Two counting systems
Dà shiostam–cunntaidh
Look at the sentences below and play with the different answers until you're happy with them. There are no wrong answers. Have fun!
Cha tuirt thu
You didn't say
aon air fhichead
twenty–one
dhà air fhichead
twenty–two
deich air fhichead
thirty
dà fhichead ’s a trì
forty–three
leth–cheud ’s a còig
fifty–five
trì fichead
sixty
trì fichead ’s a deich
seventy
trì fichead ’s a còig deug
seventy–five
ceithir fichead
eighty
ceithir fichead ’s a deich
ninety
ceud
one hundred, a hundred
, an tuirt? Tha sin do–chreidsinneach!
, did you? That's unbelievable!
Cha tuirt thu
You didn't say
fichead ’s a h–aon
twenty–one
fichead ’s a dhà
twenty–two
trithead
thirty
ceathrad ’s a trì
forty–three
caogad ’s a còig
fifty–five
seasgad
sixty
seachdad
seventy
seachdad ’s a còig
seventy–five
ochdad
eighty
naochad
ninety
ceud
one hundred, a hundred
, an tuirt? Tha sin do–chreidsinneach!
, did you? That's unbelievable!