Other numbers
We use different words when counting people in Irish.
Can you count up to twelve people in Irish? Déan cuntas go dtí a dó dhéag.
duine amháin - one person
beirt - two people
triúr - three people
ceathrar - four people
cúigear - five people
seisear - six people
seachtar - seven people
ochtar - eight people
naonúr - nine people
deichniúr - ten people
aon duine dhéag - eleven people
dáréag - twelve people
Ordinal numbers
Ordinal numbers tell us the position of something.
For example, first, second or third.
We also use these in Irish to indicate dates.
For example, an seachtú lá mí Feabhra - the seventh of February
an chéad - first
an dara - second
an triú - third
an ceathrú - fourth
an cúigiú - fifth
an séú - sixth
an seachtú - seventh
an t-ochtú - eighth
an naoú - ninth
an deichiú - tenth
an t-aonú lá déag - the eleventh day
an fichiú - twentieth
an t-aonú lá is fiche - the twenty-first day
Other useful vocabulary
| leath | half |
| go leith | and a half |
| Cá mhéad? | How much/many? |
| Cén mhéid? | What size? |
| dáta | date |
| bliain | year |
| móide | plus |
| lúide | minus |
| leath |
| half |
| go leith |
| and a half |
| Cá mhéad? |
| How much/many? |
| Cén mhéid? |
| What size? |
| dáta |
| date |
| bliain |
| year |
| móide |
| plus |
| lúide |
| minus |
