Lessoon Nane as Feed: Slaynt Vie

Lesson Twenty-One: Good Health

nane as feed (NAAN-azz-FEED) - twenty-one ('one and twenty')
slaynt (slent) - health
mie (my) - good
slaynt vie (slent-VY) - good health ('health good')

Remember that every language has its own way of doing things - what is right in one language may well be wrong in another. For instance, the word order in Manx is often different from that in English: we say 'Slaynt vie' ('Health good') for 'Good health'.

Notice also that the 'm' in 'mie' changes to 'v' after 'slaynt'. This is because 'slaynt' is a feminine word, or, more precisely, a feminine noun (nouns are words used as 'names': 'health', 'morning', and 'table' are examples of nouns). As in French, all nouns in Manx are either masculine (referred to as 'he') or feminine (referred to as 'she').

We get some letter changes after feminine words ('she' words) but not after masculine ones ('he' words):

Masculine: moghrey

(MORR-a)

- morning
Moghrey mie

(MORR-a-MY)

- Good morning

Feminine: oie

(ee)

- night
Oie vie

(ee-VY)

- Goodnight.

Reverting to health matters now, Juan has a pain and goes to see the doctor:

Fer-lhee: C'raad ta'n pian?
Juan: Ayns shoh - heese ayns shoh.
Fer-lhee: Vel shen gonnagh?
Juan: Ta, son shickyrys.
Fer-lhee: Vel oo ayns slaynt vie?
Juan: Ta. Ta mee ayns slaynt vie mie dy-liooar.
Fer-lhee: As vel shoh gonnagh ayns yn oie?
Juan: Cha nel, t'eh gonnagh ayns y laa.
Fer-lhee: Cha nel shen ro olk eisht!

fer-lhee (ferr-l'yee) - doctor (man)
pian (PEE-an) - pain
heese (heess) - down
ayns shoh (unss-SHAW) - here
gonnagh (GONN-akh) - painful
ro olk (raw-ULK) - too bad

Cur Gaelg orroo shoh:

doctor - fer-lhee
down - heese
good - mie
good health - slaynt vie
health - slaynt
here - ayns shoh
pain - pian
painful - gonnagh
too bad - ro olk
twenty-one - nane as feed

Vel fys ayd?

1. 
   1. Why does the 'm' in 'mie' change to 'v' after 'slaynt'? 'Slaynt vie'
   
   2. As in French, all nouns in Manx are either of what two things?
   
   3. What letter changes do we get after feminine words?
   
   4. Moghrey mie = Good morning. Is morning masculine or feminine?
   
   5. Oie vie = Goodnight. Is night masculine or feminine?
   
   6. Slaynt vie = Good health. Is health masculine or feminine?
   
   Cur Baarle orroo shoh:
   
   Ayns shoh, heese ayns shoh.
   C'raad ta Juan ayns y laa?
   C'raad ta'n fer-lhee?
   C'raad ta'n pian?
   Cha nel eh gonnagh ayns yn oie.
   Cha nel eh gonnagh ayns shoh.
   Cha nel Juan ro olk.
   Cha nel shen ro olk ayns yn laa.
   Cha nel shen ro olk eisht.
   Cha nel, t'eh gonnagh ayns y laa.
   T'eh gonnagh heese ayns shoh.
   Ta Juan ayns shoh.
   Ta mee ayns shoh son shickyrys.
   Ta mee ayns slaynt vie, mie dy-liooar.
   Ta'n fer-lhee ayns shoh.
   Vel Juan mie dy-liooar?
   Vel eh gonnagh ayns yn laa?
   Vel oo ayns slaynt vie?
   Vel oo mie dy-liooar?
   Vel shen gonnagh eisht?
   Vel shoh gonnagh?
   Vel yn fer-lhee mie?
   Vel yn pian olk