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The ship is new. A new ship is going. Thomas and Art are sick yet. Thomas is not sick. Gold is scarce. There is gold at the fort. We are not warm yet. There is a sweet taste on the fresh bread. The young tree is growing yet. There is not a sweet air on the long poem. The poem is not long. The wall is high. The ship is not heavy; the boat is full and heavy. There is a heavy lock in the high door. You are not weak; you are young and healthy. Art is wearing a new coat, and the coat is long (and) heavy. The young horse is on the road.
EXERCISE XI.
§ 90. SOUNDS OF GROUPS OF VOWELS.
In Irish, as in English, vowels are grouped together in three ways. (1.) In the word ruin, the u and i are pronounced separately; the u being pronounced distinctly, and the i somewhat obscurely. The same may be said of the e and a in the word real. (2.) In the word round, the sounds of o and u melt into each other, forming what we call a diphthong. (3.) In the word mean, the ea represents one simple vowel sound, like that of e in me. But as this one vowel sound is represented in writing by two letters, these two letters, ea, are called a digraph. Other digraphs are ai in main, ou in through, ae in Gaelic, ao in gaol, oa in goal, etc. We shall now examine the vowel-groups in Irish.
§ 91. SOUNDS OF ia AND ua.
| ia | is pronounced | ee-ă | almost like | ea | in | real |
| ia | „ | oo-ă | „ | ui | „ | truant |
Each vowel is pronounced separately, the second vowel being obscure.
