Séimhiú & Urú

Question 1

What does adding an urú do to a letter?

Answer 1

Replaces an unvoiced consonant with its voiced equivalent, or replaces a voiced consonant with its nasal equivalent.

Question 2

What are the only letters that can ever take an urú?

Answer 2

b, c, d, f, g, p, t

Question 3

What urú is added to “b”?

Answer 3

m –> mb

Question 4

What urú is added to “c”?

Answer 4

g –> gc

Question 5

What urú is added to “d”?

Answer 5

n –> nd

Question 6

What urú is added to “f”?

Answer 6

bh –> bhf

Question 7

What urú is added to “g”?

Answer 7

n –> ng

Question 8

What urú is added to “p”?

Answer 8

p –>bp

Question 9

What urú is added to “t”?

Answer 9

t –> dt

Question 10

What is added to words beginning with a vowel as an urú?

Answer 10

n-

Question 11

When capitalising words with an urú or writing in all caps, what is done with the urú?

Answer 11

stays lowercase (can be capitalised if everything is caps, but also okay to drop for just the urú)

Question 12

What are the only letters that can ever take a séimhiú?

Answer 12

b, c, d, f, g, m, p, s, t

Question 13

What is added to words beginning with a vowel as a séimhiú?

Answer 13

nothing

Question 14

Explain the DoTS after DeNTaLS rule.

Answer 14

If a word beginning with d, t, or s is meant to take a séimhiú, but is following a word ending with d, n, t, l, or s, you do not add the “h”.

Question 15

What starting sounds, beginning with “s” CANNOT take a séimhiú?

Answer 15

sc, sp, st, sm, sf

Question 16

When do we add a “t” before an “s”, instead of a “h” afterwards?

Answer 16

If a séimhiú should be added, if it is after the alt “an”, and if the word begins with s-guta, sl, sn, or sr.

Question 17

What are the only letters that CAN take a séimhiú after any preposition-plus-an?

Answer 17

b, c, f, g, p

Question 18

What are the only letters that CAN take an urú after any preposition-plus-an?

Answer 18

b, c, f, g, p