duine / beirt

One and Two People

Level 2

Duine counts one person and beirt counts two: beirt chairde. Personal counting constructions are not the same as ordinary object counting.

How It Works

Duine counts one person and beirt counts two: beirt chairde. Personal counting constructions are not the same as ordinary object counting.

Duine can name one person. Beirt counts two people and can stand alone or take a following noun such as chairde. This personal-number construction does not use the same singular counting pattern as dhá bhád for two boats.

Examples (3)

  1. Tá duine anseo.

    There is a person here.

  2. Tá beirt anseo.

    There are two people here.

  3. Tháinig beirt chairde.

    Two friends came.

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duine / beirtLevel 2One and Two People

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Distinguish counting people from the ordinary dhá object-counting frame.

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Words in This Pattern

duinebeirt