Lessoon Kiare-Jeig: Thieyn

Lesson Fourteen: Houses 

kiare-jeig  	(KAYR-jegg) 	- 14
thie         	(ty)         	- house
thieyn       	(TY-un)       	- houses

Don't bother with the 'h' in 'thie': don't say 'thigh' - say 'tie'.
To say 'houses' we add '-yn' to 'thie' to get 'thieyn'.

To say somebody has something in Manx, we say it is 'at' them:
Ta thie ec Juan (ta-TY-eck-JOO-an) - There is a house at Juan.
In normal English, 'Juan has a house'.  

The word 'ec' means 'at'.  In Manx, we have single words for 'at me', 'at you' and 
so on (see Lesson Seven).  Other useful words are:

echey 	(EGG-a) 	- at him
eck   	(eck)   	- at her

These words are used in the following way:

Ta thie eck     	(ta -TY-eck)    	- She has a house.
Vel thie echey? 	(vell-TY-egg-a) 	- Has he got a house?

Work out what the conversation below means with the help of these words:

mooar        	(MOO-ar)            	- big
creck        	(creck)             	- selling
eh           	(ay/a)             	- he, it
quoid?       	(kwud)              	- how much?
laccal       	(lall)             	- wanting
son          	(sonn)             	- for
leagh        	(LEE-akh)          	- price
gyn ourys    	(ginn-OW-russ)    	- without doubt
kionnaghey  	(K'YONN-akh-a)     	- buying
argid         	(ERG-id)           	- money

Co-loayrtys

Juan: 	Vel thie ec Peddyr, vel fys ayd?
Finlo: 	Ta, ta thie echey mie dy liooar.  Thie mooar.  Agh t'eh creck eh.
Juan: 	Quoid t'eh laccal son y thie?
Finlo: 	Cha nel fys aym.  Leagh mooar, gyn ourys. By vie lhiam kionnaghey eh.
Juan: 	Vel argid dy liooar ayd?
Finlo: 	Cha nel noadyr!

Cur Baarle orroo shoh:
argid	money
creck	selling
echey	at him
eck	at her
eh	he, it
gyn ourys	without doubt
kionnaghey	buying
laccal	wanting
leagh	price
mooar	big
quoid?	how much?
son	for
thieyn	houses

Cur Gaelg orroo shoh:

A big house	Thie mooar. 
A large price.	Leagh mooar.
But he is selling it.	Agh t'eh creck eh.
Do you have enough money?	Vel argid dy liooar ayd?
Do you know?	Vel fys ayd?
Does Finlo have enough money?	Vel argid dy liooar ec Finlo?
Does Peter have a house?	Vel thie ec Peddyr.
Does she know?	Vel fys eck?
Finlo does not have houses.	Cha nel thieyn ec Finlo.
Finlo is not selling it.	Cha nel Finlo creck eh.
Finlo is selling it.	Ta Finlo creck eh.
Has he got a house?	Vel thie echey?
Has she got a house?	Vel thie eck?
How much does he want for the house?	Quoid t'eh laccal son y thie?
How much does she want?	Quoid t'ee laccal?
I don't know.	Cha nel fys aym.
I would like to buy it.	By vie lhiam kionnaghey eh.
I would like to sell it.	By vie lhiam creck eh.
Juan doesn't know.	Cha nel fys ec Juan.
Juan has a big house. 	Ta thie mooar ec Juan.
Juan has a good house.  	Ta thie mie ec Juan.
Juan is not buying a house.	Cha nel Juan kionnaghey thie.
Not at all!	Cha nel noadyr!
She has a house.	Ta thie eck
She doesn't have a house.	Cha nel thie eck.
Without doubt.	Gyn ourys. 
You do not have money.	Cha nel argid ayd.

Vel fys ayd?

The word 'thie'is pronounced like which English word?.
To say 'houses' what do we add to 'thie'?
To say somebody has something in Manx, we say,  It is  -
Ta thie ec Juan  'Juan has a house' literally means - 
What does the word 'ec' mean? 
In Manx, we have single words for 'at me', 'at you' what are they?