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Although in the Gaelic language there are only 18 letters in the alphabet (no j, k, q, v, w, x, t, a and the "h" is used only to alter the quality of the proceeding consonant) they have a phenetic guide to the pronunciation and the keys are as follows:
a short as in "fat"
aa long as in "far"
e short as in "met"
i short as in "bit"
o short as in "hot"
aw long as in "dawn"
ow as in "down"
uh short as in "grunt"
ew long as in "fewer"
gh guttural as in "Ugh"
ao stretch the "I" sound to thrice its normal length
y initially or within a word - as in "yield"
y as a final syllable - as in "carry"
ai short as in "bait"
ay long as in "may"
ee short as in "meet"
ie short as in "line"
oh short as in "hope"
oe long as in "more"
u short as in "put"
oo long as in "poor"
ch as in "loch"
Yes - Tha (Haa)
No - Chan eil (Chan ail)
Coffee - cofaidh (cof-y)
Milk - Bainne (ban-yuh)
Tea - ti (tee)
Yes please - Tha Le'r toil (Haa lair tol)
Thank you - Tapadh leibg (Tap-uh leev)
No, thank you - Chan eil, tapadh leigh (Chan ail, tap-uh leev)
Excuse me - Mo leisgeul (Moh laish-gal)
Good - Math (Ma)
Ok - Ceart (Cyarst)
Once you learn the "key" above, learning the Gaelic comes much easier. Try these few phrases at the dinner table to teach your children, or yourselves some Gaelic words!
Who is there? - Co tha sin? (Ko ha shin)
Come in - Thig a stigh (hik u sty)
Sit down, be seated - Dean suidhe (jen sooyu)
Have a chair - So dhuit cathair (sho dhoot kahir)
You are cold? - Tha thu fuar? (ha oo foo-ur)
You are tired? - Tha thu sgith? (Ha oo skee)
Do not move, James - Na Caraich, Seumas (na karix Shay-mus)
A stool will do - Ni stol a chuis (ni stole u xoosh)
Donald - Domhnall (Do-nal)
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