Lessoon Shey-Jeig: Quoid t'eh costal?
Lesson Sixteen: How much does it cost?
shey-jeig (SHAY-jegg) - 16
quoid? (kwud) - how much?
t'eh (tay) - it is; he is
costal (KAWS-tal) - costing; expensive
To discuss the cost of things, we need such words as:
punt (punt) - pound
ping (ping) - penny
argid (ERG-id) - money
Certain letters change ('mutate') after 'un' ('one') and 'daa' ('two'):
Un phunt (unn-funt) - One pound.
Daa phing (daa-fing) - Two pence.
Study these examples:
Tree ping (tree-ping) - 3p
Queig punt (kwegg-punt) - 5
In Manx, we say 'Three penny' and 'Five pound' and so on. We use 'ping' and 'punt'
all the time after numbers rather than the Manx for 'pennies' and 'pounds'.
Note how to deal with more complicated numbers:
Kiare ping jeig (KAYR-ping-JEGG) - 14p
Un phing as feed (UNN-fing-azz-FEED) - 21p
Shiaght ping jeig as feed (SHAKH-ping-jegg-azz-FEED) - 37p
Tree punt jeig (TREE-punt-JEGG) - 13
Kiare punt as feed (KAYR-punt-azz-FEED) - 24
Tree feed punt (tree-feed-punt) - 60
Keead punt (KEE-ud-PUNT) - 100
Thousane punt (tow-ZAAN-punt) - 1,000
Kiare feed thousane punt (KAYR-feed-tow-ZAAN-punt) - 80,000
Co-loayrtys
Juan: Ta Peddyr creck y thie.
Finlo: Ta. T'eh laccal argid dy liooar son y thie.
Juan: Quoid t'eh laccal?
Finlo: Keead thousane punt.
Juan: Vel? Thie costal!
Cur Gaelg orroo shoh:
costing; expensive costal
eighty thousand pounds Kiare feed thousane punt
five pounds queig punt
fourteen pence kiare ping jeig
How much does it cost? Quoid t'eh costal?
how much? quoid?
it is; he is t'eh
money argid
one hundred pounds keead punt
One pound. un phunt
one thousand pounds Thousane punt
penny ping
pound punt
sixteen shey-jeig
sixty pounds tree feed punt
thirteen pounds tree punt jeig
thirty-seven pence shiaght ping jeig as feed
three pence tree ping
twenty-four pounds kiare punt as feed
twenty-one pence un phing as feed
two pence. daa phing
Cur Baarle orroo shoh:
Cha nel Finlo creck thie costal. Finlo is not selling an expensive house.
Cha nel un phing as feed ec Juan. Juan does not have twenty-one pence
Keead thousane punt. One thousand pounds.
Lhig dooin coontey shiaght ping jeig as feed. Let's count thirty seven pence.
Lhig dooin creck jees son thousane punt. Let's sell two for a thousand pounds.
Lhig dooin creck thousane punt Let's sell one thousand pounds
Lhig dooin creck un thie. Let's sell one house.
Quoid t'eh costal? How much does it cost?
Quoid t'eh laccal son y thie? How much does he want for the house?
T'ee laccal kiare feed thousane punt. She wants eighty thousand pounds
T'eh creck y thie son argid dy liooar. He is selling the house for plenty of money.
T'eh laccal argid dy liooar son y thie. He wants plenty of money for the house.
Ta Ealish kionnaghey thie costal. Ealish is buying an expensive house
Thie costal An expensive house
Vel keead punt eck? Has she got one hundred pounds?
Vel kiare punt as feed echey? Has he got twenty-four pounds?
Vel fys ayd?
1. Certain letters change ('mutate') after 'un' ('one') and 'daa' ('two'): What letters?
2. In Manx, how would we say 'Three pence' and 'Five pounds?
3. When are 'ping' and 'punt' used after numbers?
4. Where are ping and punt place in more complicated numbers?