Shopping and Money in Irish
Irish words and phrases for shops, prices, paying and asking how much something costs, with useful sentences for the checkout.
Shopping is a useful real-life setting for practising numbers and polite requests.
Shopping words
| English | Irish |
|---|---|
| shop | siopa |
| money | airgead |
| price | praghas |
| euro | euro |
| cent | cent |
| receipt | admháil |
| card | cárta |
| cheap | saor |
| expensive | daor |
Useful phrases
- Cé mhéad atá air? — How much is it?
- Tá sé an-daor. — It's very expensive.
- Tá sé saor. — It's cheap.
- Ba mhaith liom é seo a cheannach. — I'd like to buy this.
- An bhfuil cárta agat? — Do you have a card?
Prices
Use euro for the currency:
- cúig euro — five euro
- deich euro — ten euro
- fiche euro — twenty euro
- céad euro — one hundred euro
A short exchange
- Ceannaitheoir: Cé mhéad atá ar an arán? (How much is the bread?)
- Siopadóir: Tá sé dhá euro. (It's two euro.)
- Ceannaitheoir: Go raibh maith agat. (Thank you.)
Words that help
- ceannaitheoir — customer, buyer
- siopadóir — shopkeeper
- ceannaigh — to buy
- díol — to sell
Tips
- Practise numbers with prices.
- Learn a few phrases for the shop.
- Use the dictionary for words like sale, discount and offer.
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