Can you identify numbers of objects and people in Irish?
Speaking
Can you count to ten? Déan cuntas go dtí a deich.
Instead of dó, we use dhá for the number two when followed by a noun, for example:
Instead of ceathair, we use ceithre for the number four when followed by a noun, for example:
To count from 11 to 19, we simply add déag after the first number.
a haon déag | eleven |
a dó dhéag | twelve |
a trí deag | thirteen |
a ceathair déag | fourteen |
a cúig déag | fifteen |
a sé déag | sixteen |
a seacht déag | seventeen |
a hocht déag | eighteen |
a naoi déag | nineteen |