Quick guide to numbers cheat sheet

Eoin Ó Conchúir
16 November 2022
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The PDF cheat sheet for Irish language learners and enthusiasts is published under a Creative Commons license. Please share with your fellow lovers of Gaeilge. No opt-in required.

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Following on from our Guide to Numbers cheat sheet for Irish language learners, we’ve condensed the info into one sheet. Download the free PDF below.

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This shareable cheat sheet is a quick reference tool with examples of counting in the Irish language across four different forms:

Basic numbers in Irish (one, two, three…)
Counting things
Counting people (yes, this is different!)
Ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd…)

The cheat sheet contains a notes section:

Séimhiú on 2-6 when counting things, urú on 7-10
Nouns after personal numbers in genitive plural
Séimhiú on b, c, f, g, m, p after beirt and an chéad

See our blog posts on lenition (séimhiú) and urú (ellipsis) for some more information on these.

Go Deeper Along Your Irish Language Journey

This cheat sheet is based on the module “A Guide to Numbers and Counting” in Aistear Reference Pack, available to our Explore and Grow members.

P.S. What did you learn from this Irish language cheat sheet? Leave a comment below!

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