Séamas:A Sheáin (uh HYAW*-in), nífhaca mé(nee AHK-uh may*) túle fada anois. John, I didn't see you for a long time now.
Seán:Nach bhfaca tú, a Shéamais? (nahk* VAHK-uh too, uh HAY*-mish) Níor tháinig méamach innéar chor ar bith (NEE-uhr HAW*-nig may* uh-MAHK* in-YAY* huhr er BI). Didn't you, James? I didn't come out yesterday at all.
Séamas:Chuaigh méféin chuig an ollmhargadh ar maidin (K*OO-ig may* fay*n hig un oul-VWAHR-uh-guh er MAH-din). Is iontach (OON-tuhk*) anáité. I myself went to the supermarket this morning. It's a wonderful place.
Irish Lesson 43
The numbering system in Irish differentiates among simple cardinals (either stand-alone numbers, such as occur in mathematics, or numbers giving the quantity of some object) and ordinals, which put objects in some order. This will become clear when you study this lesson.