Lessoon Kiare-Jeig as Feed: Lurg y Giense
Lesson Thirty-Four: After the Party

kiare-jeig as feed (KAYR-jegg-azz-FEED) - thirty-four ('fourteen and twenty')
lurg (lurg) - after

Co-loayrtys

Ealish: Row y giense mie?
Catreeney: Va, v'eh feer vie. Va bee as jough dy-liooar ec ny paitçhyn.
Ealish: Braghtanyn, brishtagyn as miljyn?
Catreeney: Shen eh. As ram limonaid. Stoo slayntoil, dy-jarroo!
Ealish: Row Breeshey jeant bwooiagh?
Catreeney: Va, son shickyrys.
Ealish: S'mie shen.

Row y giense mie? (row-a-g'yinss-MY) - Was the party good?
Va (vaa) - Yes ('Was').

Remember that in Manx, as in other Celtic languages, there are no direct words for 'Yes' and 'No'.
In answer to the question 'Row y giense mie?' (Was the party good?), Catreeney says 'Va', which you can take as meaning 'It was'.

mie (my) - good
feer (feer / fee) - very
feer vie (fee-vy) - very good

'feer' can cause letter changes (mutations) in words following it.
Another example is:

feer veg (fee-vegg) - very little

bee (bee) - food
jough (jawkh) - drink
ec ny paitçhyn (eck-na-PAA-chin) - at the children
braghtynyn (BRAKH-tan-an) - sandwiches
brishtagyn (BRISH-chag-an) - biscuits
miljyn (MILL-jin) - sweets
ram limonaid (RAM-limm-on-AAD) - lots of lemonade
slayntoil (slenn-TOLE) - healthy
stoo slayntoil (stoo-slenn-TOLE) - healthy stuff
jeant (jinnt) - made, done
bwooiagh (BWEE-akh) - happy

To satisfy, we 'make happy':

Row Breeshey jeant bwooiagh? (row-BREEZH-a-jinnt-BWEE-akh)
- Was Breeshey satisfied? (Was Breeshey made happy?)

Cur Baarle orroo shoh:

after - lurg
at the children - ec ny paitçhyn
biscuits - brishtagyn
drink - jough
food - bee
good - mie
happy - bwooiagh
healthy - slayntoil
healthy stuff - stoo slayntoil
lots of lemonade - ram limonaid
made, done - jeant
sandwiches - braghtynyn
sweets - miljyn
thirty-four - kiare-jeig as feed
very - feer
very good - feer vie
very little - feer veg

Cur Baarle orroo shoh:

1. Row yn bee mie?
2. Row yn jough mie?
3. Va jough dy liooar ec Ealish.
4. Row stoo slayntoil ec yn ghiense?
5. Va bee feer vie.
6. Row Catreeney jeant bwooiagh?
7. Row ny brishtagyn slayntoil?
8. Row Ealish jeant bwooiagh?
9. Row ny paitchyn slayntoil?
10. Va bee dy liooar ec Breeshey.
11. Row ny miljyn slayntoil?
12. Va limonaid dy liooar ec Catreeney.
13. Row ram limonaid ec yn ghiense?
14. Va ny paitchyn feer vie.
15. Row ny braghtanyn slayntoil?
16. Va limonaid feer vie.
17. Row Breeshey jeant bwooiagh?
18. Va Ealish feer vie.
19. Row yn giense mie?
20. Va'n jough feer vie.
21. Row yn limonaid mie?
22. Va bee dy liooar ec ny paitchyn.

Vel fys ayd?

1. Remember that in Manx, as in other Celtic languages, there are no direct words for 'Yes' and 'No'. In answer to the question 'Row y giense mie?' What would the answer be?
2. 'feer' can cause letter changes (mutations) in words following it. Name two examples.
3. How do we expess 'to satisfy' in Manx?