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Let’s look at the u sound in Gaelic, for which there is a short u and a long ù.
Listen to the short u sound:
Now, listen out for the short u sound in these examples:
a voice
a strong voice
an egg
a duck egg
The long ù sound, as always, is represented by a grave accent ( ` ) over the vowel. Listen to the long ù sound now:
Listen for the ‘ù’ sound in these examples:
an uproar
a big uproar
a dog
a young dog