My mother tells me she still does her sums as gaeilge,although she has forgotten practically everything else - barrring a few prayers.

So: a cúig agus a trí sin a hocht etc.Good for remembering the numbers.Ach conas a deirfea 9 X 7 = 63 mar shampla nó 8 into 64 = 8.

Foclóir Scoil no help here.

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(Message edited by seánw on October 22, 2009)

(Message edited by seánw on October 22, 2009)

9 fá/faoi 7 sin a 63
nó
seacht naoi sin a 63

64 roinnte ar a h8 sin 8

5 móide a trí sin 8
5 lúide a dó sin a trí

Maith agaibh! I have a nursery rhyme somewhere,and I'm sure they chant ' a haon is a naoi..etc' maybe not strictly correct though?

"A haon is a naoi sin a deich" was used in my schooldays (1 + 9 = 10) Fadó! I don't know if the subtraction would be "a haon óna naoi sin a hocht" (9 - 1 = 8)

Móide and lúide are good words and remind us of a structure seldom used but too good to forget:
"Ní troimide an loch an lacha". Now what on earth does that mean?
Or "Is fearrde thú Guinness?"
Not to mention "Ba bhoichtede muid dá n-uireasa?"

"Ní troimide an loch an lacha". Now what on earth does that mean?

Literally? The lake does not weigh more due to the duck. Metaphorically, learning is no weight.