Lessoon Hoght-Jeig as Feed: Tooilley Ratchyn
Lesson Thirty-Eight: More Races


hoght-jeig as feed (HAWKH-jegg-azz-FEED) - thirty-eight ('eighteen and twenty')
tooilley (TULL-ya) - more, additional

Co-loayrtys

Ean: Bee uss jeeaghyn er ny ratchyn mairagh?
Peddyr: Cre ny ratchyn?
Ean: Ratchyn ny roaryn, son shickyrys.
Peddyr: Oh, she. Yarrood mee dy beagh ad ayn.
Ean: S'mie lhiam ny roaryn shen. Cha nel ad feiyral goll rish y TT.
T'ad feer feagh.

bee uss? (bee-uss) - will you be?
er ny ratchyn (err-na-RATCH-un) - on the races

In Manx, we look ON things rather than AT them.

mairagh (MAA-rakh) - tomorrow
Cre ny ratchyn? (kra-na-RATCH-un) - What races?

'What race?' is 'Cre'n ratch?' ('What [the] race?')

ratchyn ny roaryn (RATCH-un-na-RAW-run) - the bike races
('the races of the bikes')
roaryn (RAW-run) - bikes
son shickyrys (sonn-SHIGG-err-us) - for sure
yarrood mee (yarr-OOD-mee) - I forgot
dy beagh ad (tha-BEE-akh-add) - that they would be
ayn (awn) - in, in it

Yarrood mee dy beagh ad ayn (yarr-OOD-mee-tha-BEE-akh-add-awn)
- I forgot that they would take place (I forgot that they would be in [existence])

Note the following:

yn roar shen
(in-RAWR-shenn)

- that bike


ny roaryn shen

(na-RAW-run-shenn)

- those bikes

yn thie shoh

(in-TY-shaw) - this house
ny thieyn shoh
(na-TY-an-shaw)

- these houses

feiyral (FYR-al) - making a noise (say 'FIRE-al')
goll rish (GORR-ish) - resembling, being similar to
goll rish y TT (GORR-ish-a-TT) - like the TT
feer feagh (fee-FEE-akh) - very quiet

Cur Baarle orroo shoh:

ayn in, - in it
bee uss - will you be?
Cre ny ratchyn? - What races?
dy beagh ad - that they would be
er ny ratchyn - on the races
feer feagh - very quiet
feiyral - making a noise
goll rish - resembling, being similar to
goll rish y TT - like the TT
hoght-jeig as feed - thirty-eight
mairagh - tomorrow
ny roaryn shen - those bikes
ny thieyn shoh - these houses
ratchyn ny roaryn - the bike races
roaryn - bikes
son shickyrys - for sure
tooilley more, - additional
tooilley ratchyn - more races
yarrood mee - I forgot
yn roar shen - that bike
yn thie shoh this house

Cur Baarle orroo shoh:

Ean: Peddyr

Bee uss jeeaghyn er ny ratchyn mairagh?
Cre ny ratchyn?
Ratchyn ny roaryn, son shickyrys.
Yarrood mee dy beagh ad ayn I forgot that they would take place.
S'mie lhiam ny roaryn shen.
Cha nel ad feiyral goll rish y TT.
T'ad feer feagh.
Cre'n ratch?

Vel fys ayd?

1. In Manx, we don't look at things what do we do?