Tag Archives: numbers in Irish
Irish ‘Fill in the Blanks’ for ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ (Dhá Lá Dhéag na Nollag) (cuid/part 1 of 2) Posted by róislín on Dec 28, 2017
(le Róislín) What kind of bird (cén sórt éin) is that in the tree? And what kind of tree (cén sórt crainn) is it? How would you fill in the phrase “sé __ __ __ ag breith“? And what are those píobairí and drumadóirí doing ar an 11ú lá agus an 12ú lá den Nollaig? …
Bunuimhreacha, Orduimhreacha is Maoluimhreacha — A Thiarcais! (Oh my!) Posted by róislín on Dec 25, 2012
(le Róislín) Yes, yet another méimtheideal (meme title), with my old favorite “3 + Oh my!” as the “méim.” For this blog, we’ll look at three types of numbers in Irish: bunuimhreacha [BUN-IV-rukh-uh], orduimhreacha [ORD-IV-rukh-uh], and maoluimhreacha [MWEEL-IV-rukh-uh / MWAYL-IV-rukh-uh]. And we’ll polish it off with some tagairtí Nollag from, you guessed it, “Dhá Lá Dhéag…
Bígí Ciúin! Ba é an cat é! Or Should That Be “Ba Iad Na Deich gCat Dhubha Iad”? Posted by róislín on Oct 15, 2012
(le Róislín) Just when you may have thought there couldn’t possibly be any more rialacha for comhaireamh in Irish, there is at least one more point to be addressed — the use of adjectives with the nouns being counted (e.g. two big dogs, five small cats). Given the season, let’s count black cats. As you’ll…