Dunveryssyn yn Tooder-Folley - The Vampire Murders

Skeeal straneagh liorish Brian Stowell: Ayrn 45
A serial story by Brian Stowell: Part 45

Fer feer shang v’ayn, lesh folt doo as sooillyn va kinjagh rouail mygeayrt. Va freeney ny ghaa festit trooid ny molleeyn as stroin echey. Cha dod Victoria jeeaghyn er rish tammylt liauyr. Ren ee geiyrt er Blaanid mychione cassan ny greiney.
‘Agh smooinee mee dy row uss credjal sy stoo shen, cassan ny greiney as y lheid’, dooyrt Victoria dy lunagh. V’ee goaill yindys tra hoig ee dy row shoh cur imnea er Blaanid. Dy cliaghtagh, va Blaanid kiune as daaney.
‘Uh, she...agh...’ ren Blaanid gra dy moal. ‘Agh honnick mee dy row faishnys jeh’n vaase ayns ny rollageyn aym...’
‘Graih veen!’ ren Victoria gearey. ‘My ta’n boghtynid shen cur lheid yn imnea shen ort, bare dhyt soiaghey ny sloo jeh!’
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Fer feer shang v’ayn..(ferr-feer-SHANG-vawn) - He was a very thin man..(‘{It’s} a very thin man {who} was in..’)
..as sooillyn va kinjagh rouail mygeayrt. (azz-SOOL-yun-va-KINN-jakh-row-AYL- ma-GEERT) - ..and eyes (which) were always wandering around.
Va freeney ny ghaa festit trooid ny molleeyn as stroin echey. (va-FREEN-a-na- GHAA-FEST-it-trood-na-MOLL-ee-un-azz-STRA-eedn-EGG-a) - A pin or two were fastened through his eyebrows and nose.
Ren ee geiyrt er Blaanid mychione cassan ny greiney. (renn-ee-GA-eert-err-BLAA- nid-ma-H’YOWN-KAZZ-an-na-GRAYN-ya) - She persisted with Blaanid about the zodiac. (‘She followed on Blaanid about the zodiac’.)
Agh smooinee mish dy row uss credjal..(akh-SMUNN-ee-MISH-the-ROW-uss- KREDJ-al) - But I thought that you believed.... (‘..that you were believing..’)
Note how you connect things together. ‘I thought that you didn’t believe’ would be: ‘Smooinee mish nagh row uss credjal’.
..as y lheid.. (azz-a-L’YIDD) - ..and the like..
..dooyrt Victoria dy lunagh. (doort-vick-TAWR-ee-a-the-LOON-akh) - ..said Victoria sarcastically.
V’ee goaill yindys tra hoig ee dy row shoh cur imnea er Blaanid. (vee-GOYL- YINND-iss-traa-HIGG-ee-the-ROW-SHAW-kurr-imm-N’YAY-err-BLAA-nid) - She was surprised when she understood that this was making Blaanid anxious. (‘She was taking wonder when she understood that this was putting anxiety on Blaanid’.)
Dy cliaghtagh, va Blaanid kiune as daaney. (the-KL’YAKHT-akh, va-BLAA-nid- K’YOON-azz-DAAN-a) - Ordinarily, Blaanid was calm and bold.
..honnick mee dy row faishnys jeh’n vaase ayns ny rollageyn aym..(HONN-ick- mee-the-ROW-FAASH-niss-jayn-VAASS-unnss-na-roll-AAG-un-imm) - ..I saw that there was a prophecy of death in my stars..
My ta’n boghtynid shen cur lheid yn imnea shen ort.. (ma-tan-BAWKH-nid-SHEN- kurr-L’YIDD-in-imm-N’YAY-SHEN-ort) - If that nonsense worries you that much.. (‘..puts the like of that anxiety on-you..’)
..bare dhyt soiaghey ny sloo jeh! (BARE-dut-SA-ee-akh-a-na-SLOO-jay) - ..you’d better think less of it! (‘..better to-you setting less of-it!’)