If we are going to talk about finance and keep an eye on the interest rate(s) or the rate of inflation, we will need a little more vocabulary about counting and numeracy/numbering in Gaelic.
We should now be comfortable enough with (the) numbers at this stage, but decimal numbers and percentages are needed to talk about money and about finance.
às a’ cheud
percent
a’ mhòr-chuid (f)
the majority
a dhà uimhir
twice as many/much
ceudad (m)
percentage
a’ bheag-chuid (f)
the minority
an treas cuid
a third
puing (f)
point
cuid mhath
a good amount
cairteal (m)
a quarter
We learned about àireamhan òrdail (ordinal numbers) before, but we can use them with cuid (share, part) to talk about amount (or size), or parts of something: an treas cuid (a third) no (the third part).
1d | 2na | 3mh | 4mh | 5mh | 6mh | 7mh | 8mh | 9mh |
a’ chiad | dàrna | treas(amh) | ceathramh | còigeamh | siathamh | seachdamh | ochdamh | naoidheamh |
Decimal numbers are simple enough.
We use puing for ‘point’ and the the numbers that we already know.
0.1 | neoni puing a h-aon |
1.2 | aon puing a dhà |
2.3 | dà puing a trì |
4.5 | ceithir puing a còig |
5.6 | còig puing a sia |
6.7 | sia puing a seachd |
7.8 | seachd puing a h-ochd |
8.9 | ochd puing a naoi |
9.01 | naoi puing neoni a h-aon |
6.1 | sia puing a h-aon |
6.01 | sia puing neoni a h-aon |
For ceudadan (percentages), we add às a’ cheud after the number:
21.1% | fichead ‘s a h-aon puing a h-aon às a’ cheud |
53.45% | leth-cheud ‘s a trì puing ceathrad ‘s a còig às a’ cheud |