Lessoon Shey as Feed: Gimman Mygeayrt Foast
Lesson Twenty-Six: Still Driving Around


shey as feed (SHAY-azz-FEED) - twenty-six (six and twenty)
foast (fohss) - still, yet

Co-loayrtys

Juan: Ren Catreeney çheet er yn etlan?
Ealish: Ren. V'ee mie dy-liooar.
Juan: Row yn etlan anmagh?
Ealish: Cha row. Ren eh çheet ec y traa kiart.
Juan: Feer vie. As dooar oo pedryl?
Ealish: Hooar, son shickyrys.
Juan: Quoid hooar oo?
Ealish: Hooar mee queig galloonyn.

ren (renn) - did, made
çheet (chitt) - coming
Ren Catreeney çheet? (renn-kat-REEN-a-CHITT) - Did Catreeney come?

One way of talking about the past in Manx is to use 'ren' with words like 'çheet' - such words all end in '-ing' in English. Another example is :

Ren mee goll
(renn-mee-GULL)

- I went

(I did going)

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Notice how Catreeney answers Juan in the conversation above. She answers the question 'Ren Catreeney çheet er yn etlan?'
(Did Catreeney come on the plane?) by saying 'Ren' which means 'Did'. In English, she would obviously say 'Yes'.

v'ee (vee) - she was
anmagh (ANN-makh) - late
Row yn etlan anmagh? (row-an-ETT-lan-ANN-makh) - Was the plane late?
Cha row (ha-ROW) - Was not (No).

This is another example of how questions are answered in Celtic languages. There are no words for 'Yes' and 'No', so it is like that game in English where you have to avoid saying 'Yes' and 'No':
'Did you see her?' - 'I did': 'Have you got a book?' - 'I have not'.

feer vie (fee-VY) - very good
dooar oo? (DOOR-oo) - did you get?
hooar (hoor) - got (This means 'Yes' here)
Quoid hooar oo? (kwudd-HOOR-oo) - How much did you get?
Hooar mee queig galloonyn (HOOR-mee-KWEGG-gall-OON-an) - I got five gallons.


Cur Baarle orroo shoh:

anmagh - late
Cha row - Was not (No).
çheet - coming
dooar oo? - did you get?
feer vie - very good
foast - still, yet
hooar - got (Yes)
Quoid? - How much?
ren - did, made (yes)
Row? - Was?
shey as feed - twenty-six
v'ee - she was

Cur Gaelg orroo shoh:

Did (yes) - Ren.
Did Catherine come on the plane? - Ren Catreeney cheet er yn etlan?
Did Ealish come late? - Ren Alice cheet anmagh?
Did it come at the correct time? - Ren eh cheet ec y traa kiart.
Did you get petrol? - Dooar oo pedryl?
For sure - Son shickyrys.
Got (yes) - Hooar.
He got twenty-five. - Hooar eh queig as feed.
How much did you get? - Quoid hooar oo?
How much did Juan get? - Quoid hooar Juan?
I got enough petrol. - Hooar mee pedryl dy liooar.
I got five gallons. - Hooar mee queig galloonyn
I drove the car. - Ren mee gimman yn gleastan
Juan got five pounds - Hooar Juan queig punt.
Juan went (did go) late. - Ren Juan goll anmagh.
She was good enough. - V'ee mie dy-liooar.
She was still driving about. - V'ee gimman mygeayrt foast
Very good. - Feer vie.
Was? - Row?
Was not (no) - Cha row.
Was the plane late? - Row yn etlan anmagh?
Was the petrol good enough? - Row yn pedryl mie dy liooar?

Vel fys ayd?

To talk about the past of all words ending in '-ing' in English, what Manx word is used?

How would you answer the question 'Ren Catreeney cheet er yn etlan?'

How would you answer the question 'Did you drive?' and answer 'Yes'.

How would you answer the question 'Have you got a car?' and answer 'I have not'