Lessoon Shiaght-Jeig: Laghyn Seyrey

Lesson Seventeen: Holidays

shiaght-jeig 	(SHAKH-jegg) 	- 17

laghyn seyrey 	(LAA-an-SUR-ra) 	- holidays ('free days')

To talk about holidays, we need words for some more countries and words concerned 
with time:

Y Rank 	(a-RANK) 	- France
Y Spaainey 	(a-SPAAN-ya) 	- Spain
nurree 	(NURR-ee) 	- last year
myleeaney 	(MLEE-an-a) 	- this year

To talk about the past:

va shin 	(VASH-in) 	- we were
cha row shin	 (ha-ROW-shin) 	- we weren't

row shiu? 	(ROW-shoo) 	- were you?

Row shiu ayns y Rank? 	(ROW-shoo-unnss-a-RANK) 	- Were you in France?
Va 	(vaa) 	- Yes.
Cha row 	(ha-ROW) 	- No.

Remember there are no direct words in Manx for 'yes' and 'no'. The answer to the question 
'Row shiu ayns y Rank?' is either 'Va' or 'Cha row': here, you can think of 'Va' 
as being short for 'We were' and 'Cha row' as being short for 'We were not'.

Talking about the future:

beemayd 	(B'YIMM-udj) 	- we'll be
cha beemayd 	(ha-B'YIMM-udj) 	- we won't be

bee shiu? 	(BEE-shoo) 	- will you be?

Co-loayrtys

Ealish:	Bee shiu goll er laghyn seyrey myleeaney?
Catreeney:	Bee.  Beemayd goll dys y Rank.
Ealish:	C'raad va shiu nurree? Row shiu ayns y Spaainey?
Catreeney:	Cha row.  Va shin ayns y Rank.  Bee shiu goll er laghyn seyrey?
Ealish:	Bee.
Catreeney:	C'raad?
Ealish:	Ayns Mannin.

Cur Gaelg orroo shoh:

France	Y Rank
holidays ('free days')	laghyn seyrey 
in	ayns
last year	nurree
No. (were not)	Cha row
seventeen	shiaght-jeig
Spain	Y Spaainey 
this year	myleeaney
we were	va shin
we weren't	cha row shin
we won't be	cha beemayd 
we'll be	beemayd
were you?	row shiu? 
will you be?	bee shiu?
Yes.	Va

Cur Baarle orroo shoh:

Row Catreeney ayns y Rank?	
Bee shiu goll er laghyn seyrey myleeaney?
Bee Ealish goll er laghyn seyrey?
Bee.  
Beemayd goll dys y Rank.	
C'raad va shiu nurree, Ealish?  
C'raad va Ealish, nurree? 
Row shiu ayns y Spaainey?
Row Catreeney shiaght-jeig?	
Cha row.  
Va Catreeney ayns y Rank. 
Bee shiu goll er laghyn seyrey?
Bee Juan ayns Mannin myleeaney?
Bee Ealish ayns y Rank?
Bee Catreeney ayns y Spaainey.
C'raad?
Cha beemayd ayns y Rank.	
Cha bee shiu ayns y Spaainey.	
Cha row shiu goll.


Vel fys ayd?

1. Remember there are no direct words in Manx for 'yes' and 'no'. 

2. So what is the answer to the question 'Row shiu ayns y Rank?'

3. You can think of 'Va' as being short for 'We were' 

4. You can think of 'Cha row' as being short for 'We were not'.