Faroese numbers

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Numbers are f.ex. used when we count, when we say a quantity, when we tell the time or how much something weighs.

ein, tveir, tríggir (one, two, three - male)
ein, tvær, tríggjar (one, two, three - female)
eitt, tvey, trý (one, two, three - neuter)

tveir leikarar = two players
átta ísar = eight ice-creams
tríggir metrar = three meters
klokkan er fimm = It's five o'clock
sjey kilo = seven kilos

We divide numbers into three groups: Cardinals, ordinals and distributives

Cardinals are used when counting directly:

Masculine: ein, tveir, tríggir, fýra, fimm
Feminine: ein, tvær, tríggjar, fýra, fimm
Neuter: eitt, tvey, trý, fýra, fimm

Ordinals are used when saying an ordered sequence:

Masculine: fyrsti, annar, triði, fjórði, fimti
Feminine: fyrsta, onnur, triðja, fjórða, fimta
Neuter: fyrsta, annað, triðja, fjórða, fimta

Distributives:

Masculine: einir, tvinnir, trinnir
Feminine: einar, tvinnar, trinnar
Neuter: eini, tvinni, trinni

Faroese cardinal numbers
Faroese ordinal numbers
Faroese distributive numbers

We say fractions this way:

1/2: eitt hálvt, helvtin, helmingurin (one half, the half, the half)
1/3: ein triðingur
1/4: ein fjórðingur
1/5: ein fimtingur
1/6: ein sættingur
1/7: ein sjeyndingur
1/8: ein áttingur
1/9: ein níggjundipartur
1/10: ein tíggjundipartur etc.

Triðingur and fractions written the same way, are conjugated like úlvur

When telling the time, we say:

01:00 / 13:00 = eitt
02:00 / 14:00 = tvey etc.
2:30 = hálvgum trý
4:05 = fimm minuttir yvir fýra
3:55 = fimm minuttir í fýra
5:20 = tíggju minuttir í hálvgum seks
5:40 = tíggju minuttir yvir hálvgum seks
6:15 = eitt korter til sjey (a quarter on to be seven)
7:45 = trý korter til átta (three quarters on to be eight)

Two year old sheep or coalfish are called tvævetur. Three year old sheep or coalfish are called trævetur.

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