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EXERCISE XIII.
§ 100. LONG SOUND OF iú.
Examples—fiú (few), iúl (ewl), diúr (dewr), ciúl (kewl). At present we cannot conveniently introduce the few words containing iú into the exercises.
§ 101. SHORT SOUND OF eo AND iu.
In addition to the long sounds, eo and iu have a short sound. The short sound of both can be represented by (yŭ). There are only a few words containing this sound and these words cannot be introduced at present.
§102. It is usual now to write eo and iu without any mark of length over the last vowels; it is to be understood therefore that eo and iu always represent the long sounds given above in § 95.
EXERCISE XIV.
§ 103. THE DIGRAPHS IN IRISH.
For the meaning of digraph, see § 90. Some digraphs represent long vowel-sounds, and others represent short vowel-sounds.
§ 104. The long vowel-sounds are often represented by digraphs consisting of two vowels, one of which is MARKED LONG. Thus:—
| ái | is sounded like | á, | i.e., like phonetic symbol | au |
| éi | „„ | é, | „„ | ae |
| ói | „„ | ó, | „„ | ō |
| úi | „„ | ú, | „„ | oo |
