Into the Twenties….
May 6, 2011
a h-aon, a dhà, a trì, a ceithir, a còig, a sia, a seachd, a h-ochd, a naoi, a deich, a h-aon deug, a dhà dheug, a trì deug, a ceithir deug, a còig deug, a sia deug, a seachd deug, a h-ochd deug, a naoi deug….
- a fichead (ah FEE-chet) twenty
- a h-aon air fhichead (ah hoon air EE-chet) twenty-on
- a dhà air fhichead
- a tri air fhichead
- a ceithir air fhichead
- etc…
Notice that fichead lenites after air. Also, the counting is the same as in German: one and twenty, two and twenty, etc.
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I have a question…( as usual)
Someone wants to write a paper dedicated “To Whiskey’ would they say
Dhuibh Uisge-beatha or is there a different form of “to” that should be used and a different order?
tapadh leat!
Hi, Renea, I’m seeing if I can find the answer to that. On this page I find an excerpt in which it is simply said: Do mo charaid Ruaridh Mac Leoid a sgriobh mi an leabhar so. (To my friend Ruaridh macLeodi I am writing this book…) The introduction at this page mentions that the author writes ‘with a slight admixture of Irish forms,’ so I’m guessing that the so at the end is the Irish for seo.