Numbers: dates and years
Àireamhan: deitichean is bliadhnaichean
We hear dates and years often in news reports. A handy list will follow in a moment.
Have a go at reading this short report. If you don't understand any words, try looking them up in your dictionary or the LearnGaelic faclair.
Chaidh Pàrlamaid na Roinn–Eòrpa a stèidheachadh ann an 1958 ' naoi ceud deug leth–cheud 's a h–ochd ', ach cha deach taghadh a chumail gu 1979 ' naoi ceud deug seachdad 's a naoi '. Chaidh a' Phàrlamaid a neartachadh ann an 2009 ' dà mhìle 's a naoi ' le Cùmhnant Lisbon agus chaidh àireamh nam ball–pàrlamaid a stèidheachadh aig seachd deug caogad ’s a h-aon . Dh'atharraich sin gu seachd ceud ’s e h-aon (701) ann an 2020 ' dà mhìle is fichead ' | ' fichead is fichead ' nuair a dh'fhàg Breatann an t–Aonadh Eòrpach.
Faclan feumail
How did you get on? Here is the translation.
The European Parliament got/was established in 1958 'nineteen hundred and fifty eight', but an election didn't get/wasn’t held until 1979 'nineteen hundred and seventy nine'. The Parliament got/was strengthened in 2009 'two thousand and nine' by the Lisbon Treaty and the number of members of parliament was/got set at 751. That changed to 701 in 2020 'two thousand and twenty' | 'twenty twenty' when the United Kingdom left the European Union.