{"id":11389,"date":"2020-12-01T01:00:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T01:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=11389"},"modified":"2021-03-17T21:02:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T21:02:35","slug":"telling-time-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/telling-time-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"Telling time in Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"

An t-am – The time<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dia daoibh!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Today we are going to talk about an t-am,\u00a0<\/em>the time in Irish. Before we do that, let’s look at some numbers:<\/p>\n

a haon<\/strong> (uh HAYN)<\/em> – one<\/p>\n

a d\u00f3<\/em><\/strong> (uh DOH) – two<\/p>\n

a tr\u00ed<\/em> <\/strong>(uh TREE) – three<\/p>\n

a ceathair<\/em><\/strong> (uh KA-hir) – four<\/p>\n

a c\u00faig<\/em><\/strong> (uh KOO-ig) – five<\/p>\n

a s\u00e9<\/strong> (uh SHAY) –<\/em> six<\/p>\n

a seacht<\/em><\/strong> (uh SHAKHT) – seven<\/p>\n

a hocht<\/strong> (<\/em>uh HOKHT) – eight<\/p>\n

a naoi<\/em><\/strong> (uh NEE) – nine<\/p>\n

a deich<\/em> <\/strong>(uh JEH) – ten<\/i><\/p>\n

a haon d\u00e9ag<\/em><\/strong> (uh HAYN jayg) – eleven<\/p>\n

a d\u00f3 dh\u00e9ag<\/em><\/strong> (uh DOH yeg) – twelve<\/p>\n

Fiche<\/em><\/strong> (FEE-hyeh) \u2013 twenty<\/p>\n

Fiche a c\u00faig<\/em><\/strong> (FEE-hyeh uh KOO-ig) \u2013 twenty five<\/p>\n

Now that we know the numbers in Irish, let’s look at some necessary vocabulary and expressions for time telling:<\/p>\n

C\u00e9n t-am \u00e9?<\/em><\/strong> (kayn tam ay?) \u2013 <\/span>What time is it? (or C\u00e9n t-am at\u00e1 s\u00e9<\/em><\/strong> and Cad \u00e9 an t-am at\u00e1 s\u00e9<\/em><\/strong>)<\/span><\/p>\n

A chlog <\/em><\/strong>(uh khlog) <\/span>\u2013 <\/span><\/em>O\u2019clock<\/span><\/p>\n

Tar \u00e9is <\/em><\/strong>(tar aysh)<\/span> \u2013 <\/span><\/em>Past\u00a0 (In the Ulster dialect – i ndiaidh<\/strong>)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Chun <\/strong><\/span><\/em>(khun)<\/span>\u2013 <\/span><\/em>To (Ulster – go dt\u00ed<\/strong>)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Leathuair tar \u00e9is <\/strong><\/span><\/em>(Laa-er tar aysh)<\/span> \u2013 <\/span><\/em>Half Past<\/span><\/p>\n

Ceathr\u00fa <\/strong><\/span><\/em>(<\/span>KAA-hroo<\/span>)<\/span> \u2013 <\/span><\/em>Quarter<\/span><\/p>\n

N\u00f3im\u00e9ad <\/strong><\/span><\/em>(NOH-mayd)<\/span> \u2013 <\/span><\/em>Minute\u00a0 (Ulster – bomaite)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Uair <\/strong>– <\/span><\/em>hour<\/span><\/p>\n

Me\u00e1n Lae <\/strong>(myahn lay) – Midday\/noon<\/p>\n

Me\u00e1n O\u00edche\u00a0<\/strong>(myahn EE-hyeh) – Midnight<\/p>\n

Is me\u00e1n o\u00edche \u00e9<\/strong> – <\/em>It\u2019s midnight<\/p>\n

Is me\u00e1n lae \u00e9<\/strong> – <\/em>It\u2019s midday\/noon<\/p>\n

Ar maidin<\/em> \u2013 <\/b>In the morning<\/p>\n

San iarn\u00f3in<\/em> \u2013 <\/b>In the afternoon (Ulster – sa tr\u00e1thn\u00f3na<\/em>)<\/b><\/p>\n

San o\u00edche<\/em> \u2013 <\/b>At night<\/p>\n

Sampla\u00ed<\/em> (Examples):<\/p>\n

T\u00e1 s\u00e9 ceathr\u00fa tar \u00e9is a seacht<\/em> \u2013 <\/span>It\u2019s quarter past seven<\/span><\/p>\n

T\u00e1 s\u00e9 c\u00faig tar \u00e9is a d\u00f3<\/em> \u2013 <\/span>It\u2019s five past two<\/span><\/p>\n

T\u00e1 s\u00e9 leathuair tar \u00e9is a deich<\/em> \u2013 <\/span>It\u2019s half past ten<\/span><\/p>\n

T\u00e1 s\u00e9 fiche chun a tr\u00ed<\/em> \u2013 <\/span>It\u2019s twenty to three<\/span><\/p>\n

T\u00e1 s\u00e9 deich chun a hocht<\/em> \u2013 <\/span>It\u2019s ten to eight\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now it’s your turn! Aistrigh go Gaeilge <\/em>(translate into Irish) following the example and leave a comment below:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s half past one = T\u00e1 s\u00e9 leathuair tar \u00e9is a haon<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s quarter past nine =\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s twenty to twelve =<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s eleven o\u2019 clock =<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s ten to five =<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s five past two in the afternoon =<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s twenty five past ten at night =<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s ten past seven in the morning =<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s three o\u2019 clock in the morning =<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s quarter to four =<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s eight o\u2019 clock at night =\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sl\u00e1n go f\u00f3ill! <\/em><\/strong>Bye for now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

An t-am – The time Dia daoibh!   Today we are going to talk about an t-am,\u00a0the time in Irish. Before we do that, let’s look at some numbers: a haon (uh HAYN) – one a d\u00f3 (uh DOH) – two a tr\u00ed (uh TREE) – three a ceathair (uh KA-hir) – four a c\u00faig…<\/p>\n

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