Money management
Can you tell how much things cost?
Getting started
Here is some useful vocabulary to get you started.
| pingin | 1p |
| dhá phingin | 2p |
| cúig pingine | 5p |
| deich bpingine | 10p |
| fiche pingin | 20p |
| caoga pingin | 50p |
| punt | £1 |
| dhá phunt | £2 |
| cúig phunt | £5 |
| deich bpunt | £10 |
| fiche punt | £20 |
| caoga punt | £50 |
caoga punt
Using numbers
- Using the numbers 2-6, we aspirate (add a séimhiú to) the noun - eg dhá phunt
- Using the numbers 7-10, we eclipse (add a urú to) the noun - eg ocht bpingine
- Using multiples of 10, we do nothing to the noun - eg tríocha punt
Pingin does not follow the regular rules for counting most nouns. A penny is pingin and two pence becomes dhá phingin. However for three to six pence, we add an e to make it pingine, and we don't lenite the noun (i.e. add a seimhiú). For seven to ten pence, just like most nouns, we eclipse/add an urú (in this case, b) to make it bpingine. In multiples of ten, we make no changes to the noun - for example, fiche pingin and caoga pingin.
Examples:
| aon phingin déag | 11p |
| dhá phingin déag | 12p |
| trí pingine déag | 13p |
| seacht bpingine déag | 17p |
| ocht bpingine déag | 18p |
| naoi bpingine déag | 19p |
| dhá phingin 's fiche | 22p |
| seacht bpingine 's fiche | 27p |
| ocht bpunt 's fiche | £28 |