Telling the time Ag innse na h-uarach

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Numbers

Look out for the following pieces of vocabulary in this clip.

Numbers - one to ten:

aon one

dhà two

trì three

ceithir four

còig five

sia six

seachd seven

ochd eight

naoi nine

deich ten

Eleven to nineteen:

aon deug eleven

dhà dheug twelve

trì deug thirteen

ceithir deug fourteen

còig deug fifteen

sia deug sixteen

seachd deug seventeen

ochd deug eighteen

naoi deug nineteen

Twenty plus - traditional method:

fichead 20

dà fhichead 40

trì fichead 60

ceithir fichead 80

For other numbers you add 1-19 after fichead:

fichead ’s a naoi 29 (literally twenty and nine)

fichead ’s a h-aon deug 31 (literally twenty and eleven)

dà fhichead ’s a naoi 49 (literally two twenties and nine)

trì fichead ’s a còig 65 (three twenties and five)

trì fichead ’s a trì deug 73 (three twenties and thirteen)

ceithir fichead ’s a naoi deug 99 (four twenties and nineteen)

Twenty plus - the decimal system:

trithead 30

trithead ’s a h-aon 31

ceathrad 40

ceathrad ’s a còig 45

caogad 50

caogad ’s a dhà 52

seasgad 60

seasgad ’s a trì 63

seachdad 70

seachdad ’s a seachd 77

ochdad 80

naochad 90

ceud 100