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21 years old in irish

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  • 14-09-2014 9:54pm
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    f140
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    are both these ways correct for saying 21 + 31?


    aon bhliain is fiche daois
    bliain is fiche daois


    similarly could you use for 31:
    aon bhliain is triocha daois
    bliain is triocha daois


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    Aard
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    Both sound OK to me. The longer version sounds slightly more formal. You could even shorten it further in informal situations like so: "Cén aois é? ... Bliain 's fiche".

    Also just to be hyper accurate, there's an apostrophe: d'aois, from "de aois".


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    An gal gréine
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    ...also aon déag ar fhichid = 31
    and aon déag is fiche = 31


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    Aard
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    Would that not be a bit obscure?


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    An gal gréine
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    No. You regularly hear the age of someone just deceased being described as "bhí sé/sí trí bliana déag is trí fhichid"
    or "bhí sé/sí trí bliana déag is trí scór"
    or "bhí sé/sí trí bliana déag le cois an trí fhichid" all meaning "he/she was 73".

    Rarely do you hear "bhí sé/sí seachtó trí". More likely to hear "bhí sé/sí seventy three" :)


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    AnLonDubh
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    Aard wrote: »
    Would that not be a bit obscure?
    I'd say it is more common. I've only heard things like:

    Táim aon bhliain déag is trí fichid d'aois.


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    deirdremf
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    f140 wrote: »
    are both these ways correct for saying 21 + 31?


    aon bhliain is fiche daois
    bliain is fiche daois


    similarly could you use for 31:
    aon bhliain is triocha daois
    bliain is triocha daois

    Bliain is fiche d'aois.

    Aon bhliain déag is fiche.
    Bliain is tríocha d'aois.

    51 = bliain is leathchéad

    I mo thuairimín féinig!


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