NumbersListening (Foundation): Multiples of ten

Can you identify numbers of objects and people in Irish?

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Listening (Foundation): Multiples of ten

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Here are some useful of ten in Irish. Listen to the pronunciation and then try to say them yourself.

fiche - twenty

tríocha - thirty

daichead - forty

caoga - fifty

seasca - sixty

seachtó - seventy

ochtó - eighty

nócha - ninety

céad - a hundred

míle - a thousand

milliún - a million

To count twenty-one, twenty-two etc use the multiple of ten, and then add a basic number. For example:

fiche a haontwenty-one
fiche a dótwenty-two
fiche a trítwenty-three
fiche a ceathairtwenty-four
tríocha a cúigthirty-five
daichead a séforty-six
seachtó a naoiseventy-nine
ochtó a seachteighty-seven
fiche a haon
twenty-one
fiche a dó
twenty-two
fiche a trí
twenty-three
fiche a ceathair
twenty-four
tríocha a cúig
thirty-five
daichead a sé
forty-six
seachtó a naoi
seventy-nine
ochtó a seacht
eighty-seven