Lessoon Jeih as Feed: y thie-lheihys
Lesson Thirty: the hospital


jeih as feed (JY-azz-FEED) - thirty ('ten and twenty')
y thie-lheihys (a-TY-L'YEE-uss) - the hospital

Co-loayrtys (koh-LAWRT-uss) - Conversation

Ealish: Cre'n aght ta Illiam?
Catreeney: Illiam? C'red ta jannoo er?
Ealish: Nagh row fys ayd? T'eh ching. T'eh ayns y thie-lheihys.
Catreeney: Dy-jarroo! Cha row fys aym.
Ealish: She, hie eh fo skynn y fer-lhee jea.

aght (akht) - way, manner

Cre'n aght? (krinn-AKHT) - How? (What way?)

We can use 'Cre'n aght?' instead of 'Kys?' in questions like 'How are you?' - 'Kys t'ou?' or 'Cre'n aght t'ou?'

Illiam (ILL-yum) - William
c'red? (KERR-id) - what?
jannoo (JINN-oo) - doing, making
er (err) - on, on him, on it

C'red ta jannoo er? (KERR-id-ta-JINN-oo-ERR) - What's the matter with him?

Notice that 'What's the matter with him?' is expressed as 'What's doing on him?'

Nagh row fys ayd? (nakh-ROW-fiss-EDD) - Didn't you know?
(Wasn't knowledge at you?)
çhing (ching) - sick, ill
Dy-jarroo! (tha-JARR-oo) - Indeed!
Cha row fys aym (ha-ROW-fiss-EMM) - I didn't know
(There wasn't knowledge at me).
she (shay) - it is

'She' is used for general agreement in conversation ('Yes').

hie eh (HY-a) - he went
fo (foh) - under
skynn (skin) - knife
fer-lhee (ferr-L'YEE) - doctor (man)
Hie eh fo skynn y fer-lhee (HY-a-foh-SKIN-a-ferr-L'YEE) - He was operated on
(He went under the knife of the doctor).
jea (jay) - yesterday

Cur Gaelg orroo shoh:

hospital - thie-lheihys
thirty - jeih as feed
William - Illiam
what? - c'red?
doing, - making jannoo
Didn't you know? - Nagh row fys ayd?
sick, - ill ching
Indeed! - Dy-jarroo!
it is - she
he went - hie eh
under - fo
knife - skynn
doctor (man) - fer-lhee
How? - Cre'n aght?
yesterday - jea
conversation - co-loayrtys
on, on him, on it - er
way, manner - aght


Cur Baarle orroo shoh:

Cre'n aght ta Illiam?
C'red ta jannoo er Catreeney?
Hie eh fo skynn y fer-lhee
Nagh row fys ayd?
Nagh row eh ching?
Ta Ealish ching.
T'eh ayns y thie-lheihys.
T'eh ayns y thie-lhionney.
Nagh row Illiam jeih as feed?
Hie eh ayns y thie-lhionney.
Hie Catreeney ayns y thie-lheihys.
Cha row fys aym.
Cha row fys ayd.
C'red ta jannoo er?
Hie Ealish fo skynn y fer-lhee jea.
Dy-jarroo! Cha row fys aym
C'red ta Catreeney jannoo?
Ren shiu goll
Craad hie y fer-lhee.
Row fys ayd?
V'eh ching ayns y thie-lheihys.
V'eh ayns y thie-lheihys.
C'ren sorch dy skynn ayd?
Bee'm goll fo skynn y fer-lhee

1. In questions like 'How are you?' 'Cre'n aght t'ou?' What can we use instead?
2. What is used for 'yes'as general agreement in conversation?