21 years old in irish

f140

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

Aard

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".

An gal gréine

...also aon déag ar fhichid = 31
and aon déag is fiche = 31

Aard

Would that not be a bit obscure?

An gal gréine

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"

AnLonDubh

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.

deirdremf

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

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