Dunveryssyn yn Tooder-Folley - The Vampire Murders

Skeeal straneagh liorish Brian Stowell: Ayrn 99
A serial story by Brian Stowell: Part 99

She ard chronneyderyn v’ayn nagh row ro wooiagh dy ve er ellan v’ad coontey dy ve beggan goll rish meer dy Hiberia. Cha row Baldwin ny Vanninagh, agh, eer eshyn, v’eh çheet dy ve corree dy liooar mychione ny reddyn va’n cubbyl ooasle gra mychione Mannin as meoiryn-shee Vannin.
Dooyrt Black, nane jeh ny cronneyderyn, rish Baldwin: ‘Vainshtyr Baldwin, ta shin er yn ellan shoh rish tammylt nish. Ny yei shen as ooilley, cha nhione dooin veg mychione y sleih varr ny deiney shen as cha nhione dooin veg mychione ny oyryn t’ad er nyn marroo. T’eh jeeaghyn dy row y daa ghooinney seyr shoh geddyn marish mraane dy liooar as dy row ny mraane-sheshey oc cliaghtit rish shen. Foddee dy row troo ec dooinney ny deiney ennagh er ny deiney ooasle shoh.
Foddee nagh vel kiangley erbee eddyr y daa ghunverys. Foddee dy daink fir veggey geayney veih Badlag as she adsyn ren ny reddyn scammyltagh shoh.
Foddee, foddee, foddee. Agh shione dooys un red - ta dy chooilley pheiagh er yn ellan quaagh shoh freayll dy chooilley nhee follit. Son graih Yee, ghooinney, jean soie er paart jeh ny politickeyryn shoh as fow magh ny ta taghyrt!’
Ec y jerrey va’n ard chronneyder gyllagh magh. Va Baldwin corree.
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She ard chronneyderyn v’ayn nagh row ro wooiagh dy ve er ellan...(shay-ERD- KHRONN-ad-er-un-VAWN-nakh-row-raw-WEE-akh-the-vay-err-ELL-yan) -
‘It’s two top detectives (who) were in (who) were not too pleased to be on an island..’
..beggan goll rish meer dy Hiberia. (BEGG-an-GORR-ish-MEER-the-hy-BEER-ee-a) - a bit like a piece of Siberia.
..ta shin er yn ellan shoh rish tammylt nish. (ta-shin-err-in-ELL-yan-SHAW-rish- TAMM-ilt-nish) - ‘..we are on this island for a while now’. This is the Gaelic way of saying this, rather than ‘we have been on ...’
..cha nhione dooin veg mychione y sleih varr ny deiney shen ..(ha-N’YOHN-dun- VEGG-ma-H’YOWN-a-SLA-ee-VARR-na-DAYN-ya-shen) - ..we know nothing about the people (who) killed those men..
Get the past tense from the imperative: ‘Marr!’ - ‘Kill!’ ‘Varr’ - ‘ Killed’
..ny oyryn t’ad er nyn marroo. (na-OHR-un-tadd-err-nin-MARR-oo) -..the reasons they have been killed. (‘..they are after their killing.’)
..as dy row ny mraane-sheshey oc cliaghtit rish.. (azz-the-row-na-MRAAN- SHEZH-a-ock-KL’YAKHT-it-rish) -..and that their wives were used to ...
Foddee dy row troo ec dooinney ny deiney ennagh er ny deiney ooasle shoh. (FUTH-ee-the-row-TROO-eck-DUNN-ya-na-DAYN-ya-enn-YAKH-err-na- DAYN-ya-WUZZL-shaw) - ‘Maybe (that) there was envy at some man or men on these noble men.’
.. y daa ghunverys. (a-daa-GHUNN-verr-iss) - .. the two murders.
..dy daink fir veggey geayney veih Badlag ..(the-DENK-FIRR-VEGG-a-GEEN-ya- VA-ee-BADD-lag) - ..that little green men came from Venus ..
..freayll dy chooilley nhee follit. (FREE-al-the-KHULL-ya-N’YEE-FOLL-it) - ..keeping everything secret..
..jean soie er paart ..(JINN-SA-ee-err-PURT) - ..’set on some..’ (..attack some ..)