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OP Can you give me a phonetic pronunciation of "col duine"?
It's not a real word in Irish, so not a very useful thing to know how to say!
But I can try to describe it: "col" is pronounced something like I would say the English word "cull" - /kVl/. "Duine" (meaning "person") is pronounced a bit like a British person would say "dinner" (with no "r" sound) - /dIn@/.
Now, to be more exact:
consonants in Irish have a "broad" and a "slender" pronunciation depending on context. The slender version is palatalised and occurs if the consonant is preceded by or followed by "e" or "i". Otherwise it is broad.
In "duine", the n is slender. This means its sound tends somewhat towards Spanish ñ. Furthermore, the "d" is not clear and crisp like an English [d], but is softer, about halfway between /d/ and /D/.
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