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There are two number systems in Welsh - the decimal system and
the older vigesimal system. The decimal system is more commonly
used now, although certain words from the older vigesimal system
are still in common usage, especially when telling the time. Be
thankful, though, that decimal is so popular, so you don't have
to learn pedwar ar bymtheg ar bedwar hugain for ninety nine!
Notes:
- Use numbers 1 to 10 with singular noun, e.g. "tri dyn" (three
men), or "naw coeden" (nine trees)
- Use numbers 11 and over with 'o' and plural noun, e.g. "undeg
naw o ddynion" (nineteen men)
- One, two, three and four have masculine and feminine forms.
Use the form that corresponds to the gender of the thing being
counted, e.g. tri mab (three sons), tair ferch (three daughters),
and remember to keep an eye on mutation
- One has only one spelling, un, but causes soft mutation of
feminine nouns
- Two, dau (m) and dwy (f) always causes soft mutation of the
following noun, e.g. dau fab, dwy ferch. When used with 'the',
both versions themselves undergo soft mutatation, e.g. y ddau
fab, y ddwy ferch
- The masculine form of three, tri, causes aspirite mutation -
this is more common in literary Welsh, but optional in speech.
C is most likely to be mutated in speech, but p and t less so.
Thus you may hear tri cheffyl (three horses) or tri ceffyl, but
are unlikely to hear tri phaced (three packets). The feminine
version, tair, causes no mutation
- Four has masculine and feminine versions - pedwar and pedair
- but neither cause mutation
- Five, pump, drops its final p when followed directly by a
noun, e.g. pum cath, (five cats), but pump o gathod
- Six, chwech, drops its final ch when followed directly by
a singular noun, and then causes aspirite mutation, e.g. chwe
cheiniog (six pence). Again, p and t are not always mutated,
and aspirate mutation is not consistently applied. The full
length version is used for plural nouns, with a following o,
or on it's own, e.g. chwech o afalau (six apples)
- When you are talking about a group of things or people, then
only use the feminine form when the whole group are feminine
or female, e.g. dwy ohonoch chi means 'two of you (females)',
whereas dau ohonoch chi could refer to a pair of males, or one
male and one female.
- Vigesimal numbers marked with an asterisk are still commonly
in use
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cardinal numerals
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ordinals (1st, 2nd etc.)
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decimal system |
vigesimal system |
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0 |
dim |
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1 |
un (m), un (f, SM) |
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cyntaf |
1af |
2 |
dau (m), dwy (f, SM) |
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ail |
2il |
3 |
tri (m, AM), tair (f) |
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trydydd (m), trydedd (f) |
3ydd
/3edd |
4 |
pedwar (m), pedair (f) |
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pedwerydd (m), pedwaredd (f) |
4ydd
/4edd |
5 |
pum(p) |
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pumed |
5ed |
6 |
chwe(ch) |
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chweched |
6ed |
7 |
saith |
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seithfed |
7ed |
8 |
wyth |
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wythfed |
8fed |
9 |
naw |
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nawfed |
9fed |
10 |
deg |
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degfed |
10fed |
11 |
undeg un |
un ar ddeg |
unfed ar ddeg |
11eg |
12 |
undeg dau |
deuddeg* |
deuddegfed |
12fed |
13 |
undeg tri |
tri ar ddeg |
trydydd ar ddeg |
13eg |
14 |
undeg pedwar |
pedwar ar ddeg |
pedwerydd ar ddeg |
14eg |
15 |
undeg pump |
pymtheg* |
pymthegfed |
15fed |
16 |
undeg chwech |
un ar bymtheg |
unfed ar bymtheg |
16eg |
17 |
undeg saith |
dau ar bymtheg |
ail ar bymtheg |
17eg |
18 |
undeg wyth |
deunaw |
deunawfed |
18fed |
19 |
undeg naw |
pedwar ar bymtheg |
pedwerydd ar bymtheg |
19eg |
20 |
dauddeg |
ugain* |
ugeinfed |
20fed |
21 |
dauddeg un |
un ar hugain |
unfed ar hugain |
21ain |
22 |
dauddeg dau |
dau ar hugain |
ail ar hugain |
22ain |
23 |
dauddeg tri |
tri ar hugain |
trydydd ar hugain |
23ain |
24 |
dauddeg pedwar |
pedwar ar hugain |
pedwerydd ar hugain |
24ain |
25 |
dauddeg pump |
pump ar hugain |
pumed ar hugain |
25ain |
26 |
dauddeg chwech |
chwech ar hugain |
chweched ar hugain |
26ain |
27 |
dauddeg saith |
saith ar hugain |
seithfed ar hugain |
27ain |
28 |
dauddeg wyth |
wyth ar hugain |
wythfed ar hugain |
28ain |
29 |
dauddeg naw |
naw ar hugain |
nawfed ar hugain |
29ain |
30 |
trideg |
deg ar hugain |
degfed ar hugain |
30ain |
31 |
trideg un |
un ar ddeg ar hugain |
unfed ar ddeg ar hugain |
31ain |
32 |
trideg dau |
deuddeg ar hugain |
after 31st, use either just the number or rhif plus the number,
e.g. rhif pedwardeg tri - forty third. Traditional ordinals
do exist and follow the same pattern as above, but aren't always
used. Exceptions are hundredth, thousanth, millionth and billionth. |
33 |
trideg tri |
tri ar ddeg ar hugain |
34 |
trideg pedwar |
pedwar ar ddeg ar hugain |
35 |
trideg pump |
pymtheg ar hugain |
36 |
trideg chwech |
un ar bymtheg ar hugain |
37 |
trideg saith |
dau ar bymtheg ar hugain |
38 |
trideg wyth |
deunaw ar hugain |
39 |
trideg naw |
pedwar ar bymtheg ar
hugain |
40 |
pedwardeg |
deugain |
41 |
pedwardeg un |
un a deugain |
42 |
pedwardeg dau |
dau a deugain |
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43 |
pedwardeg tri |
tri a deugain |
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44 |
pedwardeg pedwar |
pedwar a deugain |
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45 |
pedwardeg pump |
pump a deugain |
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46 |
pedwardeg chwech |
chwech a deugain |
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47 |
pedwardeg saith |
saith a deugain |
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48 |
pedwardeg wyth |
wyth a deugain |
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49 |
pedwardeg naw |
naw a deugain |
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50 |
pumdeg |
hanner cant |
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51 |
pumdeg un |
hanner cant ac un |
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52 |
pumdeg dau |
hanner cant a dau |
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53 |
pumdeg tri |
hanner cant a thri |
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54 |
pumdeg pedwar |
hanner cant a phedwar |
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55 |
pumdeg pump |
hanner cant a phump |
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56 |
pumdeg chwech |
hanner cant a chwech |
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57 |
pumdeg saith |
hanner cant a saith |
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58 |
pumdeg wyth |
hanner cant ac wyth |
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59 |
pumdeg naw |
hanner cant a naw |
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60 |
chwedeg |
trigain |
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61 |
chwedeg un |
un a thrigain |
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62 |
chwedeg dau |
dau a thrigain |
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63 |
chwedeg tri |
tri a thrigain |
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64 |
chwedeg pedwar |
pedwar ar thrigain |
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65 |
chwedeg pump |
pump a thrigain |
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66 |
chwedeg chwech |
chwech a thrigain |
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67 |
chwedeg saith |
saith a thrigain |
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68 |
chwedeg wyth |
with a thrigain |
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69 |
chwedeg naw |
naw a thrigain |
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70 |
saithdeg |
deg a thrigain |
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71 |
saithdeg un |
un ar ddeg a thrigain |
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72 |
saithdeg dau |
deuddeg a thrigain |
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73 |
saithdeg tri |
tri ar ddeg a thrigain |
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74 |
saithdeg pedwar |
pedwar ar ddeg a thrigain |
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75 |
saithdeg pump |
pymtheg a thrigain |
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76 |
saithdeg chwech |
un ar bymtheg a thrigain |
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77 |
saithdeg saith |
dau ar bymtheg a thrigain |
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78 |
saithdeg wyth |
deunaw a thrigain |
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79 |
saithdeg naw |
pedwar a bymtheg a thrigain |
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80 |
wythdeg |
pedwar ugain |
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81 |
wythdeg un |
un a phedwar ugain |
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82 |
wythdeg dau |
dau a phedwar ugain |
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83 |
wythdeg tri |
tri a phedwar ugain |
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84 |
wythdeg pedwar |
pedwar a phedwar ugain |
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85 |
wythdeg pump |
pump a phedwar ugain |
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86 |
wythdeg chwech |
chwech a phedwar ugain |
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87 |
wythdeg saith |
saith a phedwar ugain |
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88 |
wythdeg wyth |
wyth a phedwar ugain |
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89 |
wythdeg naw |
naw a phedar ugain |
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90 |
nawdeg |
deg a phedwar ugain |
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91 |
nawdeg un |
un ar ddeg a phedwar ugain |
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92 |
nawdeg dau |
deuddeg a phedwar ugain |
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93 |
nawdeg tri |
tri ar ddeg a phedwar ugain |
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94 |
nawdeg pedwar |
pedwar ar ddeg a phedwar ugain |
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95 |
nawdeg pump |
pymtheg a phedwar ugain |
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96 |
nawdeg chwech |
un ar bymtheg a phedwar ugain |
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97 |
nawdeg saith |
dau ar bymtheg a phwedwar ugain |
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98 |
nawdeg wyth |
deunaw a phedwar ugain |
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99 |
nawdeg naw |
pedwar ar bymtheg ar bedwar hugain /cant namyn
un |
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100 |
cant (cannoedd) |
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canfed |
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101 |
cant ac un |
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102 |
cant a dau |
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120 |
cant dauddeg |
cant ac ugain |
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200 |
dau gant |
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300 |
tri chant |
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400 |
pedwar cant |
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500 |
pum cant |
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600 |
chwe chant |
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700 |
saith cant |
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800 |
wyth cant |
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900 |
naw cant |
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1,000 |
mil (miloedd) |
milfed |
1,000,000 |
miliwn (miliynau) |
miliynfed |
1000,000,000 |
biliwn (biliynau) |
biliynfed |
fractions |
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half |
hanner (haneri) |
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third |
traean |
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two thirds |
dau draean |
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quarter |
chwater, (-i) |
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two quarters |
dau chwater |
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three quarters |
tri chwater |
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fifth |
pumed |
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two fifths |
dau bumed |
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three fifths |
tri phumed |
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four fifths |
pedar pumed |
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six |
chweched |
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two sixths |
dau chweched |
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