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Ó 0 go 10 (0 agus 10 agus na hUimhreacha Eatarthu) Posted by on Aug 22, 2011

(le Róislín) Recently we’ve looked at how to count a “couple” of things and how to count “two” of something (cúpla caife Gaelach, dhá chaife Ghaelacha).  So you might be wondering about the numbers in between, and also zero (variously represented in Irish as “nialas,” “náid,” and, by implication, in the phrase “ar bith”).    …

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Beagáinín Eile sa “Teanga” Téacsaise: 9L is am Posted by on Mar 3, 2011

(le Róislín) Seo sampla deas de théacsais: 9L is am.  An dtuigeann tú é?  Key thing, I’d say, especially for relative newcomers to Irish, is that you want to think of the phrase fully in Irish.  Since the amount of English-based texting far exceeds the amount that’s Irish-based, we may have to remind ourselves that…

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