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QuestionWhat one thousand in Irish?Community Answer"Míle" is "thousand" in Irish, according to Google Translation.
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QuestionCan I purchase a DVD to learn numbers?Community AnswerOf course. But there are plenty of YouTube videos you can put on a playlist and listen to instead (for free).
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QuestionWhy is 12's format different than 11, 13, and all the other teens when counting to 100 in Irish?Community AnswerThe Irish alphabet doesn't actually contain the letter H, the H you're seeing is the modern depiction of the "séimhiú" or lenition. It used to be depicted by a dot over the consonant, but more commonly now the letter "h" is used directly following the consonant. Its purpose is to make the word easier and more natural to say, basically. Saying "a dó déag" with the two harsh "d" sounds right after one another is a little awkward, so the séimhiú helps the speaker out by softening the second "d" sound into something that'll flow more naturally from the tongue. If you're interested in learning more, google séimhiú (lenition) and urú (eclipsis).
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QuestionHow do I say 334?T LeeCommunity AnswerThree hundred thirty-four is "trí chéad is tríocha a ceathair" in Irish. The pronunciation changes for two hundred, three hundred, four hundred, etc. because of a change called lenition. For numbers seven through nine, this change is called eclipsis. 400 = ceithre chéad, 500 = cúig chéad, 600 = sé chéad, 700= seacht gcéad, 800 = ocht gcéad, 90 = naoi gcéad (gc is pronounced just like "g" in "gun").
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QuestionI got two different answers for one, ceann and a haon, which is correct or can you use both?T LeeCommunity Answer"Ceann" isn't used to count things. It's a pronoun you can use to avoid repeating the same word. "Ceann" literally means "head." For example, I have two dogs, but my sister has four, would be translated literally as "Is two dogs I have, but is four heads have my sister." "Tá dhá mhadra agam, ach tá ceithre cinn ag mo dheirfiúr."
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QuestionFor which Irish dialect is it?T LeeCommunity AnswerThis is standard for all dialects of Irish. The only difference would be perhaps in how the sounds are pronounced.
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QuestionWhat is zero in Irish numbers?T LeeCommunity AnswerTo say "zero" (0) in Irish is "a náid." Keep in mind this is only when you're counting by itself. "Zero, one, two, three"... is "a náid, a haon, a dó, a trí...".
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QuestionHow do you say a birthdate? April 4 1987?T LeeCommunity AnswerApril 4, 1987, is said like "the fourth day of the month April nineteen eighty seven." In Irish, it's written out like "an ceathrú lá de mhi Aibreán naoi déag ochtó seacht. You can also say "an ceathrú lá d'Aibreán" to shorten it a bit. It can abbreviated when written as 4 Aibreán 1987 or 4ú Aibreán 1987.
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QuestionA popular teaching programme translates "There are twenty one horses on the farm" as "Ta capaill is fiche ar an feirm". Why is twenty one given this way?"T LeeCommunity AnswerDepending on the dialect, this would actually be translated as: "Tá aon chapall is fiche ar an bhfeirm" (Standard/Connact/Munster) or "Tá aon chapall is fiche ar an fheirm" (Ulster). This article explains how to count numbers, but not how to count things. When you are counting things, the numbers change and so do how you say it. For this, the singles digit (1-9) always comes before the noun, and then the tens digit comes after, followed by the word "is," which is just a shortening of the word "agus" (and).
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