréithe mo chanúna a oiread agus is féidir mar nach mian liom go dtugtar breith as mo bhunús orm.
Cad é bhur mbarúil air, a Éireannacha nach bhfuil in bhur gcónaí sna Gaeltachtaí (má tá sibh anseo)? Ar fhoghlaim sibh canúint nó an Lárchanúint le labhairt as Gaeilge? Cén fhuaimniú ba mhian libh go mbeadh ag na heachtrannaigh atá ag foghlaim na Gaeilge?
Go raibh maith agaibh.
[flag=]en[/flag] I have been learning the Caighdeán for seven years on my own, with a Lárchanúint pronunciation. Since I've always found frustrating not being able to understand native speaks, I have recently started learning Connacht Irish (just because it's the most similar to the Caighdeán) in order to overcome this difficulty, at least partly, but I'm not sure what pronunciation I should use. I understand that the Lárchanúint is artificial and it's probably the mother tongue of nobody, but I'm not Irish so there is no reason I should have a local accent (unless I want to move to Ireland and to be perceived as a local, which is not in my mind at the time being), I'm just fine with speaking correctly and in un understandable way. Moreover, I'm not sure I'd be perceived in a positive way by Ulster Irish and Munster Irish native speakers if I spoke to them in Connacht Irish. When I’m speaking with Italians, I try to hide my regional accent as much as possible because I do not want to be judged on the basis of my origin.
What is your opinion, Irish people who do not live in the Gaeltacht (if there are any here)? Were you taught a dialect or the Lárchanúint in order to speak Irish? Which pronunciation would you prefer foreigners who are studying Irish to have?
Thank you.
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