In A1 of SpeakGaelic when we learnt about an teaghlaich againn (our family), we also looked at àireamhan. In this section we will extend this to look at aois (age).
Dè an aois a tha thu?
What age are you?
Tha mi fichead bliadhn’ a dh’aois
I am twenty years of age
When talking about people’s ages, we include the word bliadhna (year) alongside the àireamhan (numbers) we have learnt. Some important things to remember:
1 | – | bliadhna | a dh’aois |
2 | dà | bhliadhna | a dh’aois |
3 | trì | bliadhna | a dh’aois |
4 | ceithir | bliadhna | a dh’aois |
5 | còig | bliadhna | a dh’aois |
6 | sia | bliadhna | a dh’aois |
7 | seachd | bliadhna | a dh’aois |
8 | ochd | bliadhna | a dh’aois |
9 | naoi | bliadhna | a dh’aois |
10 | deich | bliadhna | a dh’aois |
11 | aon | bhliadhna | deug |
12 | dà | bhliadhna | dheug |
13 | trì | bliadhna | deug |
14 | ceithir | bliadhna | deug |
15 | còig | bliadhna | deug |
16 | sia | bliadhna | deug |
17 | seachd | bliadhna | deug |
18 | ochd | bliadhna | deug |
19 | naoi | bliadhna | deug |
20 | fichead | bliadhna | a dh’aois |
21 | – | bliadhna | air fhichead |
22 | dà | bhliadhna | air fhichead |
23 | trì | bliadhna | air fhichead |
24 | ceithir | bliadhna | air fhichead |
25 | còig | bliadhna | air fhichead |
26 | sia | bliadhna | air fhichead |
27 | seachd | bliadhna | air fhichead |
28 | ochd | bliadhna | air fhichead |
29 | naoi | bliadhna | air fhichead |
30 | trithead | bliadhna | a dh’aois |