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16 October 2014

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Colin needs to clear his tab at Allen's garage. No money = no fuel. Splash the cash!

download the audioPounds (mp3)

How much? Cé mhéad?
£1Punt
£2Dhá phunt
£3trí phunt
£4ceithre phunt
£5cúig phunt
£6sé phunt
£7seacht bpunt
£8ocht bpunt
£9 naoi bpunt
£10deich bpunt
£15cúig phunt déag
£20 fiche punt
£25 fiche a cúig punt

download the audioPence (mp3)

1ppingin amháin
2pdhá phingin
3ptrí pingine
5pcúig pingine
10p deich bpingine
20p fiche pingin
25pfiche a cúig pingine
30ptríocha pingin
40pceathracha pingin
50pcaoga pingin
60pseasca pingin
65pseasca a cúig pingine
70pseachtó pingin
80pochtó pingin
90pnócha pingin

download the audioMoney (mp3)

£1.00punt
£1.20punt fiche
£5.55cúig phunt caoga a cúig
£1.50punt caoga
£2.30 dhá phunt tríocha
£3.40trí phunt ceathracha
£3.65trí phunt seasca a cúig
£3.75 trí phunt seachtó a cúig
£4.50ceithre phunt caoga
£5.55cúig phunt caoga a cúig
£6.60sé phunt seasca
£7.10seacht bpunt deich
£8.45ocht bpunt ceathracha a cúig
£9.63naoi bpunt seasca a trí
£10.70deich bpunt seachtó
£20.50 fiche punt caoga


footnotes Numbers 1-6 dunk a "h" after the first letter - in general!

Numbers 7-10 affect the very start of the first letter - in general! (See "Before You Start : Pronunciation and Stuff : An Béal Bocht" section in the Little Black Book over on the left)

But rules are made to be broken, as Colin knows by now so don't freak out when you see these few exceptions :
"pingin" (penny),
"bliain" (year),
"ceann" (head),
"uair" (hour)

Irritatingly, they change their form when being counted from 3-10......just trying to show off!

3-6 pingine / bliana / cinn / huaire
7-10 bpingine / mbliana / gcinn / n-uaire

But don't worry, these are the exceptions!

40 = "ceathracha" but some people like to use "daichead" for 40. Colin prefers "ceathracha" because it reminds him of the Irish for 4.

41 Daichead a haon
42 Daichead a dó
43 Daichead a trí
44 Daichead a ceathair
45 Daichead a cúig
46 Daichead a sé
47 Daichead a seacht
48 Daichead a hocht
49 Daichead a naoi

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