Lesson Eleven: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

nane-jeig (NAAN-jeigg) - 11
Nollick (NULL-ick) - Christmas
gennal (GENN-al) - merry, cheerful
Nollick Ghennal! (NULL-ick-GENN-al) - Merry Christmas!
blein (blayn) - a year
noa (no) - new
Blein Vie Noa! (blayn-vy-no) - Happy New Year! (Good New Year)

sonnys (SONN-us) - luck, abundance
ort (orrt) - on you (One person, familiar form)
erriu (ERR-oo) - on you (Polite form for one person, or when speaking to more than one person)

Sonnys ort! (SONN-us-ORRT) - Good luck to you!

Sonnys erriu! (SONN-us-ERR-oo) - Good luck to you!

Vel oo? (vell-oo) - Are you?
aarloo (ERR-loo) - ready

son (sonn) - for

spotçhal (SPOTCH-al) - joking

ny dyn (na-DINN) - or not

dy bragh (tha-BRAAKH) - ever

uss (uss) - you (emphatic form of 'oo')

ansherbee (ANSH-er-BEE) - anyway

Co-loayrtys

Catreeney: Vel oo aarloo son y Nollick foast?

Ealish: Aarloo son y Nollick? Vel oo spotçhal?

Catreeney: Cha nel mee spotçhal noadyr. Vel oo aarloo ny dyn?

Ealish: Cha beeym aarloo son dy bragh. Cha nel uss aarloo, vel?

Catreeney: Cha nel noadyr. Ansherbee, Nollick Ghennal as Blein Vie Noa!

Ealish: Sonnys ort!

1. a year - blein
2. anyway - ansherbee
3. Are you? - Vel oo?
4. Christmas - Nollick
5. eleven - nane-jeig
6. ever - dy bragh
7. for - son
8. Good luck to you! (pl) - Sonnys erriu!
9. Good luck to you! (sing) - Sonnys ort!
10. Happy New Year! (Good New Year) - Blein Vie Noa!
11. joking - spot�hal
12. lesson eleven - lessoon nane-Jeig
13. luck, abundance - sonnys
14. Merry Christmas! - Nollick Ghennal!
15. merry, cheerful - gennal
16. new - noa
17. on you (one person) - ort
18. on you (plural form) - erriu
19. or not - ny dyn
20. ready - aarloo
21. you (emphatic form of 'oo') - uss

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1. Aarloo son y Nollick - Ready for Christmas
2. Ansherbee - Anyway
3. Blein Vie Noa! - A Good New Year
4. Cha beeym aarloo son dy bragh. - I'll never be ready
5. Cha nel mee spot�hal noadyr. - I'm not joking at all.
6. Cha nel Orry spot�hal. - Orry is not joking.
7. Cha nel noadyr. - Not at all.
8. Cha nel Catreeney aarloo noadyr. - Catherine is not ready at all.
9. Cha nel uss aarloo, vel? - You are not ready,are you?
10. Nollick Ghennal. - Merry Christmas
11. Sonnys ort, Ealish. - Good luck to you, Alice.
12. Vel oo aarloo ny dyn? - Are you ready or not?
13. Vel oo aarloo son lessoon daa-yeig? - Are you ready for lesson twelve?
14. Vel oo aarloo son y Nollick foast? - Are you ready for Christmas yet?
15. Vel oo spot�hal ny dyn? - Are you joking or not?

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