5) How Many – Cé Mhéad?

“How many [quality][size][colour][objects] are there?”

• Stór Focal

  Big – mór

  Small – beag

  Tiny – mion- (lenites)

  Good – maith

  Bad – droch- (lenites)

  Beautiful – álainn

  White – bán

  Red – dearg

  Yellow - buí

  Green – glas

  Blue – gorm

  Purple – corcra

  Brown – donn

  Grey – liath

  Black – dubh

  None – ceann ar bith

  A few - beagán

  Several – cúpla

  Many – mórán / iomaí

  All – gach / an t-uile

  Any - aon (lenites)

• Stór Focal - Uimhreacha

  1 (single) – amháin (eg. cloch amháin)

  2 – dhá (singular or dual, lenites) (eg. dhá chloch)

  [Traditionally, numbers 3-6 lenite]

  3 – trí (lenites) (eg. trí chlocha)

  4 – ceithre (lenites) (eg. ceithre chlocha)

  5 – cúig (lenites) (eg. cúig chlocha)

  6 – sé (lenites) (eg. sé chlocha)

  [Traditionally, numbers 7-10 eclipse]

  7 – seacht (eclipses) (eg. seacht gclocha)

  8 – ocht (eclipses) (eg. ocht gclocha)

  9 – naoi (eclipses) (eg. naoi gclocha)

  10 – deich (eclipses) (eg. deich gclocha)

  [Whether nubers over 10 lenite or eclipse depends on the first element, déag equivalent to ‘teen’]

  11 – aon ___ déag (eg. aon bhróg déag)

Cé mhéad leabhar atá ann? How many books are there?

Dhá leabhair atá ann. There are two books.

Cé mhéad cloch atá ann? How many stones are there?

Tá cloch amháin ann. There is one stone.

An bhfuil trí chlocha ann? Are there three stones?

Níl, tá cloch amháin ann. No, there is one stone.

Tabhair dom an leabhar glas. Give me the green book.

Tóg an chloch dhubh. Take the black stone.

Cé mhéad peann mór dearg atá agat? How many large red pens do you have?

Tá trí phinn mhóra dhearga agam. I have three large red pens.

Tá do trí phinn mhóra dhearga uaim. I want your three large red pens.

Tabharfaidh mé dhá chinn dem phinn mhóra dhearga dhuitse má thabharfaidh tú do pheann beag dubh dom. I will give you two of my red pens if you will give me your small black pen.

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