Numbers, days, months and seasons. Counting and keeping time on the calendar offer special situations in speaking. Here are some sample sentences to show you how they work. If you hover your mouse arrow over the speaker icon you can hear the sentence spoken.

Gaeilge (Gaoluinn)	Béarla	Éist
Cheannaíos na beithígh sin ar thrí puint fhichead an ceann.	I bought those cattle for twenty-three pounds each.
An mó peann atá sa bhosca san?	How many pens are there in that box?
Tá cúig cinn déag ann.	There are fifteen in it.
Thugas an triú cuid den airgead dom athair.	I gave the third part of the money to my father.
An mór a thugais dó? Trí puint déag agus daichead.	How much did you give him? Fifty-three pounds.
Tá trí chéad agus cúig laetheanta agus trí fichid sa bhliain.	There are three hundred and sixty-five days in the year.
Tá deich lá fichead san Aibreán agus aon lá déag ar fhichid i mí na Bealtaine.	There are thirty days in April, and thirty-one days in May.
Thánadar Dé Céadaoin, an cúigiú lá déag de Mhárta, agus imeoid siad Déardaoin, an dara lá de Mheitheamh.	They came on Wednesday, the fifteenth of March, and they will go away on Thursday, the second of June.
Cuirtear an síol san Earrach agus baintear an barra sa bhFómhar.	The seed is sown in Spring and the crop is cut in Autumn.
Tá cúigear siúinéirí agus triúr saor cloiche ag obair sa tigh sin.	There are five carpenters and three masons working in that house.
An mó ceoltóir a bhí ag seint sa halla anocht?	How many musicians were playing in the hall tonight?
Do chonaiceamair trí dhuine dhéag ann, ach do bhí ceathrar eile nár fhéadamair a fheiscint.	We saw thirteen there, and there were four others whom we could not see.
An mór a thugais don fhear ar an gcapall san? Naoi bpuint déag is trí fichid.	How much did you give the man for that horse? Seventy nine pounds.
An mó réal atá i bpunt? Daichead.	How many sixpences are there in a pound? Forty.
Beidh m’aintin ag teacht ar an dara lá déag de Lúnasa.	My aunt will be coming on the twelfth of August.
Is é an Domhnach so chúinn an chéad lá de Mheitheamh.	Next Sunday is the first of June.
A seacht fé cheathair sin a hocht is fiche, dhá scilling agus tuistiún.	Four sevens are twenty-eight, two shillings and fourpence.
A cúig fichead agus a haondéag sin sédéag ar fhichid.	Twenty-five and eleven are thirty-six.
Is í an Aoine an séú lá den tseachtain.	Friday is the sixth day of the week.
Is é an seachtú lá déag de Mhárta Lá le Pádraig.	The seventeenth of March is St. Patrick’s Day.
Chím beirt fhear agus triúr buachaillí ag teacht trasna na páirce.	I see two men and three boys coming across the field.
Tá cúigear sagart sa pharóiste.	There are five priests in the parish.
Níl ach deich lá fichead san Aibreán, sa Mheitheamh agus i mí Mheán an Fhómhair.	There are only thirty days in April, June and September.
Is é an Satharn an ceathrú lá de mhí na Samhna.	Saturday is the fourth of November.
An mó iascaire a chonaicís thíos ag an gcé anocht? Mórsheisear.	How many fishermen did you see down at the quay tonight? Seven.

 

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