Lessoon Shiaght-Jeig as Feed: Lurg ny Ratchyn
Lesson Thirty-Seven: After the Races

shiaght-jeig as feed (SHAKH-jegg-azz-FEED) - thirty-seven
('seventeen and twenty')

Co-loayrtys
Catreeney: Nagh vel eh feagh lurg ny ratchyn!
Ealish: Ta, bwooise da Jee.
Catreeney: Nagh mie lhiat ny ratchyn?
Ealish: Cha mie lhiam yn feiyr as ny drogh-haghyrtyn.
Catreeney: She, agh ta thousaneyn dy 'leih goaill soylley mooar jeu.
T'ad yindyssagh.
Ealish: Foddee dy vel.

nagh vel eh? (nakh-VELL-a) - Isn't it?
feagh (FEE-akh) - quiet
lurg (lurg) - after
bwooise (bweess) - thanks
da (daa) - to
Jee (jee) - God
bwooise da Jee (BWEESS-daa-JEE) - thank God
Nagh mie lhiat? (nakh-MY-l'yatt) - Don't you like? ('Isn't good with you?')
Cha mie lhiam (ha-MY-l'yamm) - I don't like ('Not good with me')
yn feiyr (in-FYR) - the noise (say 'fire')
drogh-haghyrt (drawkh-HAGH-ert) - accident

'drogh-haghyrt' literally means 'a bad happening'

drogh (drawkh) - bad, evil
taghyrt (TAGH-ert) - happening

Remember that in Manx we say 'Moghrey mie' ('morning good') and 'Thie mooar' ('a house big') - the word order is inverted from that in English. However, with a very small number of descriptive words (adjectives), the word order is the same as in English - 'drogh' is one of these words and 'shenn' ('old') is another:

drogh laa (drawkh-laa) - a bad day
shenn ven (shan-venn) - an old woman

Both 'drogh' and 'shenn' cause letter changes in words following them.

thousaneyn dy 'leih (tow-ZAAN-an-tha-LY) - thousands of people
goaill soylley (goyll-SOLE-ya) - enjoying ('taking enjoyment')
jeu (jow) - of them (rhymes with 'how')
t'ad (tadd) - they are
yindyssagh (YIND-iss-akh) - wonderful


Cur Gaelg orroo shoh:

a bad day - drogh laa
accident - drogh-haghyrt
after - lurg
After the races - lurg ny ratchyn
an old woman - shenn ven
bad, evil - drogh
Don't you like? (Isn't good with you?) - Nagh mie lhiat?
enjoying 'taking enjoyment) - goaill soylley
God - Jee
happening - taghyrt
I don't like (Not good with me) - Cha mie lhiam
Isn't it? - nagh vel eh?
of them - jeu
quiet - feagh
thank God - bwooise da Jee
thanks - bwooise
the noise - yn feiyr
they are - t'ad
thirty-seven - shiaght-jeig as feed
thousands of people - thousaneyn dy 'leih
to - da
wonderful - yindyssagh

Cur Baarle orroo shoh:

Nagh vel Catreeney as Ealish goaill soylley mooar jeu?
Nagh vel eh feagh lurg ny ratchyn!
Nagh vel eh drogh laa?
Nagh vel eh goaill soylley mooar jeu?
Ta, bwooise da Jee.
Nagh vel Catreeney feagh?
Nagh mie lhiat ny ratchyn?
Nagh mie lhiat yn feiyr?
Cha mie lhiam yn feiyr as ny drogh-haghyrtyn.
Cha mie lhiam ny ratchyn.
Cha mie lhiam Catreeney.
Cha mie lhiam thousaneyn dy 'leih.
She, agh ta thousaneyn dy 'leih goaill soylley mooar jeu.
T'ad yindyssagh.
Ta Ealish yindyssagh.
Foddee dy vel ny ratchyn yindyssagh.

Vel fys ayd?
1. What does 'drogh-haghyrt' literally mean?
2. Remember that in Manx we say 'Moghrey mie' - the word order is inverted from that in English. However, with a very small number of descriptive words (adjectives), the word order is the same as in English. Which words do you know?
3. These words also cause letter changes in words following them. What changes do you know?