Online Irish Series 8: Numbers
Today I’d like to look at numbers. Irish has quite a few counting systems. The numbers change slightly whether you’re counting people or years, which is fairly complicated, but today we’re only going to look at cardinal numbers 1-10, because today we’re taking it easy! 0 a náid 1 a haon 2 a dó
3 a trí
4 a ceathair
5 a cúig
6 a sé
7 a seacht
8 a hocht
9 a naoi
10 a deich Here’s a pronunciation video I suggest you learn to say these by heart, as quickly as you can, from the top, from the bottom,from the middle, upside down, you learn to say your phone number or your address. It’s quite useful! Luckily, Irish is not as ridiculous with the numbers as other languages, so even as you’re counting onwards, they’re all decimal and they make sense (I’m looking at you, French and Welsh). Hope you enjoyed today’s slightly calmer class and I’ll see you tomorrow at 3pm!
